Lead generation
Lead lists from public data
Collect companies and their public contacts from websites, directories and official registers. Check emails and phones. Get one clean row per lead, ready for your CRM.
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- 10 live tools · 3 coming soon
- Runs on a schedule
- Pay for use on Apify
- Free plan to start
The task
Why it matters
Most sales and marketing teams build lead lists by hand. Someone opens a directory, copies a company name, finds the website, looks for an email and pastes it into a sheet. It takes hours. Some emails may be old or wrong.
Our Actors do the copy and paste. They read public pages and official registers, find contacts, and check them. You start your day with a list, not with a blank sheet.
By hand
- Copy companies from directories by hand
- Guess emails and hope they work
- No way to know the company size or stack
- Old lists with dead contacts
With our Actors
- Companies from directories and registers in one table
- Every email checked for format and mail domain
- Tech stack, country and register data in each row
- Run again every month to keep the list fresh
How it works
How it works in 4 steps
- 01
Find companies
Directories, startup lists and company registers
- 02
Get contacts
Public emails, phones and social links from each website
- 03
Check them
Email, phone and VAT checks remove bad rows
- 04
Send to CRM
HubSpot, Google Sheets, Airtable or a CSV file
10 live · 3 coming soon
Tools for this use case
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyWebsite Contact Scraper
Add a list of company websites.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyBulk Email Verifier: MX, Disposable, Role & Typo Check
Paste email addresses or pick a dataset from a lead scraper.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyPhone Number Validator & Formatter - Bulk E.164, No Login
Paste phone numbers in any format.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyWebsite Tech Stack Detector: CMS, Versions & CDN, No Login
Paste a list of websites. The tool checks each live page against 7,600+ technology fingerprints. You get one row per site with CMS, shop…
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyEU VAT Number Validator (VIES) - Bulk Check, No Login
Paste a list of EU VAT numbers.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyEuropages Scraper: B2B Suppliers & Certificates (No Login)
Search Europages by product and country.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyYC Companies Scraper: Founders & Jobs, No Login
Pick a YC batch, industry or region.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyFrance Company & SIRET Search
Check French companies by SIREN, SIRET or VAT number.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyNorway Company Register (Brreg) & Updates
Look up Norwegian companies by organisation number, or search the register with filters.
Leads & companiesLive on ApifyDomain WHOIS (RDAP) & DNS Lookup, No Login
Paste a list of domains. For each one, you get registrar, dates and days until expiry from the official registry. You also get live DNS…
Leads & companiesComing soonBulk Email List Validator: Clean CSV, No Login
Upload your email list as a CSV or Google Sheet link.
Leads & companiesComing soonFinland Company Register (PRH YTJ)
Check Finnish companies by Business ID (Y-tunnus), or search by name and town.
Leads & companiesComing soonLEI Lookup & Change Monitor (GLEIF)
Paste LEI codes or a company name.
Example workflow
Your first run, step by step
Pick your market
For example: software companies in Norway, or new Y Combinator startups.
Collect the companies
Run a register or directory tool. You get names, websites and register IDs.
Add contacts
Give the websites to Website Contact Scraper. It finds public emails, phones and social profiles.
Clean the list
Run Email Verifier and Phone Number Validator. Keep only the rows that pass.
Send and repeat
Send the rows to your CRM with Make, Zapier or n8n. Schedule the run every month.
| company | Example Apps AS |
|---|---|
| website | example.com |
| [email protected] | |
| email_status | deliverable |
| phone | +47 … |
| tech | WordPress, HubSpot |
| country | NO |
Example values. Real fields depend on the tool. Every tool page shows a real sample.
Send the data to
- HubSpot
- Google Sheets
- Airtable
- Make
- Zapier
- n8n
Who uses it
People who use these tools
Sales teams
Fill the pipeline with fresh, checked contacts every week.
Agencies
Build lead lists for each project.
Founders
Build a list of your first 100 prospects in one evening.
Questions
Do you sell lead lists?
No. We make tools. You run them and you own the data. This way the list is always fresh and fits your market.
Is it legal to collect business contacts?
Our tools read only public pages and open registers. Laws like GDPR still apply to how you use the data. Read our note on web scraping and the law.
How do I avoid bounced emails?
Run every list through Email Verifier before you send. It checks the format, the domain and its mail (MX) records. It does not check the mailbox itself, so a few emails can still bounce. Bulk Email Validator for CSV lists is coming soon.
Can I get leads for one country only?
Yes. Use a company register for that country, or filter directory results by country.
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