🏛️ US Business Entity & KYB Scraper — Registered Agent, Status & Filing Data

Scrape US business-entity / KYB records straight from the states' own registries — legal name, entity ID, status, entity type, filing date, registered agent + address, and jurisdiction — normalized into one clean schema. Search by company name, export to JSON/CSV. No login, no API key.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-07-09 · 🏛️ Official state open-data (Socrata) · 🚫 No API key or login · 💵 $1.50 / 1,000 records · 🔎 Full-text name search

A Know-Your-Business (KYB) and company-registry data source built directly on each state's official Secretary-of-State / business-registry open-data API. Pull every registered company in a state, or search by name, and get the fields KYB, compliance, and B2B lead-gen teams actually need — including the registered agent and the entity status. One unified schema across every supported state. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets, or pull via API.

---

What it does

• 🏛️ Straight from the source of truth — official state business registries (Secretary of State), not a resold aggregator.
• 🧩 One schema across states — New York, Colorado, Oregon, and Hawaii normalized into the same fields, so you can pool registries.
• 🔎 Search by company name — full-text query, or leave it blank to pull the whole registry (newest first).
• 🕵️ Registered agent included — agent name + address, the field most business-data tools omit.
• 🧾 KYB-ready fields — legal name, entity ID, status, type, filing date, jurisdiction.

🇺🇸 Supported states (phased rollout)

State	Registry (source)	Status field	Registered agent
New York (ny)	Active Corporations: Beginning 1800	active-only file	✅ (process/agent)
Colorado (co)	Business Entities in Colorado	✅ Good Standing / Delinquent / …	✅
Oregon (or)	Active Businesses – ALL	active-only file	✅
Hawaii (hi)	Hawaii Business Registration	✅ Active / Dissolved / …	✅

More states are added over time as their registries publish a compatible open-data feed. Ask for a state and we'll prioritize it. NY and Oregon are active-entity files, so status is returned null there (every row is active); Colorado and Hawaii carry an explicit per-record status.

📊 Output fields

Field	Description
state	Queried state (NY · CO · OR · HI)
entity_id	State registry / filing number
entity_name	Legal company name
status	Registration status (CO/HI); null on active-only files (NY/OR)
entity_type	Corporation, LLC, nonprofit, …
filing_date	Formation / registration date (ISO YYYY-MM-DD)
jurisdiction	State/country of formation
registered_agent_name	Registered agent / process contact
registered_agent_address	Registered agent's address
principal_address	Principal / mailing address (where the registry provides it)
source_url	Link back to the source record
scraped_at	ISO timestamp of the scrape

---

Who it's for

• 🛡️ KYB / compliance & onboarding — verify a business's legal name, status, and registered agent before you transact.
• 🧲 B2B sales & lead-gen — build lists of newly formed companies (filter by name, pull newest-first) with a real registered-agent contact.
• 🏦 Fintech / lending / insurance — enrich applicants against the official registry of record.
• 📊 Researchers & journalists — map company formations, agents, and jurisdictions over time.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free.
2. Pick a State.
3. (Optional) type a company name to search, and set a Max results cap.
4. Click Start, then export from the Dataset tab, or pull via API.

Examples

Every entity in Colorado (newest first), capped at 500:

{ "state": "co", "maxItems": 500 }

Search New York for "pizza" companies:

{ "state": "ny", "nameQuery": "pizza", "maxItems": 200 }

Pull via API (run-sync):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapersdelight~us-business-entity-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "state": "co", "nameQuery": "coffee" }'

---

❓ FAQ

Where does the data come from? Each state's own official business-registry open-data API (Socrata). It's public government data — no login, no API key.

What is KYB? Know Your Business — verifying a company's legal identity (name, ID, status, registered agent, jurisdiction). This actor returns exactly those fields from the registry of record.

Can I search by company name? Yes — set nameQuery. It's a full-text search that matches the company name (and agent/address text). Leave it blank to pull the whole registry.

Does it return the registered agent? Yes — registered_agent_name and registered_agent_address, where the state publishes them. (For company agents on some registries, the individual name may be blank.)

Why is status sometimes null? New York and Oregon publish active-entity files, so every row is active and there's no per-row status column. Colorado and Hawaii include an explicit status (Good Standing, Delinquent, Dissolved, …).

Which states are supported? New York, Colorado, Oregon, and Hawaii today — more are added as their registries publish a compatible feed.

How much does it cost? $1.50 per 1,000 records — pay only for results, free to try.

Notes & fair use

This actor reads official, public state business-registry open-data APIs. It returns publicly filed company-registration data; it does not access private or non-public records. You are responsible for complying with each data portal's Terms of Service.