# Generate Minnesota Business Leads by Name Prefix

**Use case:** 

Identify potential business clients or partners by searching for businesses with specific name patterns in Minnesota. This enables targeted lead generation and 

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "byBusinessName",
  "businessName": "Great Lakes",
  "matchType": "BeginsWith",
  "status": "Active",
  "includePriorNames": false,
  "fileNumber": "1K-1056",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "businessName": {
    "label": "Business name"
  },
  "businessType": {
    "label": "Business type"
  },
  "fileNumber": {
    "label": "File number"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "filingDate": {
    "label": "Filing date"
  },
  "registeredAgentName": {
    "label": "Registered agent name"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source url"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Minnesota Secretary of State Business Search Scraper](https://apify.com/crawlerbros/minnesota-sos-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/crawlerbros/minnesota-sos-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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