# Czech Company Data — ARES Registry, VAT & Directors (`foxlabs/czech-company-data`) Actor

Search 3M+ Czech companies from the official ARES registry (ares.gov.cz) — identity, IČO, VAT (DIČ), legal form, NACE, registered address and founding date, plus optional directors/board (names, roles) and share capital. Open data, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/foxlabs/czech-company-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Berkan Kaplan](https://apify.com/foxlabs) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 1 monthly users, 97.1% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Czech Company Data — ARES Registry 🇨🇿

🎉 Turn the Czech ARES registry into clean, structured company data — no login, no API key, one row per entity, with the IČO, legal form, industry (NACE), status and address.
Built for B2B sales, lead generation, KYB / compliance and market-research teams.

### 🔍 What is the Czech Company Data — and when should you use it?

Give this actor company names or Czech IČO numbers and it returns matching companies from the Czech ARES business registry (open API) — as clean, deduplicated rows you can filter, export or feed to an AI agent. Every run queries the source live, so the data is as fresh as the registry itself.

**Use it when you need:** a Czech company list for outreach; formation / status monitoring; or a canonical registry record for KYB and due diligence.

**Use something else when:** you need firmographics the registry doesn’t hold (revenue, headcount, website, email) — pair this with an enrichment actor from [Fox Labs](https://apify.com/foxlabs).

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

**Already on the Apify MCP server?** Ask for this Actor by name: `foxlabs/czech-company-data`.

**Your agent can pay for its own runs.** This Actor is pay-per-event with agentic payments, so an agent can discover it, run it and settle the bill over **x402 (USDC on Base)** or **Skyfire** — no Apify account or API token of its own. Billing is the same either way: per delivered record, never for errors.

Otherwise paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP-enabled assistant:

```
I want to pull Czech company records using the Apify Actor `foxlabs/czech-company-data`.
Input: `queries` is a list of company names or Czech IČO numbers. `maxResultsPerQuery` caps rows per query.
Start with: {"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}
Ask me what to look up, run the Actor, then summarise the rows as a table.
```

The machine-readable API, MCP config and OpenAPI definition live at `apify.com/foxlabs/czech-company-data.md`.

### 📋 Overview

Everything you need to turn the Czech ARES business registry (open API) into clean, structured data — in one actor, with no login, cookies or API key.

**Why teams pick this actor:**

- ✅ **Whole registry, one call** — name or ID in, matching companies out.
- 🧹 **No empty-promise columns** — only fields this registry actually fills; degenerate columns are removed.
- 🔗 **Stable identifiers** — every row carries the source's own IDs, ready to join across runs and to other Fox Labs actors.
- 💰 **Pay only for results** — per-row pricing, empty/failed lookups never billed.
- 🤖 **Agent-ready** — MCP + x402 agentic payments.

### ✨ Features

- 🔍 **Name or ID lookup** — relevance-ranked name search or exact registry-ID lookup.
- 🏢 **Full entity profile** — status, legal form, formation date, address and the registry’s own contact fields.
- 🧹 **Clean schema** — deduplicated camelCase rows, ready for CSV/Excel/JSON.

### 🎬 Quick Start

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/foxlabs~czech-company-data/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}'
```

### 🚀 Getting Started (3 steps)

1. **Choose your targets** — company names or Czech IČO numbers.
2. **Set the cap** — `maxResultsPerQuery` limits rows per query.
3. **Run and export** — get a clean dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### 📥 Input

```json
{"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | Company names or Czech IČO numbers. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | Caps rows per query. |
| `maxConcurrency` | integer | How many queries to fetch at once. |
| `includeRaw` | boolean | Attach the source’s untouched record under `raw`. |

### 📤 Output

One row per company, saved to the dataset. Every row also carries `query`, `scrapedAt`, and — when a lookup fails — an `error` explaining why (never silently dropped, never billed).

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `name` | Name |
| `ico` | Ico |
| `vat` | Vat |
| `legalForm` | Legal form / entity type |
| `legalFormCode` | Legal-form code |
| `address` | Principal address |
| `city` | City |
| `region` | Region |
| `postalCode` | Postal code |
| `nace` | Nace |
| `primaryNace` | Primary Nace |
| `foundingDate` | Founding Date |
| `isActive` | Is Active |
| `activeRegisters` | Active Registers |
| `aresUrl` | Ares Url |
| `source` | Source |
| `license` | License |
| `directors` | Directors |
| `directorsCount` | Directors Count |
| `directorsTruncated` | Directors Truncated |
| `supervisoryBoard` | Supervisory Board |
| `supervisoryBoardCount` | Supervisory Board Count |
| `supervisoryBoardTruncated` | Supervisory Board Truncated |
| `capital` | Registered share capital |

### 💼 Use cases

**1. Czech B2B lead lists** — active Czech companies by name or industry.
*Input:* name searches. *Output:* entities + NACE + address. *Use:* a ready sales list.

**2. Firmographic enrichment** — attach legal form and industry to a company.
*Input:* IČO numbers. *Output:* the ARES record. *Use:* enrich a CRM.

**3. KYB / due diligence** — verify a Czech company by IČO.
*Input:* the IČO or name. *Output:* the canonical ARES record. *Use:* confirm existence and standing.

### 🔗 Integration

**JavaScript / Node.js**

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('foxlabs/czech-company-data').call({"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items[0]);
```

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('foxlabs/czech-company-data').call(run_input={"queries":["undefined"],"maxResultsPerQuery":50})
for item in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

**Automation (n8n / Zapier / Make):** schedule or webhook → HTTP request to the actor API with your `queries` → handle the JSON dataset → push to a sheet, CRM or dashboard.

### 📊 Pricing

Pay-per-event: **per delivered record**. Empty or failed lookups are never billed. [View current pricing.](https://apify.com/foxlabs/czech-company-data)

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need an account, login or API key?** No. This reads the Czech ARES business registry (open API).

**What do I search by?** Company names or Czech IČO numbers.

**How current is the data?** Every run queries the source live, so results are as fresh as the registry.

**Why are firmographics like revenue or website missing?** A public business registry doesn’t hold them; we don’t ship empty columns. Pair with an enrichment actor from Fox Labs.

**Can I export to CSV / Excel / JSON?** Yes — directly from the Apify dataset.

### 🐛 Troubleshooting

- **Fewer rows than expected** — raise `maxResultsPerQuery`, or refine the name.
- **A name returns an unexpected entity** — it matched a similar registered name; search the exact registry ID.
- **No rows for a name** — try the entity’s exact legal name or its registry ID.

### ⚖️ Is it legal to scrape this data?

This actor reads a public government business registry published as open data. Results can still contain personal data (e.g. a registered agent’s name); personal data is protected by the GDPR and similar laws, so only process it with a legitimate basis. See Apify’s blog post on the legality of web scraping.

### 🤝 Support & contact

- 🌐 **Website:** [data.foxlabs.com.tr](https://data.foxlabs.com.tr)
- 📧 **Email:** info@foxlabs.com.tr
- 🐛 **Issues:** open a ticket in the Actor’s **Issues** tab
- 🧰 **More clean B2B data actors:** [Fox Labs on Apify](https://apify.com/foxlabs)

### Changelog

#### 0.1 — 2026-09-07

- **Enabled AI-agent payments (x402) + rebuilt the README to the full standard** (What-is / when, AI-agents + x402 agentic payments + MCP, Overview, Features, Use cases, Integration, FAQ, Troubleshooting, Support & contact).

#### 0.0

- Initial release: data from the Czech ARES business registry (open API) by name or registry ID.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Find companies whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). Example: "Škoda", "Alza", "logistika". Leave empty to look up by IČO or to DISCOVER by sector/city/form below.

## `icoList` (type: `array`):

Exact 8-digit Czech company IDs (IČO) for precise lookup, e.g. \["00177041", "45274649"]. Overrides the name search.

## `naceActivity` (type: `string`):

DISCOVER companies by economic activity — a CZ-NACE code prefix, e.g. "62" (IT / programming), "41" (construction), "47" (retail), "10" (food). Combine with City + Legal form to narrow below ARES's 1,000-result cap. No name needed.

## `legalForm` (type: `string`):

Filter to a single legal form. Also works as a standalone discovery criterion (e.g. all joint-stock companies in a city).

## `city` (type: `string`):

DISCOVER or filter by registered city (ARES municipality name), e.g. "Praha", "Brno", "Ostrava". Must be combined with a sector or legal form (ARES does not allow a city-only search).

## `addressQuery` (type: `string`):

Extra client-side filter — keep only companies whose full registered address contains this text (a street or district). Applied after the search. Leave empty for none.

## `onlyActive` (type: `boolean`):

Exclude companies that have been dissolved / struck off (have a termination date).

## `includeDirectors` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the statutory body / board (directors' names, roles, tenure), supervisory board and registered share capital from the public register (Veřejný rejstřík). Off by default — adds a lookup per company.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to return (1–100000). Note: a single discovery query is capped at 1,000 by ARES — narrow with sector + city + form to go deeper.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "icoList": [
    "00177041",
    "45274649"
  ],
  "legalForm": "",
  "onlyActive": false,
  "includeDirectors": true,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "icoList": [
        "00177041",
        "45274649"
    ],
    "naceActivity": "",
    "legalForm": "",
    "city": "",
    "addressQuery": "",
    "includeDirectors": true,
    "maxResults": 1000
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("foxlabs/czech-company-data").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "icoList": [
        "00177041",
        "45274649",
    ],
    "naceActivity": "",
    "legalForm": "",
    "city": "",
    "addressQuery": "",
    "includeDirectors": True,
    "maxResults": 1000,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("foxlabs/czech-company-data").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "icoList": [
    "00177041",
    "45274649"
  ],
  "naceActivity": "",
  "legalForm": "",
  "city": "",
  "addressQuery": "",
  "includeDirectors": true,
  "maxResults": 1000
}' |
apify call foxlabs/czech-company-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,foxlabs/czech-company-data"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/k6qhd9qX8dbTjdi0r/builds/T8ijcse5AlLXo3pYh/openapi.json