# Colorado New Business Leads: New SOS Filings Daily (`pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads`) Actor

Get new Colorado LLCs, corporations and nonprofits from official Secretary of State open data. Name, type, formation date, address, registered agent and a likely-owner flag; filter by city, ZIP, type and name. Excel and CSV.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Panda Federation](https://apify.com/pandadad0214) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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

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# README

## Colorado New Business Leads: New SOS Filings Daily from Official Open Data

**Use this to get new Colorado LLCs, corporations and nonprofits from the official Colorado Secretary of State "Business Entities in Colorado" open dataset.** Each row has the **business name, entity type, entity ID, formation date, status, principal and mailing address, registered agent (person or company)**, plus a **likely-owner flag**: when the registered agent is a person at the business address, that person is usually the owner. Filter by **city, ZIP prefix, entity type and name words**. **$0.0015 per business.**

**No scraping of the SOS search site: the data comes from the state's official Socrata open-data API (dataset 4ykn-tg5h), updated daily.**

- 🆕 **About 15,000 new Colorado entities a month**, newest first
- 🙋 **Self-agent flag**: the agent is a named person at the business address (usually the owner), so you know who to address
- 🏢 **Agent-service and virtual-office detection**: drop filings that only list a registered-agent company's address
- 🏙️ **City, ZIP prefix, entity type and name filters**, e.g. Denver / Colorado Springs, ZIP 802, Colorado LLC, "roofing, construction"
- 🔗 **Direct link to each SOS record**
- 💸 **$0.0015 per business**; runs with no matches are free

### Who it's for

- **Business banks, payroll, insurance, accounting and bookkeeping firms:** reach new Colorado owners in their first weeks
- **Web designers, marketing agencies, sign makers and printers:** brand-new companies need everything
- **Merchant services, POS, phone and internet providers:** new restaurants, salons, contractors and shops
- **B2B suppliers:** new construction, landscaping, cleaning and trucking companies in your territory
- **Researchers and journalists:** Colorado business-formation trends by city and entity type

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Set **Formed in the last N days** (or a date range).
3. Optional: pick **cities**, **ZIP prefixes**, **entity types** or **name contains** words; turn on **Only self-agent filings** for owner names.
4. Click **Start**. Download **COBIZ_XLSX** or **COBIZ_CSV** from **Storage → Key-value store**.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "cities": ["Denver", "Colorado Springs", "Aurora"],
  "entityTypes": ["DLLC", "DPC"],
  "excludeAgentServices": true
}
```

### Task examples

- **Daily Denver new-business feed:** `{"daysBack": 1, "cities": ["Denver"]}` on a daily schedule
- **New contractors with the owner's name:** `{"daysBack": 14, "nameContains": "roofing, construction, remodel", "onlySelfAgent": true}`
- **Colorado Springs ZIP corridor:** `{"daysBack": 30, "zipPrefixes": ["809"]}`
- **New nonprofits statewide:** `{"daysBack": 30, "entityTypes": ["DNC"]}`
- **Out-of-state companies registering in Colorado:** `{"daysBack": 30, "entityTypes": ["FLLC", "FPC"]}`

### Output example

```json
{
  "entityId": "20268373600",
  "name": "The Morning Bake Co LLC",
  "entityType": "Colorado LLC",
  "entityTypeCode": "DLLC",
  "formationDate": "2026-11-08",
  "status": "Good Standing",
  "jurisdiction": "CO",
  "principalAddress": "3329 E Bayaud Ave Apt 203",
  "principalCity": "Denver",
  "principalState": "CO",
  "principalZip": "80209",
  "principalCountry": "US",
  "mailingAddress": null,
  "mailingCity": null,
  "mailingState": null,
  "mailingZip": null,
  "agentName": "Kathy Phouthirath",
  "agentType": "person",
  "agentAddress": "3329 E Bayaud Ave Apt 203",
  "agentCity": "Denver",
  "agentState": "CO",
  "agentZip": "80209",
  "selfAgent": true,
  "principalIsAgentAddress": false,
  "sosUrl": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?masterFileId=20268373600",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.colorado.gov/d/4ykn-tg5h",
  "agentSummary": "The Morning Bake Co LLC (Colorado LLC, ID 20268373600): formed 2026-11-08, Good Standing — 3329 E Bayaud Ave Apt 203, Denver, CO 80209; agent Kathy Phouthirath (self-agent, likely the owner)."
}
```

Names and dates above are real public records from the Colorado Secretary of State open dataset (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h), retrieved 2026-11-09.

### For AI agents

Use this Actor to answer "which new businesses were formed in Colorado this week in city X or industry Y, and who owns them?". Minimal input: `{"daysBack": 3, "cities": ["Denver"]}`. Read `agentSummary` per business (name, type, ID, formation date, address, agent and whether the agent is likely the owner) or the SUMMARY `takeaway` (counts by type, self-agent share, top cities).

- **MCP:** add this Actor to Claude, Cursor, Copilot or any MCP client through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com): `https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads`, then ask in plain English.
- **API:** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/pandadad0214~colorado-new-business-leads/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN` with the input JSON.
- Every row has an **`agentSummary`** line, and the **SUMMARY** record has a one-line **`takeaway`** plus `nextSteps`, so an agent can answer without parsing every field.
- Schedule it (daily or weekly) and connect Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook to the dataset.

### Pricing

**$0.0015 per business returned** (pay per event) plus Apify's tiny Actor-start fee of $0.00005. A filtered weekly list of 200 costs $0.30; 1,000 businesses cost $1.50. Runs that return nothing cost nothing, and failed source calls are never charged. Set **Maximum results** or Apify's *maximum charge per run* to cap any run; the Actor stops at your limit.

**Apify paid-plan discounts:** Bronze members pay 10% less, Silver 20% less and Gold 30% less per business; the discount applies automatically. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit to try it.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** The Colorado Secretary of State publishes "Business Entities in Colorado" on data.colorado.gov (dataset `4ykn-tg5h`), updated daily. The Actor reads it live through the Socrata SODA API.

**What does "self-agent" mean?** Colorado requires a registered agent. When the agent is a person (not a company) and their address matches the business's principal address, it is almost always the owner. In our test runs most small new LLCs filed this way.

**What is an agent service / virtual office?** Companies like Registered Agents Inc or Northwest act as agent for many businesses. When the principal address equals the agent company's address, the business has no real street address in the record. Turn on **Exclude agent services and virtual offices** to drop them.

**Are there emails or phone numbers?** No. The open dataset has names and addresses only. Use the Company Website Enricher once the business has a website.

**Is it legal to use for marketing?** These are public records published for reuse. Follow the usual marketing rules (CAN-SPAM, do-not-call) when contacting people.

### Part of [Panda Federation](https://pandafederation.com/?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads)

This Actor is part of the [Panda Federation](https://pandafederation.com/?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads) catalog of public-data tools. See the rest of the work on the [official site](https://pandafederation.com/?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads).

### More Panda Federation tools

- [Texas New Business Leads](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/texas-new-business-leads?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads): new Texas franchise taxpayers from Comptroller open data
- [Florida New Business Leads](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/florida-new-business-leads?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads): new Florida LLCs and corporations every work day
- [New York New Business Leads](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/new-york-new-business-leads?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads): new New York DOS filings
- [Company Website Enricher](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/company-website-enricher?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads): add emails, phones and tech once a new business has a website
- [Building Permit Leads](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/building-permit-leads?utm_source=apify\&utm_medium=listing\&utm_campaign=colorado-new-business-leads): new building permits and contractors in 8 US cities
- Full catalog and MCP server: [Panda Federation Tools on GitHub](https://github.com/pandadad0214/panda-federation-tools)

*Built by Panda Federation. Questions or a custom version? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.*

### Changelog

- **2026-11-10:** Store copy polish (SEO title and description, working example input). README now links the official Panda Federation site with listing campaign tags. Pricing unchanged.
- **2026-11-09:** First release (0.1.0): Colorado Secretary of State Business Entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h), daysBack / formation date range, city / ZIP / entity type / name filters, self-agent (likely owner) flag, agent-service and virtual-office detection, Good Standing filter, Excel and CSV (`COBIZ_XLSX` / `COBIZ_CSV`) with a Self-agent owners sheet, `agentSummary` and SUMMARY `takeaway`, pay-per-event pricing with Bronze/Silver/Gold discounts.

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Default 7. Matches the Secretary of State formation date. Use 1 or 2 on a daily schedule.

## `formedFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD; overrides days back.

## `formedTo` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Principal-address city (case-insensitive), e.g. Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Boulder, Lakewood.

## `zipPrefixes` (type: `array`):

Principal ZIP starts-with, e.g. 802 (Denver), 809 (Colorado Springs), 805 (Fort Collins/Boulder area).

## `entityTypes` (type: `array`):

Empty = all types. Colorado LLCs are about 80% of new filings.

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive; comma-separate several words to match any, e.g. roofing, construction, landscaping.

## `onlySelfAgent` (type: `boolean`):

Keep rows where the registered agent is a person at the business address, which is usually the owner.

## `excludeAgentServices` (type: `boolean`):

Drop rows whose agent is a commercial registered-agent company, or whose principal address is the agent company's address.

## `onlyColoradoAddress` (type: `boolean`):

Drop foreign entities with an out-of-state principal address.

## `onlyGoodStanding` (type: `boolean`):

Default on. Turn off to include withdrawn or dissolved entities formed in the window.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

You pay per business returned, so this also caps the cost. Default 500; hard max 10000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "cities": [
    "Denver",
    "Colorado Springs"
  ],
  "onlySelfAgent": false,
  "excludeAgentServices": false,
  "onlyColoradoAddress": false,
  "onlyGoodStanding": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `table` (type: `string`):

No description

## `xlsx` (type: `string`):

No description

## `csv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Agent-friendly keys: `takeaway` (one-line result), counts, `nextStep` and `nextSteps`.

# 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 = {
    "cities": [
        "Denver",
        "Colorado Springs"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads").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 = { "cities": [
        "Denver",
        "Colorado Springs",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads").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 '{
  "cities": [
    "Denver",
    "Colorado Springs"
  ]
}' |
apify call pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pandadad0214/colorado-new-business-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/PETxVZLtlJc8QYhWg/builds/bc49qMVIWrB4CBuX0/openapi.json