Colorado new business registrations monitor

This Apify Actor returns recently formed business entities from the Colorado Department of State. It covers daily new LLC and corporation filings, plus other entity types when selected.

Coverage and source

Coverage is Colorado only for now. Colorado provides a daily updated public dataset through a SODA API, so the Actor can query formation dates without collecting personal contact details.

The source is Colorado Department of State business entities, published through Colorado Information Marketplace. The API endpoint is https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json. Formation date determines inclusion, rather than when a record first appeared in the feed.

Input

Field	Default	Meaning
sinceDays	7	Integer from 1 to 365. Include entities formed since midnight UTC N days ago.
entityTypes	[]	Colorado codes such as DLLC, DPC, DNC, or FLLC. Empty selects all types.
cities	[]	Principal cities, matched without case sensitivity. Empty selects all cities.
onlyNew	false	Skip entity IDs previously emitted to the named state store.
maxItems	100	Integer from 1 to 10000. Maximum source records examined before duplicate and onlyNew filtering.
stateStoreName	us-new-business-registrations-monitor-state	Named key-value store for emitted entity IDs.

Results sort by formation date descending, then entity ID descending. Requests use pages of 1000 rows with offset paging. Collection stops on a short page or at maxItems. A run can emit fewer than maxItems when records are duplicates or already seen.

Output

Each record contains entity identifiers, business name and type, status, formation date, jurisdiction, principal city/state/ZIP/country, permitted agent details, and source attribution. Unknown type labels and missing fields are null. Principal ZIP codes contain five digits.

Example record follows.

{
  "entityId": "20261234567",
  "entityName": "Example Business LLC",
  "entityType": "DLLC",
  "entityTypeLabel": "Domestic LLC",
  "status": "Good Standing",
  "formedDate": "2026-10-21",
  "jurisdictionOfFormation": "CO",
  "principalCity": "Denver",
  "principalState": "CO",
  "principalZip": "80203",
  "principalCountry": "US",
  "registeredAgentType": "organization",
  "registeredAgentName": "Example Registered Agent LLC",
  "registeredAgentCity": "Denver",
  "registeredAgentState": "CO",
  "state": "CO",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.colorado.gov/d/4ykn-tg5h",
  "recordUrl": null,
  "source": "Colorado Department of State via Colorado Information Marketplace",
  "licence": "Public Domain (data.colorado.gov dataset 4ykn-tg5h); State of Colorado Terms of Service https://data.colorado.gov/terms",
  "disclaimer": "The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the State of Colorado. THE STATE OF COLORADO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. THE STATE OF COLORADO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the Web feed is being used at one's own risk.",
  "generatedId": "CO:20261234567",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "changeType": "new"
}

The dataset has a table view of key fields. RUN_SUMMARY in the default key-value store records timestamps, fetched, eligible, and pushed counts, charge-limit status, and any error.

State and pricing

The state store contains a set of entity IDs under SEEN_ENTITY_IDS. An ID absent from the set gets changeType: "new"; an ID present gets "seen". Only successful pushes enter the set. With onlyNew false, previously emitted entities appear again. This does not detect amendments to an existing entity. Use a separate state store for independent monitors.

Pricing is $0.002 per result, with no start fee. Each emitted record uses the result billing event. The Actor stops at the available charge limit. Seen records skipped by onlyNew do not incur a result charge. Platform compute and storage charges may apply separately.

Privacy

The output drops all street address fields, all mailing address fields, and agent first, middle, and last names. Individual agents have a null registeredAgentName. Organization agents retain only their organization name and city/state. The Actor does not store raw source rows. Entity names remain the registered business names, which may themselves contain a person's name. The state store contains entity IDs only.

Licence and disclaimer

Public Domain (data.colorado.gov dataset 4ykn-tg5h); State of Colorado Terms of Service https://data.colorado.gov/terms

The Actor filters records, maps fields, truncates ZIP codes, and removes personal contact fields. Retain source attribution, licence, and this required disclaimer with redistributed output.

The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the State of Colorado. THE STATE OF COLORADO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. THE STATE OF COLORADO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the Web feed is being used at one's own risk.

Limits

The feed updates daily and may lag filings or contain omissions. Formation dates, status, and entity types follow the source. Foreign entities can appear when selected. This output does not establish legal standing or replace a certified record. Offset paging can shift if the source changes during a run. The Actor waits at least one second between request starts per host and retries HTTP 429 and 5xx responses up to three times. Network failures stop the run and appear in RUN_SUMMARY.

Local verification

Run npm test for offline tests. For a fixture-backed local run with network access disabled, use a fresh storage directory and run:

CRAWLEE_STORAGE_DIR=/tmp/colorado-check APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR=/tmp/colorado-check NODE_OPTIONS="--import ./scripts/offline-fixture.js" npm start
node scripts/verify-output.js /tmp/colorado-check

The preload serves the supplied anonymised fixture, not current source data, and does not simulate source filters. Use normal npm start only when a live network run is authorized.