# US States Company Check — KYB in 5 US states (`kyb-data/us-states-company-check`) Actor

KYB & due diligence check of legal entities in Connecticut, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Iowa and District of Columbia: status, legal form, sanctions (OFAC (US), EU, UK), LEI and parent companies, change history. One English JSON schema for AI agents. MCP server.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kyb-data/us-states-company-check.md
- **Developed by:** [KYB Data](https://apify.com/kyb-data) (community)
- **Categories:** MCP servers, Business, AI
- **Features:** Limited permissions, Single-tenant, Server interface
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 company checks

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US States Company Check

Check any **Connecticut, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Iowa and District of Columbia legal entity** by its **US-CT Connecticut Business ID (Secretary of the State), US-CO Colorado Secretary of State entity ID, US-PA Pennsylvania Department of State entity (filing) number, US-IA Iowa Secretary of State business number and US-DC DC DLCP file number** in one call and get a clean **English JSON**
answer with red flags, source attribution and a date on every field. Built for **AI agents** (MCP) and for
**KYB / AML onboarding, counterparty and supplier due diligence, vendor risk and compliance checks**.

**Same data as our single-country Actors.** This Actor puts [Connecticut Company Check](https://apify.com/kyb-data/connecticut-company-check), [Colorado Company Check](https://apify.com/kyb-data/colorado-company-check), [Pennsylvania Company Check](https://apify.com/kyb-data/pennsylvania-company-check), [Iowa Company Check](https://apify.com/kyb-data/iowa-company-check) and [District of Columbia Company Check](https://apify.com/kyb-data/district-of-columbia-company-check) behind one MCP server: the same registers and the same answers, refreshed at least weekly. If you need only one of them, its own Actor does the same.

- **One number → one answer** from official open registers plus GLEIF Global LEI Index: Level 1 (LEI-CDF), Level 2 (RR-CDF), Reporting Exceptions and Official sanctions lists: US OFAC (SDN and Consolidated non-SDN), EU consolidated financial sanctions (FSF), UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — legal entities only.
- **One schema for every country:** the same fields and flags whether you check Connecticut or Colorado or Pennsylvania or Iowa or District of Columbia —
  your agent parses one format.
- **Agent-ready:** an **MCP server** (Streamable HTTP, `/mcp`) with `check_company`, `check_companies` and
  `list_sources`, a plain `GET /check?country=&id=` endpoint, and classic batch runs (list of numbers → dataset).
- **Change history:** registers publish only the current state; we keep our own snapshots, so every answer shows
  what was added or removed since `history_since` (e.g. a status change or a new sanctions listing).
- **Pay per check** (one charge per company answered; the price is on the Pricing tab), no subscription. Malformed numbers, sole traders and individuals are not charged.
  In Standby (MCP / HTTP) mode Apify also bills the small platform usage of the server run, as for every Standby
  Actor. Set a **maximum cost per run** in Apify to cap spending: when it is reached, the Actor returns an error
  instead of data.

### What we check

| Source | Licence | Publisher updates |
|---|---|---|
| [Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division — Connecticut Business Registry: Business Master (data.ct.gov)](https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j) (US-CT) | [Public Domain](https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j/about_data) | daily |
| [Colorado Department of State (Secretary of State) — Business Entities in Colorado, Colorado Information Marketplace (data.colorado.gov)](https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h) (US-CO) | [Public Domain](https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h/about_data) | weekly |
| [Pennsylvania Department of State — Distinct Registered Businesses in PA (current registrations), Open Data Pennsylvania (data.pa.gov)](https://data.pa.gov/Licenses-Certificates/Filtered-View-Distinct-Registered-Businesses-in-PA/3urc-uaba) (US-PA) | [Public Domain U.S. Government](https://data.pa.gov/Licenses-Certificates/Filtered-View-Distinct-Registered-Businesses-in-PA/3urc-uaba/about_data) | monthly |
| [Iowa Secretary of State — Active Iowa Business Entities, Iowa Data Hub (data.iowa.gov)](https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/554) (US-IA) | [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | monthly |
| [District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Corporations Division — Corporate Registration, Open Data DC (opendata.dc.gov)](https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::corporate-registration) (US-DC) | Several, see Data licences | daily |
| [GLEIF Global LEI Index: Level 1 (LEI-CDF), Level 2 (RR-CDF), Reporting Exceptions](https://goldencopy.gleif.org/api/v2/golden-copies/publishes/latest) | [CC0 1.0](https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use) | daily |
| [Official sanctions lists: US OFAC (SDN and Consolidated non-SDN), EU consolidated financial sanctions (FSF), UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — legal entities only](https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/PublicationPreview/exports/SDN.XML) | Several, see Data licences | daily |

**Data refreshed at least weekly** (from the latest published files: the Pennsylvania and Iowa register is published monthly, so its data can be up to a month old); every field carries its source date (`provenance`), and every answer lists each source with the date it was loaded (`sources[].loaded_at`; `list_sources` is free).

`flags` — `true` is a red flag: `not_found` (the number is not in the register dump), `not_active`, `insolvency`,
`liquidation`, `sanctions` (match by registration number or LEI), `sanctions_name_match` (same name, same
country: verify manually). `false` means there is no record in the loaded snapshot — it is **not** a clean bill
of health. `null` means unknown. Call `list_sources` (free) for load times.

**Connecticut:** Entities on the Connecticut Secretary of the State business registry: domestic and foreign-registered corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLPs, statutory trusts and other registered entities, active and closed (dissolved, forfeited, revoked, withdrawn, merged). Business IDs have no check digit, so an ID without a record is reported as unknown and not billed. Not included: trade names (filed with town clerks), sole proprietors, general partnerships (including LLPs that renounced LLP status), name reservations, foreign name registrations and rejected filings. A valid Connecticut Business ID without a record therefore returns `not_found: null` (unknown, not fictitious) and is **not charged**.

**Colorado:** Business entities on file with the Colorado Secretary of State (domestic and foreign LLCs, corporations, nonprofits, partnerships, cooperatives), including dissolved, withdrawn and merged ones since 1864. The entity ID has no check digit, so an ID with no record is reported as unknown and not charged. Trade names (DBAs) and sole proprietorships are not supported. A valid Colorado Secretary of State entity ID without a record therefore returns `not_found: null` (unknown, not fictitious) and is **not charged**.

**Pennsylvania:** Business registrations currently active with the Pennsylvania Department of State (domestic and foreign business and nonprofit corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLPs, business trusts, authorities, land banks, credit unions). Dissolved, cancelled, withdrawn and merged entities are not in the open dataset, so an entity number with no record is reported as unknown and not charged. Fictitious names (DBAs) and sole proprietorships are not in the dataset. Formation dates are not published. A valid Pennsylvania Department of State entity without a record therefore returns `not_found: null` (unknown, not fictitious) and is **not charged**.

**Iowa:** Business entities currently active with the Iowa Secretary of State (domestic and foreign corporations, nonprofits, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLPs, cooperatives, banks, insurers, authorities); sole proprietorships and DBAs are not registered with the Secretary of State. Dissolved, withdrawn and merged entities are not in the open dataset. A valid Iowa Secretary of State business number without a record therefore returns `not_found: null` (unknown, not fictitious) and is **not charged**.

**Iowa:** The Iowa open dataset has no insolvency, liquidation or dissolution data: for Iowa `flags.insolvency` and `flags.liquidation` are always `null` (unknown), never `false`.

**District of Columbia:** Business entities on file with the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (domestic and foreign corporations, nonprofits, LLCs, limited and limited liability partnerships, cooperatives, statutory trusts), including revoked, dissolved, withdrawn and merged ones. File numbers have no check digit, so a number with no record is reported as unknown and not charged. Trade names and sole proprietorships are not in the register. A valid DC DLCP file number without a record therefore returns `not_found: null` (unknown, not fictitious) and is **not charged**.

**District of Columbia:** Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of the District of Columbia or DLCP. Contains data from the DLCP Corporate Registration dataset, Open Data DC (https://opendata.dc.gov), licensed under CC BY 4.0; modified (selected fields only, statuses mapped, personal data masked in names). Status: "Active - In Good Standing" → `active`; "Active - Not in Good Standing" → `inactive` (flag `not_in_good_standing`); "Revoked" means administrative dissolution for a DC entity (`dissolved`, flag `liquidation`; it may be reinstated) and revocation of the registration for a foreign entity (`inactive`, the entity itself may still exist in its home jurisdiction); "Inactive - Cancelled" → `dissolved` for DC entities and `inactive` for foreign registrations; Withdrawn, Converted and Domesticated → `inactive`; Terminated → `dissolved` for DC entities and `inactive` for foreign registrations; Dissolved, Merged and Consolidated → `dissolved`. `flags.registration_revoked` is true when the register status is "Revoked" (a DC entity administratively dissolved, or a foreign entity whose DC registration was terminated), false for any other known status, and null when the status is unknown or conflicting. `flags.insolvency` is always null: the register does not record bankruptcy. Registered agents and street addresses are not returned.

### Identifiers

| Country | Identifier | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut (US-CT) | Connecticut Business ID (Secretary of the State) | Business ID of up to 7 digits (leading zeros optional), e.g. 0123456 | `0081406` |
| Colorado (US-CO) | Colorado Secretary of State entity ID | 11 digits starting with the filing year, e.g. 20071132114 | `19871580503` |
| Pennsylvania (US-PA) | Pennsylvania Department of State entity (filing) number | an entity number of up to 8 digits, leading zeros optional | `0000638778` |
| Iowa (US-IA) | Iowa Secretary of State business number | a business number of up to 6 digits, leading zeros optional | `002414` |
| District of Columbia (US-DC) | DC DLCP file number | letters and digits, e.g. L00007017355, 741703 or US-DC-LL012601487 | `L00006250577` |

Spaces, dashes and a country prefix are accepted. **Legal entities only**: sole traders and other natural
persons are not supported, not stored and not charged. No data about people (officers, owners, contacts)
is ever returned; addresses are city level only.

### Input

```json
{
  "country": "US-CT",
  "ids": [
    "0081406"
  ]
}
```

Up to 10,000 numbers per run.

### Output (one dataset item per company, shortened)

```json
{
  "country": "US-CT",
  "id": "0081406",
  "id_scheme": "US-CT-SOTS",
  "name": "…",
  "status": "active",
  "legal_form": {
    "code": "…",
    "name": "…",
    "name_en": "…"
  },
  "address": {
    "city": "…",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "flags": {
    "not_found": false,
    "not_active": false,
    "insolvency": false,
    "liquidation": false,
    "sanctions": false,
    "sanctions_name_match": false
  },
  "provenance": {
    "status": {
      "source": "register",
      "as_of": "2026-11-05T03:00:00+00:00"
    }
  },
  "history": [],
  "history_since": "2026-11-05",
  "sources": [
    {
      "key": "register",
      "title": "…",
      "license": "…",
      "loaded_at": "…"
    }
  ],
  "disclaimer": "… Not legal advice."
}
```

### Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the Actor as a remote MCP server: `https://kyb-data--us-states-company-check.apify.actor/mcp` with your Apify token,
or through `mcp.apify.com`. Tools: `check_company(company_id, country)`, `check_companies(company_ids, country)`
(up to 50), `list_sources()`. In this Actor `country` is required: US-CT, US-CO, US-PA, US-IA or US-DC.

### Data licences

All data comes from official open sources under open licences; attribution (title, dataset URL, licence,
`loaded_at`) is included in the `sources` field of every answer.

- **Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division — Connecticut Business Registry: Business Master (data.ct.gov)**: [Public Domain (dataset page, Licensing and Attribution: "License: Public Domain"; data provided "as is" under the CT Open Data Portal Terms of Use; read 2026-11-09)](https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j/about_data); publisher's terms: https://data.ct.gov/terms
- **Colorado Department of State (Secretary of State) — Business Entities in Colorado, Colorado Information Marketplace (data.colorado.gov)**: [Public Domain (dataset licence on data.colorado.gov). 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.](https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h/about_data); publisher's terms: https://data.colorado.gov/terms; modified: only selected columns; status suffixes removed from names; no registered agents, no street addresses
- **Pennsylvania Department of State — Distinct Registered Businesses in PA (current registrations), Open Data Pennsylvania (data.pa.gov)**: [Public Domain U.S. Government (dataset licence on data.pa.gov). Data sets available through data.pa.gov are offered free and without restriction (data.pa.gov Data Policy). Data retrieved from data.pa.gov (https://www.data.pa.gov/), provided on an "as is" basis without warranty.](https://data.pa.gov/Licenses-Certificates/Filtered-View-Distinct-Registered-Businesses-in-PA/3urc-uaba/about_data); publisher's terms: https://data.pa.gov/data-policy; modified: only selected columns; no street addresses or geocodes; ZIP shortened to 5 digits; entity numbers normalised to 10 digits
- **Iowa Secretary of State — Active Iowa Business Entities, Iowa Data Hub (data.iowa.gov)**: [CC BY 4.0 (dataset page, Licensing & Attribution: "Public License Type: CC BY"). Office of the Secretary of State. Active Iowa Business Entities. Iowa Data Hub. https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/554. Provided "as is" without warranty (iowa.gov policies). Not affiliated with or endorsed by the State of Iowa.](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); publisher's terms: https://www.iowa.gov/policies; modified: only selected columns; no registered agents, no street addresses or coordinates; personal data in names masked; non-city values in the city field removed
- **District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Corporations Division — Corporate Registration, Open Data DC (opendata.dc.gov)**: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — dataset licence on Open Data DC. Source: Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection; data retrieved from Open Data DC catalog (https://opendata.dc.gov). The District makes no warranties about the data. (licence text: [opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::corporate-registration](https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::corporate-registration)); publisher's terms: https://dc.gov/page/terms-and-conditions-use-district-data; modified: only selected fields; no registered agents, no street addresses; personal data masked in names; statuses mapped to a common scale; dates converted to ISO 8601
- **GLEIF Global LEI Index: Level 1 (LEI-CDF), Level 2 (RR-CDF), Reporting Exceptions**: [CC0 1.0 (GLEIF LEI Data Terms of Use, II.3: "The data available through the Access Service are provided under the CC0 licence"; read 2026-11-05)](https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use)
- **Official sanctions lists: US OFAC (SDN and Consolidated non-SDN), EU consolidated financial sanctions (FSF), UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — legal entities only**: OFAC: US government work, not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. 105); EU FSF: © European Union, reuse authorised with acknowledgement (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU, CC BY 4.0); UK: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (FCDO) (licence text: [www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/))

### Disclaimer

Data from official open registers and official sanctions lists, as attributed in `sources`, as of the load date
shown. Registers can be incomplete or late. **Not legal advice** — verify important decisions with the original
register.

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

ISO 3166-2 (state/province register, e.g. US-CO) code of the register the numbers belong to (one per run).

## `ids` (type: `array`):

Official registration numbers of legal entities, one per line (Connecticut: Connecticut Business ID (Secretary of the State), Business ID of up to 7 digits (leading zeros optional), e.g. 0123456; Colorado: Colorado Secretary of State entity ID, 11 digits starting with the filing year, e.g. 20071132114; Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of State entity (filing) number, an entity number of up to 8 digits, leading zeros optional; Iowa: Iowa Secretary of State business number, a business number of up to 6 digits, leading zeros optional; District of Columbia: DC DLCP file number, letters and digits, e.g. L00007017355, 741703 or US-DC-LL012601487). Up to 10,000 per run. Sole traders and individuals are not supported and are not charged.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "US-CT",
  "ids": [
    "0081406",
    "19871580503",
    "0000638778",
    "002414",
    "L00006250577"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "country": "US-CT",
    "ids": [
        "0081406"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kyb-data/us-states-company-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "country": "US-CT",
    "ids": ["0081406"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kyb-data/us-states-company-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "country": "US-CT",
  "ids": [
    "0081406"
  ]
}' |
apify call kyb-data/us-states-company-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kyb-data/us-states-company-check"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NpfOlGc83hXMQeoKj/builds/bdncFieWlOiiU0I6i/openapi.json