# Find a Company Across 7 State Business Registries

**Use case:** 

Search one company name in the official business registries of New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Connecticut and Oregon (Florida optional) in a single run. Each match comes back with the state's ID, registered name, status, entity type, formation date and address, so you can see where a company is registered and whether it is still active. Pay per record found.

## Input

```json
{
  "names": [
    "Tesla, Inc."
  ],
  "matchMode": "exact",
  "entityIds": [],
  "states": [
    "NY",
    "TX",
    "PA",
    "CO",
    "CT",
    "OR"
  ],
  "nyIncludeInactive": false,
  "maxMatchesPerName": 1,
  "maxRecords": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "state": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "entity_id": {
    "label": "Entity ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "entity_name": {
    "label": "Entity name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status_detail": {
    "label": "Status detail",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "entity_type": {
    "label": "Entity type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "formation_date": {
    "label": "Formation date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "matched_query": {
    "label": "Matched query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "match_result": {
    "label": "Match result (id / single / multiple)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "matches_in_state": {
    "label": "Entities this name matched in this state",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "data_updated_at": {
    "label": "Data updated",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The LLC & Corp Status Lookup — Official State Registries (7 + DC) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find a Company Across 7 State Business Registries". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/KVVYDuMTpS22mw0yo) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find a Company Across 7 State Business Registries" task

The LLC & Corp Status Lookup — Official State Registries (7 + DC) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like company names, name matching, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find a Company Across 7 State Business Registries" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as state, entity id, entity name, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find a Company Across 7 State Business Registries" task via API](https://apify.com/nexgensignal/us-business-entity-status-check.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [LLC & Corp Status Lookup — Official State Registries (7 + DC)](https://apify.com/nexgensignal/us-business-entity-status-check.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/nexgensignal/us-business-entity-status-check.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/nexgensignal/us-business-entity-status-check.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).