Corporate Registry Scraper

Overview

The Corporate Registry Scraper extracts business filing data from state Secretary of State corporate registries across the United States. It searches for businesses by name across multiple states and collects entity details including formation dates, registered agents, filing numbers, and business status.

This tool is valuable for due diligence, business verification, competitive intelligence, and compliance research. It automates the tedious process of manually searching each state registry individually to verify corporate entities.

Features

• Search multiple state corporate registries simultaneously
• Support for all major state registries including Delaware, California, New York, Texas, and Florida
• Extract business names, entity types, and current status
• Collect formation dates, registered agents, and principal addresses
• Retrieve filing numbers for official reference
• Configurable result limits and multi-state search
• Works with empty input using sensible defaults

How to Use

1. Navigate to the actor page on Apify Console
2. Enter the business names you want to search for
3. Specify the state codes to search (e.g., DE, CA, NY)
4. Set the maximum number of results you want
5. Click "Start" and wait for the scraper to complete
6. Download results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
businessNames	Array	Business names to search in state registries
states	Array	State codes to search (e.g., DE, CA, NY, TX)
maxResults	Integer	Maximum number of results to scrape

All parameters have defaults, so the actor works with empty {} input.

Output Format

Each result contains:

• businessName - The registered business name
• entityType - Type of entity (LLC, Corporation, etc.)
• status - Current status (Active, Inactive, Dissolved)
• formationDate - Date the entity was formed
• registeredAgent - Name of the registered agent
• principalAddress - Principal business address
• filingNumber - State filing number
• state - State where the entity is registered
• searchTerm - The search term used to find this result
• url - Source URL for the record

Integrations

Connect this actor with other tools using Apify integrations:

• Google Sheets - Export corporate data to spreadsheets for due diligence tracking
• Slack - Receive alerts when business filings are found
• Webhooks - Automate downstream workflows with filing data
• Zapier - Connect with 5000+ apps for business verification pipelines
• API - Access results programmatically via the Apify API

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $1.50 per 1,000 results delivered. No charges if no results are produced. Platform compute costs apply separately based on memory and run time.

Legal and Compliance

This actor accesses publicly available data from state corporate registries. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of the data complies with applicable laws and each state registry's terms of service. Data is provided as-is for research and verification purposes.