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Germany Handelsregister API - Company Data

Company data and officers from the German commercial register. You get clean, structured records with the source registry attached - keyed off the HRB identifier.

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What you get

→Structured JSON, not HTML or PDFs
→Source registry attached to every record
→Read live at query time - current filings
→Queried by HRB or company name

python · regdata/germany-handelsregister-scraper

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("apify_api_xxxxx")
run = client.actor("regdata/germany-handelsregister-scraper").call(
    run_input={"query": "Zalando SE"}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Fields

What each Handelsregister record contains

Field	What it holds
companyName	Full legal company name
legalForm / legalFormCode	Legal form (GmbH, AG, ...) and its raw XJustiz code
status	Register status (e.g. aktuell)
registerCourt / registerType / registerNumber	Registering court, HRB/HRA/GnR/PR/VR, and number
euid	European Unique Identifier for cross-border matching
seat / address	Registered seat and full structured address
capital	Registered capital (amount + currency)
officers	Representatives with name, firstName, lastName, dateOfBirth, city, role, raw roleCode
representationRule	Rule of representation (Vertretungsregelung)
businessPurpose	Object of the company (Gegenstand des Unternehmens)
registrationHistory	Registration narrative entries (Eintragungstexte)
structuredData	true when official XJustiz structured content was parsed
sourceUrl / scrapedAt	Provenance

Sample record (JSON, people masked)

{
  "companyName": "Connected Retail GmbH",
  "legalForm": "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung",
  "legalFormCode": "221110",
  "registerCourt": "Amtsgericht Charlottenburg",
  "registerType": "HRB",
  "registerNumber": "HRB 215511 B",
  "euid": "DEF1103R.HRB215511B",
  "status": "aktuell",
  "seat": "Berlin",
  "address": {
    "street": "Valeska-Gert-Straße",
    "houseNumber": "5",
    "postalCode": "10243",
    "city": "Berlin",
    "formatted": "Valeska-Gert-Straße 5, 10243 Berlin"
  },
  "capital": {
    "amount": 30000,
    "currency": "EUR"
  },
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "…",
      "firstName": "…",
      "lastName": "…",
      "dateOfBirth": "…",
      "city": "…",
      "roleCode": "086",
      "role": "Geschäftsführer"
    }
  ],
  "representationRule": "Ist ein Geschäftsführer bestellt, so vertritt er die Gesellschaft allein. Sind mehrere ...",
  "businessPurpose": "Die Erbringung von Vertriebsdienstleistungen für Einzelhändler ...",
  "structuredData": true,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.handelsregister.de",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-09T19:04:27.810Z"
}

Limitations

What it does not do

Returns matches from the first results page (up to maxResults). For one specific company, use exactMatch or add a registerNumber.
The register's document service rate-limits under heavy use; some records may return core identity only with a "retry later" status - re-run those for full structured data.
Data originates from the German federal-state register portal and is provided as-is.

Serves these use cases

KYC onboarding Contract & ESG compliance audit

FAQ

Does Handelsregister have an API?

Handelsregister (Germany) does not offer a clean public API for programmatic queries. getregdata reads the official source directly and returns structured JSON, keyed off the HRB identifier - so you get API-like access without an official endpoint.

How do I get Handelsregister data programmatically?

Install the getregdata agent skills or MCP server, or run the regdata/germany-handelsregister-scraper actor on Apify. Query by HRB or company name and receive structured, source-attributed records. It is free to install; you pay per result on Apify.

What data does Handelsregister return?

Company data and officers from the German commercial register.

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