# ARES Czech Business Registry Scraper (`parseforge/ares-czech-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Czech business registry data from ARES. Get company names, ICO numbers, VAT IDs, addresses, NACE industry codes, legal forms, and registration dates for 3M+ Czech businesses. Search by name, ICO, or legal form.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/ares-czech-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

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## 🇨🇿 ARES Czech Business Registry Scraper

> 🚀 **Export Czech company records in bulk from the official ARES registry.** Pull names, IČO IDs, legal forms, DIČ tax IDs, addresses, regions, and registration dates. No API key, no manual lookup, no CSV wrangling.

The **ARES Czech Business Registry Scraper** queries the Ministry of Finance's official Czech business registry (ARES) and returns **25+ fields per company**, including name, 8-digit IČO, legal form code and label, DIČ tax ID, full registered address, region (kraj), municipality (obec), and registration metadata. The registry is the authoritative source for company information in the Czech Republic.

Coverage spans **every Czech legal entity** with an IČO, from joint-stock companies (a.s.) and limited liability (s.r.o.) to cooperatives, foundations, public bodies, and self-employed traders. This Actor exposes name-based search, direct IČO lookup, and legal-form filtering with server-side pagination.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Compliance teams, due-diligence analysts, AML/KYC officers, B2B sales, journalists, supplier-onboarding teams | Sanctions and PEP screening, invoice validation, supplier databases, fraud detection, beneficial ownership research, market research |

### 📋 What the ARES Scraper does

Three filtering workflows in a single run:

- 🔍 **Search by name.** Partial match against the legal company name (e.g. `Skoda` returns every Skoda-related entity).
- 🆔 **Lookup by IČO.** Direct fetch of a single company by its 8-digit Czech registration ID.
- 🏷️ **Filter by legal form.** Restrict to a specific entity type via the official legal-form code (e.g. `121` for joint-stock).

Each record includes the company's IČO, name, legal form (code and label), tax registration status (DIČ), date of incorporation, full registered seat address, region (kraj), municipality (obec), financial office jurisdiction, and the complete raw ARES payload for downstream processing.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** the Czech business registry is the canonical source for company data in the country. Compliance teams use it for sanctions screening, sales teams use it for supplier onboarding, journalists use it for investigative reporting. This Actor lifts the bulk-export limitation that ARES's web UI imposes.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `city`, `country`, `dic`, `financialOffice`, `fullAddress`, `ico`, `lastUpdated`, `legalForm`, `name`, `postalCode`, `region`, `registrationDate`, `scrapedAt`, `street`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

### 🚀 How to use

1. 📝 **Sign up.** [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 **Open the Actor.** Go to the ARES Czech Business Registry Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 **Set input.** Choose a search query, IČO, or legal form code.
4. 🚀 **Run it.** Click **Start** and let the Actor fetch and structure the records.
5. 📥 **Download.** Grab your results in the **Dataset** tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

> ⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: **3-5 minutes.** No coding required.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

- [**🏛️ GLEIF LEI Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/gleif-lei-scraper) - Global legal entity identifiers
- [**🏢 Spain Empresia Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/spain-empresia-scraper) - Spanish business registry data
- [**📊 FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/finra-brokercheck-scraper) - U.S. broker and firm regulatory records
- [**🏦 FDIC Bank Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/fdic-bank-scraper) - U.S. bank financial data
- [**🇪🇺 Europages B2B Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/europages-scraper) - European B2B supplier directory

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more business registry scrapers.

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Finance, ARES, or any government agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available registry data is collected.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to collect per run.

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

Search by company name (partial match). Example: 'Skoda'

## `ico` (type: `string`):

Czech company ID. Overrides search query if provided.

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

e.g. '121' (joint-stock company), '112' (limited liability)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "searchQuery": "Skoda"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "searchQuery": "Skoda"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/ares-czech-scraper").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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "searchQuery": "Skoda",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/ares-czech-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "searchQuery": "Skoda"
}' |
apify call parseforge/ares-czech-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/ares-czech-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/8th49uIivEZhKYSxG/builds/amtmiJuEgKjT8HrgT/openapi.json