# US Business Entity Scraper — KYB, Agent & Filing Data (`scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US business entity / KYB records by state — legal name, entity ID, status, type, filing date, registered agent + address, jurisdiction. Public Socrata open-data APIs (NY, CO, OR, HI). Name search, no login, no API key. Export JSON/CSV.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 per business entity returneds

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?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 🏛️ 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 |

<details><summary>🧾 Sample entity record (Colorado)</summary>

```json
{
  "state": "CO",
  "entity_id": "20251665680",
  "entity_name": "KYLDERON MIST VALLEY LLC",
  "status": "Good Standing",
  "entity_type": "DLLC",
  "filing_date": "2025-06-16",
  "jurisdiction": "CO",
  "registered_agent_name": "KEQIANG DENG",
  "registered_agent_address": "660 Willow Wood Ln, Delta, CO, 81416",
  "principal_address": "660 Willow Wood Ln, Delta, CO, 81416",
  "source_url": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=20251665680",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}
````

</details>

***

### 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:

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

Search New York for "pizza" companies:

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

Pull via API (run-sync):

```bash
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.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

Which state's business registry to scrape. Each is a public Secretary-of-State / registry open-data API. Supported: New York, Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii.

## `nameQuery` (type: `string`):

Optional full-text search — only return entities matching this text (e.g. "pizza", "brewing", "acme"). Leave blank to return all entities in the state (newest first). Matches company name, agent, and address text.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cost/speed cap on records returned this run. 0 = every matching entity in the state (up to a 50,000 safety backstop).

## `socrataAppToken` (type: `string`):

Optional free Socrata app token (from any data.<state>.gov developer page). Raises the per-IP rate limit for large runs. Not required for normal use.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. These are clean public government APIs — the default Apify datacenter proxy is plenty.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "ny",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of normalized business-entity / KYB records (one item per entity).

# 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 = {
    "state": "ny"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-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 = { "state": "ny" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "state": "ny"
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/us-business-entity-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "US Business Entity Scraper — KYB, Agent & Filing Data",
        "description": "Scrape US business entity / KYB records by state — legal name, entity ID, status, type, filing date, registered agent + address, jurisdiction. Public Socrata open-data APIs (NY, CO, OR, HI). Name search, no login, no API key. Export JSON/CSV.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "U3Fg1ekQXmsQITsmg"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~us-business-entity-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-us-business-entity-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~us-business-entity-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-us-business-entity-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~us-business-entity-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-us-business-entity-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "state"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "state": {
                        "title": "State",
                        "enum": [
                            "ny",
                            "co",
                            "or",
                            "hi"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Which state's business registry to scrape. Each is a public Secretary-of-State / registry open-data API. Supported: New York, Colorado, Oregon, Hawaii.",
                        "default": "ny"
                    },
                    "nameQuery": {
                        "title": "Company name search (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional full-text search — only return entities matching this text (e.g. \"pizza\", \"brewing\", \"acme\"). Leave blank to return all entities in the state (newest first). Matches company name, agent, and address text."
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max results",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cost/speed cap on records returned this run. 0 = every matching entity in the state (up to a 50,000 safety backstop).",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "socrataAppToken": {
                        "title": "Socrata app token (optional, advanced)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional free Socrata app token (from any data.<state>.gov developer page). Raises the per-IP rate limit for large runs. Not required for normal use."
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. These are clean public government APIs — the default Apify datacenter proxy is plenty.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```