Looking for a North Data alternative for German company data?
North Data is a solid product — but its API starts at around
€500/month for 1,000 requests (~€0.50 per lookup) on an annual plan. If you're a
developer or data team that just needs German company data in a pipeline — register
number, address, directors, VAT, insolvency status, financials — that's a heavy,
subscription-locked way to buy a few fields.
German Company Data & KYB Scraper is a self-serve, pay-as-you-go alternative on the
Apify marketplace: no subscription, no sales call, no minimum. You pay per company you
actually resolve — from ~$0.05 for a verified profile, or ~$0.01 per record if you
only need name, directors, VAT and contact email from the Impressum.
Side by side
| North Data API | German Company Data & KYB Scraper | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | from ~€500/mo for 1,000 requests | pay-as-you-go, from ~$0.05 / company (or ~$0.01 Impressum-only) |
| Commitment | annual subscription | none — pay per use |
| Access | API key / contract | self-serve on Apify + API + MCP |
| Sources in one call | company register + network | Handelsregister + Impressum + VAT (VIES) + insolvency + Bundesanzeiger + web tech |
| Insolvency check | ✔ | ✔ (matched to the company, with case numbers) |
| VAT validation (VIES) | – | ✔ live |
| Website / tech enrichment | – | ✔ (shop system, stack, socials) |
| Per-field provenance + confidence | – | ✔ |
| Best for | analysts, monitoring, network graphs, UI | developers, data pipelines, enrichment, KYB automation |
Honest take: North Data is better if you want a polished web UI, ongoing monitoring, and
ownership-network graphs. If you want clean, verified German company data in your code at a
fraction of the cost, keyless and on demand, this is the faster, cheaper path.
Two ways to replace North Data
- Full KYB / enrichment → German Company Data & KYB Scraper: Handelsregister + VAT (VIES) + insolvency + Bundesanzeiger + web tech, verified and cross-referenced with per-field provenance. From ~$0.05 / company.
- Bulk B2B leads on a budget → German Impressum Scraper: company name, managing directors, VAT and contact email from any German site's Impressum, HTTP-only at ~$0.01 / record — roughly 50× cheaper than €0.50 / lookup.
What you get per company
- Official company name, legal form, status
- Handelsregister: register type (HRB/HRA), number, court
- Address, contact (email/phone), managing directors
- VAT (USt-IdNr.) validated live against the EU VIES service
- Insolvency: active proceedings matched to the company (official register)
- Financial signals from the Bundesanzeiger
- Website enrichment: shop system, tech stack, social profiles
- Every field tagged with its source and a confidence score
Use it in 60 seconds
Input a domain, company name, or VAT ID:
{ "queries": ["zalando.de", "Siemens AG", "DE811907980"] }
Run it on Apify, call it via the API, or wire it into n8n / Make / Zapier — or let an
AI agent call it as a tool via MCP. Output is clean JSON (also CSV/Excel).
👉 Full company data: https://apify.com/ayyouba/dach-company-intel · Bulk leads
(cheapest): https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper · Insolvency only:
https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-insolvency-api
Prices are list/starting figures as of 2026 and may change; check the current Apify listing.
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