Secretary of State Business Entity Search: Colorado, New York, Oregon

Secretary of State Business Search searches the official business-entity registries of Colorado, New York and Oregon by company name and returns one flat, consistent row per entity: legal name, state filing number, entity type, status, formation date, jurisdiction, address, registered agent or process contact, and a link to the official source. It reads each state's open-data portal, so runs are fast, need no login, proxy or API key, and return only what the states publish as public record.

Input

Set a company name (or part of one), pick the states and a per-state cap. This example searches Colorado and New York for "Acme":

{
  "businessName": "Acme",
  "states": ["CO", "NY"],
  "maxResultsPerState": 10
}

• businessName: company name or part of it, case-insensitive (default ACME).
• states: any of CO, NY, OR (default all three). Other state codes are skipped with a warning.
• maxResultsPerState: maximum entities per state (default 20, maximum 1000).

Output

One row per entity. Real example row from the New York dataset:

{
  "state": "NY",
  "entityName": "ACME ABATEMENT CORP.",
  "entityId": "7223071",
  "entityType": "DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION",
  "status": "Active",
  "formationDate": "2024-01-08",
  "jurisdiction": "New York",
  "address": "99 WASHINGTON AVE., STE. 700",
  "city": "ALBANY",
  "zip": "12260",
  "registeredAgent": "REGISTERED AGENT SOLUTIONS, INC.",
  "url": "https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/"
}

status is read from the data in Colorado; the New York and Oregon datasets contain active entities only, so those rows show Active. Fields a state does not publish come back as null.

Use cases

Search phrases this actor is built for:

• "Secretary of state business entity search": find every registered entity whose name contains your search text, across states in one call.
• "Company registered agent and formation date": read registeredAgent and formationDate to confirm who a counterparty is and how old it is.
• "Business registration search for Colorado, New York and Oregon": use it for KYB and vendor onboarding checks, name-conflict checks before you file, and lead research.

It also works as a tool for AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per result: each entity row returned is one billable result, listed at $0.002 per row ($2 per 1,000). Set a maximum charge on the run for a hard ceiling.

Limits

• Only Colorado, New York and Oregon are supported today.
• Colorado includes dissolved entities; New York and Oregon datasets list active entities only.
• Data is whatever each state publishes on its open-data portal, usually refreshed daily or weekly.
• Name search is a "contains" match, not a fuzzy match. This is public-record data, not a certificate of good standing or legal advice.

FAQ

Which states are covered? Colorado, New York and Oregon.

Are dissolved companies included? In Colorado, yes. New York and Oregon datasets contain active entities only.

Can I search by entity number? Not in this version; search by company name.