Florida Sunbiz Registry Lookup by Name, Agent & FEI

Look up Florida business entities in the state's official Sunbiz registry — by entity name, officer or registered agent, FEI/EIN, document number, ZIP code, street address, or trademark — and get a full filing profile for each result. Each record includes status, addresses, registered agent, officers and LLC managers, annual reports, event and name history, trademark details, protected series, and optional copies of filed documents. No login is required.

What this actor does

• Nine lookup paths: entity name, officer/registered agent, registered agent only, FEI/EIN, exact document number, ZIP, street address, trademark name, and trademark owner
• Batch-friendly input: pass several search terms, paste Sunbiz detail or result URLs, or mix both in one run
• Full people coverage: officers and directors for corporations, plus authorized persons/managers for Florida LLCs
• Filing trail: annual reports, every event on record, previous names, and protected series for series LLCs
• Trademark data: owners, mark type/class, first-use dates, expiration date, and cross-reference
• Optional PDF copies: keep labels and dates by default, or save the newest/all filed documents with working links
• Filters: active/inactive status and corporation/LLC/trademark/partnership/non-profit type
• Empty fields are omitted — a record only contains data Sunbiz actually published for that entity

Output per business entity

• entityName — registered name
• entityType — e.g. Florida Profit Corporation, Florida Limited Liability Company, Trademark
• documentNumber — Sunbiz filing number
• status — ACTIVE, INACTIVE, or the published status text
• feiEinNumber — federal employer identification number, when on file
• filingDate — original filing date
• effectiveDate — filing effective date, when published (common for LLCs)
• state — state of formation
• lastEvent, lastEventFileDate, eventEffectiveDate — most recent filing event
• principalAddress, principalAddressChanged
• mailingAddress, mailingAddressChanged
• registeredAgentName, registeredAgentAddress, registeredAgentNameChanged, registeredAgentAddressChanged
• officers[] — { title, name, address } for each officer/director
• authorizedPersons[] — { title, name, address } for each LLC manager/member/authorized person
• annualReports[] — { year, filedDate }
• lastAnnualReportYear — most recent report year
• eventHistory[] — { eventType, filedDate, effectiveDate, description }
• nameHistory[] — { filedDate, oldName }
• protectedSeries[] — { name, status, filedDate } for Florida series LLCs
• owners[] — { name, address } for trademarks
• markTypeClasses[], markUsedInConnectionWith, firstUsedInFlorida, firstUsedAnywhere, expirationDate, crossReference — trademark details
• filedDocuments[] — { label, filedDate, documentType, pdfUrl? } filing history; pdfUrl is present only when PDF copies are enabled and the file was retrieved
• sourceUrl — Sunbiz detail-page URL
• searchType, searchTerm — the lookup that produced the record
• recordType: "businessEntity", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchType	string (select)	entityName	One of the nine Sunbiz lookup paths
searchTerms	string[]	–	Values to search (one or more)
startUrls	array	–	Sunbiz detail or search-results URLs
entityStatus	string (select)	any	any / active / inactive
entityType	string (select)	any	any / corporation / llc / trademark / partnership / nonprofit
includeEventHistory	boolean	true	Add event and name history (one extra request when events exist)
mirrorFiledDocuments	string (select)	none	none / newest / all (up to 20 newest per entity) PDF copies
maxItems	integer	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1–1,000)

Example: entity name with a PDF copy

{
  "searchType": "entityName",
  "searchTerms": ["publix super markets"],
  "entityStatus": "any",
  "includeEventHistory": true,
  "mirrorFiledDocuments": "newest",
  "maxItems": 5
}

Example: officers and registered agents

{
  "searchType": "officerOrRegisteredAgent",
  "searchTerms": ["smith john"],
  "entityType": "llc",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example: exact document number plus a pasted URL

{
  "searchType": "documentNumber",
  "searchTerms": ["112252"],
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&aggregateId=trade-910940-9d670eee-3ef4-45ec-ae61-2cf4fa2d2118"}
  ],
  "maxItems": 2
}

Example: active businesses in a ZIP

{
  "searchType": "zipCode",
  "searchTerms": ["33811"],
  "entityStatus": "active",
  "entityType": "llc",
  "includeEventHistory": false,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Use cases

• Due diligence / KYC — verify a Florida vendor's status, FEI/EIN, registered agent, and filing history
• Ownership and conflict checks — map every entity tied to an officer or registered agent
• Registered-agent monitoring — track the companies represented by an agent
• Legal research — review amendments, mergers, reinstatements, and previous names by document number
• Lead enrichment — add verified Florida business identity, address, and people data to a CRM
• Trademark research — collect mark owners, classes, and first-use/expiration dates

FAQ

What is the data source? The actor reads the public Sunbiz registry operated by the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the State of Florida.

Why does a name search sometimes return entities that do not contain my term? Sunbiz name, officer/agent, FEI, ZIP, and address indexes are ordered lists. If your term has no exact match, the site returns the nearest entries in its index instead of zero results. Only documentNumber is a true exact lookup. Use the entityType filter to hide trademarks and unrelated filing types.

Why are some records missing FEI/EIN, addresses, or a registered agent? Older, inactive, or certain filing types genuinely do not have those values on file. The actor reports exactly what Sunbiz publishes and omits empty fields instead of inventing placeholders.

What is the difference between officers and authorizedPersons? Corporations and non-profits publish officers/directors. Florida LLCs publish managers, members, or other authorized persons. Both lists use the same title, name, address shape.

What is eventHistory? Every filing event Sunbiz lists for the entity — amendments, mergers, reinstatements, dissolutions, expirations, and name changes. nameHistory is derived from the name-change entries. It is added when includeEventHistory is on and the entity has events.

Why do trademarks have a different set of fields? Trademark filings do not have a registered agent, officers, or standard addresses. They publish owners, mark type/class, first-use dates, and an expiration date instead; those fields are included when present.

Why are PDF links optional? The official document viewer is designed for interactive browser use and is not reliably linkable from a dataset. With mirrorFiledDocuments, the actor saves the PDF to Apify storage and returns a stable link; without it, you still get the filing label, date, and document type.

How current is the data? Records are read live from Sunbiz when the actor runs. There may be a short delay between a filing being accepted and appearing in the public search.

Do I need a login or proxy? No. The registry is public and the actor handles access automatically. Just provide search terms or Sunbiz URLs.

Does this actor cover protected series? Yes. Florida series LLCs that have filed protected-series designations include a protectedSeries array with each series' name, status, and filing date.