The FCA Register records every firm the FCA or PRA has authorised or registered, past and present. Our FCA Register scraper turns each entry into rows keyed on the FRN.
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FCA Register pages, filters, fields and a schedule
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You tell us what the Register should answer - a list of FRNs to check, every firm in a segment you define, the appointed representatives of a set of principals, or the unauthorised firms the FCA has flagged - and we write the crawlers, operate them and fix them whenever the Register's pages change. Those pages are assembled by scripts in the browser, which is why browser rendering, request pacing, rotating proxies and CAPTCHA handling come included.
Runs are one-off for a snapshot, or scheduled daily, weekly or on demand when what you need is the changes. We assess the scope free of charge and send sample rows first, and the documentation we deliver explains every status and permission value in the file.
An FCA Register scraper starts from the firm reference number (FRN), the number the FCA gives each firm and the key that keeps a firm's row stable between runs. A firm's entry, as the Register shows it to any visitor, breaks into these groups:
Unauthorised firms are recorded too, with the contact details they give out and a mark when they are cloning a genuine firm, so a screening list can hold both sides.
The Register's search is made for finding one firm or individual by name or reference number. A full pass over the firms in scope gives you something different: an FCA Register database you can filter by status, permission, client money ability or principal, and count.
Its value grows with repetition. Authorisations are granted, varied and cancelled; principals add and terminate appointed representatives; trading names change; warnings about unauthorised and clone firms appear. Repeated runs keyed on the FRN turn this into dated change records: the week a firm moved from Authorised to No longer authorised, the run in which a permission disappeared, the principal an appointed representative left. Firms that confirm their details late surface the same way, through the non-compliant banner.
We join the Register to your own client or counterparty list when you need it, by firm name, FRN or company number. The Register also lists individuals, approved and directory persons, but they are natural persons, so we leave them out by default and deliver firms only.
The Financial Services Register, run by the Financial Conduct Authority at register.fca.org.uk, is the public record of firms, individuals and other bodies that are or have been authorised by the FCA or the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). In the UK almost every firm providing financial services has to be authorised or registered. Authorisation means meeting the FCA's standards and holding permission for specific products and services; registration carries requirements but no right to provide the regulated products and services that need authorisation.
For someone who needs the data, the Register is three lists in one. The firm list covers banks and lenders, insurers, investment, pension and mortgage firms, credit brokers, debt and claims management companies, payment and e-money institutions, and the appointed representatives that work under a principal. The individuals list holds approved persons and the directory of certified and assessed persons. The third list is the firms the FCA has been told are offering regulated services without authorisation or running scams, with the details they use and whether they pose as a genuine firm.
Former firms stay on the Register, so it can show whether a firm was authorised when a product was sold. The FCA Firm Checker, a consumer tool on the same records, shows less: no historic fines, no client money ability, no individuals.
Delivery: CSV, JSON or XLSX files, our API or a JSON feed. MCP server on request.
Full plan detailsMost people who use the Register check one firm at a time. Collected in bulk, the same entries support decisions that need a whole market.
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ScrapeIt runs web scraping as a managed service for teams that want records, not tools: the crawlers are ours to build, run and repair, and the records arrive on your schedule. Public registers like the FCA's are steady work for us: entries keyed on a reference number, status values that matter more than the text around them, and changes that only show when one run is compared with the last. Delivery is CSV, Excel or JSON, by e-mail, SFTP or Google Drive, or into your database. Plans start from EUR 169 a month, or EUR 199 for a one-time extract.
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Entries change as firms are authorised, cancelled or revoked, as permissions are varied and as principals add or terminate appointed representatives. Most authorised firms must also confirm their firm details at least once a year, and the Register shows whether they have. We refresh weekly for monitoring and daily when a change feeds an onboarding check.
Yes. The Financial Services Register is the FCA's public record, and a firm's status, permissions, trading names and disciplinary history are open to every visitor. We collect only publicly available data - everything a visitor can see on the FCA Register - and we collect it legally. Firms are delivered as listed; the individuals on the Register are left out by default, in line with GDPR.
Yes. The ScrapeIt FCA Register API serves FRN, firm name, trading names, status, permissions and appointed representatives as JSON from an endpoint we host, updated on the schedule you choose. Spreadsheets (CSV or XLSX), a JSON feed or a direct insert into your own database work just as well, and an MCP server is available on request.
Yes. Each run is compared with the last on the FRN, and every difference becomes a dated change record: a status moving from Authorised to No longer authorised or Revoked, a regulated activity added or removed, a new requirement, an appointed representative joining or leaving a principal. You receive the full snapshot and the changes as separate tables.
Yes. The Register lists firms the FCA has been told are operating without authorisation or running scams, with the names and contact details they use and a mark when they claim to be a genuine authorised firm. We deliver them as a separate table you can match against payments, domains or inbound enquiries.
You share your needs, expectations, and desired timeframe. We'll suggest the best solution based on your request and budget.
Our specialists configure the crawlers and extract a sample dataset for your review before proceeding with the full-scale extraction.
Once you approve the sample, we launch the project and start full data collection. We gather, filter, and structure the data for easy use, delivering it on time in your preferred format.
Our team manages ongoing processes, monitors website changes, and supports all data extraction cycles. We can also help integrate data into your systems or create dashboards to simplify analysis.
Tell us which sites, which fields and how often. A couple of lines is enough to start.
FCA Register data from €169/month. Free project assessment, reply within 1 business day.