Nigeria CAC Company Register API

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

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("apify_api_xxxxx")
run = client.actor("regdata/nigeria-cac-company-scraper").call(
    run_input={"query": "example"}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

What each CAC record contains

What it does not do

• No directors, shareholders, beneficial owners or addresses - not published (see above).
• 50 results per search, no pagination - a register limit, not an actor limit.
• Name search is a similarity search - see the grading section; check nameMatch.
• No document downloads - CAC certificates and filings are a paid service.
• natureOfBusiness is free text as recorded at registration; it is not a standard
• Registration dates before ~1990 are sometimes recorded as 01:00:00Z timestamps in the