New York Business Entity Search — NY DOS Corporation Registry

New York State publishes its whole active-corporation file as open data. This actor searches it by name or DOS ID and returns the record — entity type, initial filing date, county, jurisdiction of formation and the registered agent and service-of-process address you need to actually reach the company.

No API key · Official source · Pay only for delivered rows · Same schema across the series

What data do you get?

Field	Description
companyName	Current entity name
registrationNumber	DOS ID
legalForm	Entity type — domestic business corporation, foreign LLC and so on
incorporatedOn	Initial DOS filing date
status	active — the dataset only carries active entities
county	County of record
jurisdiction	Jurisdiction of formation
registeredAgent	Registered agent name
registeredAgentAddress	Registered agent address
address	DOS process (service-of-process) address
city	Process address city
postalCode	Process address ZIP
sourceUrl	NY Department of State entity search

Every row also carries query (what you asked for), scrapedAt (ISO timestamp) and, when a lookup fails, error explaining why.

Example output

{
  "country": "US",
  "registry": "New York Department of State — Active Corporations",
  "companyName": "ETSY, INC.",
  "registrationNumber": "3235342",
  "legalForm": "DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION",
  "incorporatedOn": "2005-06-06",
  "status": "active",
  "county": "Kings",
  "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
  "address": "117 ADAMS ST, BROOKLYN, NY, 11201",
  "city": "BROOKLYN",
  "sourceUrl": "https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/EntityDisplay?id=3235342"
}

Input

{
  "queries": ["Etsy","Peloton Interactive","Datadog"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "includeRaw": false
}

Input	What it does
queries	Entity names (Etsy, Peloton Interactive) or numeric DOS IDs (2343712).
maxResultsPerQuery	Caps how many rows one query may produce.
maxConcurrency	How many queries run at once. Lower it if the source starts throttling.
includeRaw	Attaches the source's untouched record under raw, for fields this actor does not map.
requestDelayMs	Politeness delay between requests.
proxyConfiguration	Optional. The Socrata API is open and rarely needs a proxy.

What people use it for

• US entity verification — confirm a New York counterparty is a real registered entity, and when it was formed.
• Registered agent outreach — the service-of-process address is the one legally reliable contact point on the record.
• Market research — search a keyword and see how many active NY entities carry it.

Notes and limits

• The dataset contains active entities only. A dissolved company will not be found — absence is itself a signal, but not proof of dissolution.
• Names are stored upper case by the Department of State and are not re-cased here.

Where the data comes from

New York State publishes the active corporation file through its Socrata open-data API with no key. Source: NY Open Data — Active Corporations

FAQ

Is this New York corporation scraper free?

The data source is free and needs no API key — you pay only for the rows the run delivers ($0.004 each). Failed or empty lookups are never charged.

Do I need an API key or a login?

No. New York State publishes the active corporation file through its Socrata open-data API with no key.

What can I search by?

Both. A numeric query is looked up as a DOS ID; anything else runs a contains-match on the current entity name.

How current is the data?

Every run queries the source live, so results are as fresh as the source itself. The Department of State refreshes the dataset regularly; it covers entities registered from 1800 onwards that are still active.

How fast is it, and how many queries can I run?

Queries run concurrently (4 at a time by default, tunable in the input). A prefilled run finishes in seconds; large lists scale roughly linearly and stay well inside a normal run timeout.

Can I export the results to CSV, Excel or JSON?

Yes. Apify datasets export to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML and HTML, and can be pulled through the API or pushed to your own storage.

What happens when a query returns nothing?

You still get a row, carrying your original query and an error field explaining why. Nothing is silently dropped, and you are not charged for it.

Is scraping this data legal?

Yes. New York publishes the corporation register as open data under its own open-data policy; corporate filings are public records.

Related actors

• Texas Business Entity Search
• Colorado Business Entity Search

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