# Florida New Business Registrations (Sunbiz) (`athomas_jr/fl-new-business-registrations`) Actor

Daily new Florida business entity filings (LLC, Corp, LP) sourced from the Florida Division of Corporations' official bulk data files. Clean, normalized schema; automatic deduplication across runs; pay only for new records.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/athomas\_jr/fl-new-business-registrations.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio Thomas](https://apify.com/athomas_jr) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 business records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Florida New Business Registrations (Sunbiz)

Fresh Florida LLC, corporation, and limited partnership filings — sourced straight from the
Florida Division of Corporations' own bulk data files, normalized into one clean JSON schema,
deduplicated across runs so you never pay for the same record twice.

> **Unofficial.** This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Florida
> Department of State, the Division of Corporations, or Sunbiz. "Sunbiz" is referenced only to
> identify the public data source.

### Why this instead of a Sunbiz scraper

Most Sunbiz actors search-scrape `sunbiz.org` result pages one query at a time. This one reads
the [official bulk corporate data files](https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/other-services/data-downloads/daily-data/)
that the Division of Corporations publishes itself for exactly this purpose — a daily delta file
of every filing added that day. That means:

- **No HTML scraping, no bot-wall risk.** The Division hands out read-only SFTP credentials on
  its own public docs page — this is the intended access path, not a workaround.
- **Delta-native.** The daily file *is* "what's new today," so a "new filings" run doesn't need
  to diff a full-text search against yesterday's — the source is already a delta.
- **Dedup-safe by construction.** Every run records which dates it already processed in the
  Actor's key-value store. Re-run the same day, or recover from a failed run, and you'll never
  be charged for the same business record twice.
- **One normalized schema**, not a scrape-shaped grab bag: consistent field names, ISO dates,
  structured addresses, and a decoded entity-type label alongside the raw Sunbiz code.

### Pricing (pay per event)

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Actor start | $0.01 flat, once per run |
| Business record | $0.005 per new, deduplicated record |

**Worked example:** 1,000 new Florida business filings ≈ 1,000 × $0.005 + $0.01 ≈ **$5.01**.

Records already delivered in a prior run are skipped entirely (see [Dedup](#dedup-no-double-billing)) —
you're never billed twice for the same filing.

### Input

```json
{
  "mode": "new-filings",
  "startDate": "2026-07-01",
  "endDate": "2026-07-25",
  "entityTypeFilter": ["FLAL", "DOMP"],
  "searchTerm": "",
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | `"new-filings" \| "backfill" \| "search"` | See [Modes](#modes) below. |
| `startDate` | `string (YYYY-MM-DD)` | Required for `backfill` / `search`. Ignored by `new-filings`. |
| `endDate` | `string (YYYY-MM-DD)` | Required for `backfill` / `search`; defaults to today. |
| `entityTypeFilter` | `string[]` | Sunbiz filing type codes, e.g. `FLAL` (Florida LLC), `DOMP` (domestic profit corp). Empty = all types. |
| `searchTerm` | `string` | `search` mode only — case-insensitive substring match on entity name. |
| `maxItems` | `integer` | Stop after this many records. `0` = unlimited. |

#### Modes

- **`new-filings`** — the mode you schedule daily. Automatically resumes from the last date this
  Actor processed (tracked in its key-value store) and fetches only the business days since.
  First run defaults to "yesterday."
- **`backfill`** — fetch an explicit `startDate`..`endDate` range regardless of what's already
  been processed. Use this for a one-time historical load.
- **`search`** — fetch a date range and filter in-memory by `entityTypeFilter` / `searchTerm`.
  Doesn't mark dates as processed, so it never interferes with your `new-filings` schedule.

### Output schema

```json
{
  "documentNumber": "L26000123456",
  "entityName": "ACME COASTAL ROOFING LLC",
  "status": "active",
  "statusCode": "A",
  "entityType": "Florida Limited Liability Company",
  "entityTypeCode": "FLAL",
  "filingDate": "2026-07-24",
  "lastTransactionDate": "2026-07-24",
  "feiNumber": null,
  "hasMoreThanSixOfficers": false,
  "principalAddress": {
    "line1": "123 MAIN ST",
    "line2": null,
    "city": "ORLANDO",
    "state": "FL",
    "zip": "32801",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "mailingAddress": {
    "line1": "123 MAIN ST",
    "line2": null,
    "city": "ORLANDO",
    "state": "FL",
    "zip": "32801",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "registeredAgent": {
    "name": "REGISTERED AGENTS INC",
    "type": "C",
    "address": "100 AGENT WAY",
    "city": "TALLAHASSEE",
    "state": "FL",
    "zip": "323010000"
  },
  "annualReports": [],
  "sourceFile": "20260724c.txt"
}
```

### Dedup (no double billing)

The Actor tracks which calendar dates it has already fetched and pushed in a named key-value
store (`SUNBIZ-DEDUP-STATE`), independent of the run's dataset. In `new-filings` mode:

1. It looks up the last date it successfully processed.
2. It fetches only business days after that date through today.
3. Each date is marked processed only after its records are pushed.
4. Re-running the Actor for a date already marked processed fetches nothing and charges nothing.

`backfill` mode also checks and marks this state (so it composes safely with a `new-filings`
schedule); `search` mode never marks dates processed, since it's a read/filter operation, not a
delivery of "new" records.

### Use cases

- **Insurance & payroll lead gen** — every new LLC needs workers' comp, payroll, and a business
  bank account within weeks of filing. This is the freshest possible signal.
- **Web services / local marketing agencies** — new entities need a website, a Google Business
  Profile, and local SEO before a competitor gets there first.
- **KYC / compliance enrichment** — registered agent and status fields feed entity-resolution
  pipelines without a manual Sunbiz lookup.

### Quickstart

#### JavaScript (apify-client)

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" });

const run = await client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/fl-new-business-registrations").call({
  mode: "new-filings",
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);
```

#### Python (apify-client)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/fl-new-business-registrations").call(
    run_input={"mode": "new-filings"}
)

items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)
```

#### CLI

```bash
apify call YOUR_USERNAME/fl-new-business-registrations \
  --input '{"mode": "new-filings"}'
```

#### For AI agents / MCP

This Actor's dataset output is plain, flat-ish JSON with stable field names — safe to hand to an
LLM directly without a cleanup pass. If you're calling it from an MCP-connected agent, prefer
`mode: "search"` with `entityTypeFilter` + `searchTerm` for a bounded, cheap query instead of a
full `backfill`; `maxItems` caps spend per call. Apify's own [Actors MCP
Server](https://apify.com/apify/actors-mcp-server) can expose this Actor as a callable tool
without any custom integration code.

### Legal note

This Actor is **unofficial** and has no affiliation with the Florida Department of State or
Sunbiz. Florida corporate filing data is a public record, published by the Florida Department of State,
Division of Corporations for public bulk redistribution
([data downloads page](https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/other-services/data-downloads/)). This Actor
only reads that official public data feed — no authenticated areas, no personal/consumer data,
no bot-wall circumvention. It does not include officer names, which the Division ships in a
less reliably-documented part of the file layout (see [Roadmap](#roadmap)).

### Roadmap

- Officer/registered-agent-signer detail (fields 37–78 of the Sunbiz record) once byte-offset
  verification is complete.
- Multi-state expansion — Colorado, Washington, Texas, and Ohio next; all publish comparable
  bulk business-filing feeds.
- Webhook / push delivery for `new-filings` runs instead of poll-on-schedule.

### Local development

```bash
npm install
npm test                 # unit tests against a byte-aligned fixture, no network
npm run start:dry        # full pipeline against the fixture, no Apify platform, no SFTP
```

See [DEPLOY.md](./DEPLOY.md) for publishing to Apify.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

new-filings: fetch only dates not yet processed by this Actor (the daily-delta, dedup-safe mode meant for scheduled runs). backfill: fetch an explicit date range regardless of prior runs. search: fetch a date range and filter in-memory by entity name / entity type, no separate scrape.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Required for backfill and search modes. Ignored in new-filings mode (which resumes automatically from the last processed date, or defaults to yesterday on first run).

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Required for backfill and search modes. Defaults to today if omitted. Ignored in new-filings mode.

## `entityTypeFilter` (type: `array`):

Restrict results to these Sunbiz filing type codes. Leave empty for all types.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring match against entity name. Only used in search mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after pushing this many records. Leave 0 for unlimited.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "new-filings",
  "entityTypeFilter": [],
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("athomas_jr/fl-new-business-registrations").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("athomas_jr/fl-new-business-registrations").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call athomas_jr/fl-new-business-registrations --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=athomas_jr/fl-new-business-registrations",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/MG4UPFgar7aTeQCDs/builds/f9tYmS78AxWhJHctB/openapi.json