Florida Sunbiz MCP Server

Florida Sunbiz MCP Server turns the State of Florida's official business registry into a fast, AI-ready API. Give Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible agent the power to search Florida companies, LLCs, registered agents, officers, trademarks, fictitious names (DBAs), partnerships, and liens on Sunbiz — and get back clean, structured JSON in one call. No scraping code, no Cloudflare headaches, no PDF downloads.

What does the Florida Sunbiz MCP Server do?

It wraps every public search system of the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) behind a single Model Context Protocol endpoint. Your AI agent can look up a Florida business by name, officer, registered agent, FEI/EIN, ZIP code, street address, or document number, then pull the full entity record — status, filing date, principal and mailing addresses, registered agent, officers/managers, annual reports, and links to every filed PDF (articles of organization, annual reports, amendments).

Because it runs on the Apify platform, you get an always-on hosted endpoint with proxy rotation, monitoring, usage-based billing, and zero infrastructure to maintain. Sunbiz pages are parsed server-side (no headless browser) using a real browser TLS fingerprint, so requests sail past the Cloudflare bot wall that blocks naive scrapers.

Why use the Florida Sunbiz MCP Server?

• KYB & due diligence — instantly verify a Florida company's status, age, FEI/EIN, and registered agent before you sign, lend, or onboard.
• Sales & lead generation — find every entity tied to an officer, registered agent, or address; enrich CRM records with verified company data.
• Legal & compliance research — search judgment liens and federal lien registrations by debtor name.
• Brand protection — search registered Florida trademarks and their owners.
• Agent-native automation — drop one URL into your MCP client and let the model do Florida company research conversationally, with citeable document links.

How to use the Florida Sunbiz MCP Server

1. Click Try for free / run the Actor and enable Standby mode (already configured).
2. Copy your MCP endpoint: https://<your-username>--fl-sunbiz-mcp.apify.actor/mcp.
3. Add it to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) using the Streamable HTTP transport, with your Apify API token as a Bearer header:

   Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>
   

4. Ask your agent things like "Look up Publix Super Markets in Florida" or "Find every Florida company where John Smith is an officer." The agent calls a search_* tool, then get_record_detail on a result for the full record.

Tools

Tool	What it does
search_corporations	Search corporations, LLCs, LPs & trademarks by name, officer, registered_agent, trademark, trademark_owner, fei_ein, zip, or address (paginated).
get_corporation_detail	Full company record by document number.
get_corporation_events	Chronological event/filing history.
search_cable_franchises / get_cable_franchise	Florida cable franchise search & detail.
search_fictitious_names / get_fictitious_name	Fictitious (DBA) name search & detail.
search_partnerships / get_partnership	General & LL partnership search & detail.
search_judgment_liens	Judgment liens by debtor name.
search_federal_liens / get_federal_lien	Federal lien registrations by debtor.
get_record_detail	Resolve any search result into a full structured record.

Output

Search tools return result rows; detail tools return a complete record. Example (abridged):

{
  "entity_type": "Florida Profit Corporation",
  "name": "PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.",
  "filing_information": {
    "Document Number": "112252",
    "FEI/EIN Number": "59-0324412",
    "Date Filed": "12/27/1921",
    "Status": "ACTIVE"
  },
  "principal_address": { "lines": ["3300 PUBLIX CORPORATE PKWY", "LAKELAND, FL 33811-3311"] },
  "registered_agent": { "name": "Corporate Creations Network Inc.", "address": ["801 US Highway 1", "North Palm Beach, FL 33408"] },
  "officers": [{ "title": "CEO", "name": "Murphy, Kevin S." }, { "title": "President", "name": "Goff, John L., Jr." }],
  "annual_reports": [{ "year": "2026", "filed_date": "04/02/2026" }],
  "document_images": [
    { "description": "04/02/2026 -- ANNUAL REPORT", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/.../GetDocument?...&formatType=PDF" }
  ]
}

You can also consume results through the Apify API and export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Description
name, entity_type, document_number	Entity name, type, and Sunbiz document number
filing_information	FEI/EIN, date filed, state, status, last event
principal_address, mailing_address	Business addresses with change dates
registered_agent	Registered agent name & address
officers / authorized persons	Title, name, address
annual_reports	Year and filed date of each annual report
document_images	Links to filed PDFs/TIFFs (never downloaded)
event_history_url	Link to full event history

How much does it cost to use the Florida Sunbiz MCP Server?

Pricing is pay-per-event: $0.01 per tool call. You only pay for the searches and lookups your agent actually makes — a typical "search then open a record" interaction costs about $0.02. No subscription, no minimums beyond Apify's free tier.

Tips & advanced usage

• Drill into people: use search_corporations with search_by="officer" or "registered_agent" to map every entity linked to a person, then get_record_detail on each.
• Browse from a point: Sunbiz name search returns the nearest alphabetical matches, so a partial name returns neighbors — verify the exact name in results.
• Cite documents cheaply: document_images returns PDF links without downloading, so responses stay small and you fetch a filing only when needed.

FAQ, limitations & support

• Is this legal? It accesses public records published by the Florida Department of State. Use the data in compliance with Florida law and Sunbiz's terms. Under Florida law many records (including email addresses) are public.
• Judgment-lien detail pages are protected by a Cloudflare JavaScript challenge and can't be fetched without a browser; the judgment-lien search still returns filing number, debtor name, and address.
• Trademarks have no document-number lookup on Sunbiz — reach them via name/owner search.
• Found an issue or need a custom data feed? Open the Issues tab — feedback and custom solutions are welcome.