NewcoSignal vs Apify scrapers
Build your own new-company monitor from an Apify actor, or use one that is already set up. Compare setup, cost and upkeep.
The first-mover advantage
Day 1
New company incorporates at Companies House
Within 24 hours
NewcoSignal alerts you - before they've chosen any suppliers
Apify scrapers
Shows you the same company - when relationships are already formed
The key difference
Apify actors for Companies House need your own API key, an Apify account and some setup. NewcoSignal is ready to use with a free plan and no setup.
Which tool is right for you?
Choose NewcoSignal if you...
- Non-technical buyers who do not want to set up accounts, keys and webhooks
- Teams who want the digest, filters and exports ready to use
- Anyone who wants sector categories and formation-agent filtering
- Buyers who want a fixed monthly price instead of usage-based costs
Choose Apify scrapers if you...
- Technical users who want to build their own workflow
- Teams who already use Apify, Zapier, Make or n8n
- Anyone who wants to pay only for newly detected companies
- Users who want to post new matches straight to a webhook
1,500+
new UK companies every day
500+
SIC code categories to filter by
Free
to get started, no contract
Feature comparison
| Feature | NewcoSignal | Apify scrapers |
|---|---|---|
| Detects newly incorporated companies | ||
| Posts to Slack, Zapier or webhooks | ||
| Filters by SIC code and location | ||
| Works without your own Companies House API key | ||
| Free plan with no setup | ||
| Fixed monthly price | ||
| Email digest ready to use | ||
| Pay only per newly detected company |
Several Apify actors watch Companies House for new incorporations by SIC code, region and date. One, the UK New Company Monitor by titan_coder, is listed at $20.00 per 1,000 newly detected companies, plus Apify platform costs, with the first baseline run free. You supply your own free Companies House API key, and it can post new matches to Slack, Zapier, Make or n8n webhooks. Others add website, email or phone enrichment.
For a technical user these are a legitimate route and cost very little. A single narrow watch could cost under about £10 per month according to our research, once you have an account on Apify, a Companies House developer key and a Zapier or Make step to turn the results into an email. Our estimate for the setup is one to two hours for a confident ops person.
The costs that do not show up on a price list are the upkeep and the clean-up. You decide how to match your sector to SIC codes, how to match a region to address text, how to handle a formation agent's address that appears on hundreds of companies, and what to do when an API limit or an actor changes. Companies House's REST API allows 600 requests in five minutes, which a scraper has to respect.
NewcoSignal is the ready-made version. We ingest Companies House daily, you pick an industry category and a region, and the new matches arrive by email daily or weekly, or go to Zapier, webhooks, Slack, Teams or a CRM. The free plan has unlimited company search and one saved search with a daily email of the top 5 new matches. Pro, at £39 per month + VAT or £348 a year + VAT, covers every match (up to 625 new companies a week) with 10 saved searches and CSV and Excel export. Instant alerts are hourly delivery of daily data, not real time.
A new company on NewcoSignal comes with a registered address (around 99.98%) and a named director (around 99%), with formation-agent addresses and likely shell companies filtered out and a reachable-by-post filter. We do not claim emails or phone numbers for brand-new companies. If you enjoy building your own pipeline, an Apify actor is a cheap way to do it. If you would rather not, start on our free plan.
Frequently asked questions
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