# Pennsylvania Corporations Search — PA Entity Data API (`nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper`) Actor

Search the PA Dept of State registered-business registry (4M+ records). Partial-match name search returns the official record — name, filing number, entity type, creation date, address, county, and registered officers. Part of the US state corporate registry family.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $100.00 / 1,000 pa entity matches

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Pennsylvania Corporations Search

Search the Pennsylvania Department of State registered-business registry (4M+ party records). Pass one or more entity names (partial match); get the official record for each matching business, grouped one record per entity with its registered officers.

> Factual public records from data.pa.gov (Public Domain) — assembled for research and monitoring. Not legal or investment advice.

### 📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per entity:

- `entity_name` — Business name (registry spelling)
- `filing_number` — PA filing number (canonical entity id)
- `entity_type` — Type of business registration
- `creation_date` — Date the business was registered
- `address` — Registered address (line, city, state, ZIP)
- `county` — County
- `officers` — List of registered parties on file (role + name)

**Pricing:** $0.100 per entity (Pay-Per-Event) — about **10 entities per $1**. Empty or blocked runs never bill.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or your own code at it and pull official PA registry records on demand.

### 🇺🇸 US State Business Registries — full family

Part of the NexGenData US state business-registry family — same input shape, same $0.10-per-record pricing:

- **[Delaware](https://apify.com/nexgendata/delaware-corporations-search-scraper)** — the original: DE Division of Corporations lookup (~1.8M entities; file number + entity name).
- **[New York](https://apify.com/nexgendata/new-york-corporations-search-scraper)** — 4.27M active entities; official DOS record with registered agent + CEO.
- **[Colorado](https://apify.com/nexgendata/colorado-business-entity-search-scraper)** — 3.10M entities; live entity status + registered agent.
- **[Connecticut](https://apify.com/nexgendata/connecticut-business-registry-scraper)** — 1.29M entities; business contact + diversity-ownership flags.
- **[Oregon](https://apify.com/nexgendata/oregon-business-registry-scraper)** — 1.57M entities; registered agent + registry date.
- **[Texas](https://apify.com/nexgendata/texas-franchise-tax-registry)** — 3.42M active franchise-tax permit holders; taxpayer number + right-to-transact status (a tax register, not the SoS corporate registry).

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*Public official records from the PA Department of State, assembled for research and monitoring.*

# Actor input Schema

## `entityNames` (type: `array`):

List of entity-name strings to search (partial match, case-insensitive). Each search returns matching registered PA businesses, grouped one record per entity with its registered officers. Multiple strings = multiple searches.

## `maxEntities` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on total entities returned across ALL searches in this run (1–2000). Each entity is one dataset row.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "entityNames": [
    "Pizza"
  ],
  "maxEntities": 5
}
```

# 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 = {
    "entityNames": [
        "Pizza"
    ],
    "maxEntities": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper").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 = {
    "entityNames": ["Pizza"],
    "maxEntities": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper").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 '{
  "entityNames": [
    "Pizza"
  ],
  "maxEntities": 5
}' |
apify call nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgendata/pennsylvania-corporations-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/neARIrTsQbUGkk9Pd/builds/CzQZk3j0rjmfjtbJA/openapi.json