North Data Alternative (2026): German Company Data via API, pay-as-you-go

Ayyoub Aharchi — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:39:37 +0000

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