# Colorado SOS Business Registry Scraper (`talcoe/colorado-sos-business`) Actor

Search Colorado Secretary of State business filings by name, status, entity type and formation date, with clean structured fields and registered agent details, priced per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/talcoe/colorado-sos-business.md
- **Developed by:** [M Usama](https://apify.com/talcoe) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

### What does Colorado SOS Business Registry Scraper do?

It returns Colorado business entities registered with the Colorado Department of State: LLCs, corporations, nonprofits, partnerships and more, going back to 1864. Each record has the entity name, formation date, status, entity type, principal address and the registered agent's name and address, plus a link back to the official record. Filters on name, status, entity type and formation date keep runs small and focused. Pricing is per result returned.

### Data source

Records come from the public "Business Entities in Colorado" dataset on data.colorado.gov (a Socrata JSON API maintained by the Colorado Department of State), which is refreshed roughly daily.

### Why use it?

- Lead generation: pull newly formed LLCs and corporations in a category or region before they show up anywhere else.
- Compliance and sales targeting: filter by entity status to find businesses that are Delinquent or Administratively Dissolved as a signal, or Good Standing as a qualifier.
- Registered agent research: agent name and address are returned on every record without a second lookup.
- Replaces manually searching the Secretary of State site one entity at a time or paying for a stale bulk export.

### How to use it

1. Open the Actor and set the filters: entity name, status, entity type, formed on or after date.
2. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.
3. Add a Schedule and an Integration (Slack, Google Sheets, webhook) to get newly formed entities automatically.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `keyword` | Filter by business name, case insensitive, matches anywhere in the name. Leave blank to get the most recently formed entities. |
| `entityStatus` | Filter by entity status (Good Standing, Delinquent, Withdrawn, and so on). Choose All statuses to skip this filter. |
| `entityType` | Filter by entity type code (Domestic LLC, Foreign Corporation, and so on). Choose All types to skip this filter. |
| `formedAfter` | Only include entities formed on or after this date, format YYYY-MM-DD. Leave blank for no date filter. |
| `maxResults` | Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Not required, the data source is a public JSON API. Left in for larger, sustained runs. |

Example input:

```json
{
    "keyword": "",
    "entityStatus": "Good Standing",
    "entityType": "",
    "formedAfter": "",
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output

Every record has the same shape:

```json
{
    "id": "20268159937",
    "entityId": "20268159937",
    "entityName": "OnlyLawns LLC",
    "formationDate": "2026-09-18",
    "entityStatus": "Good Standing",
    "entityType": "DLLC",
    "entityTypeLabel": "Domestic LLC",
    "agentName": "AARON ROOSEVELT WILLIAMS",
    "principalAddress": "20802 E Princeton Pl, Aurora, CO, 80013",
    "principalCity": "Aurora",
    "principalState": "CO",
    "mailingAddress": null,
    "agentAddress": "20802 E Princeton Pl, Aurora, CO, 80013",
    "jurisdictionOfFormation": "CO",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?quitButtonDestination=BusinessEntityResults&nameTyp=ENT&entityId2=20268159937&fileId=20268159937&masterFileId=&entityId=20268159937&entityType2=&entityName2=&fileIdSearch=",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-20T08:28:21.323Z"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `id` | Stable key (the state assigned entity ID), safe for deduplication between runs |
| `entityId` | Same value as `id`, the state assigned entity ID |
| `entityName` | Business name as filed with the Secretary of State |
| `formationDate` | Date the entity was formed or registered, ISO format |
| `entityStatus` | Current status: Good Standing, Delinquent, Withdrawn, and so on |
| `entityType` | Raw entity type code assigned by the Secretary of State |
| `entityTypeLabel` | Human readable version of `entityType` |
| `agentName` | Registered agent's name or organization name |
| `principalAddress` | Principal address, single line |
| `principalCity` | Principal address city |
| `principalState` | Principal address state |
| `mailingAddress` | Mailing address, single line, null when not on file |
| `agentAddress` | Registered agent's address, single line |
| `jurisdictionOfFormation` | State or country the entity was formed in |
| `sourceUrl` | Link to the entity's detail page on coloradosos.gov |
| `scrapedAt` | When this Actor pulled the record |

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee when a run starts, then a fixed price per result returned. You only pay for records that pass your filters. Set `maxResults` to cap any run.

### Limitations

- Only covers entities registered with the Colorado Department of State. It does not cover businesses that only hold a local license or DBA with a county or city.
- Fields the Secretary of State does not collect for an entity (for example an agent's middle name, or a mailing address distinct from the principal address) come back null.
- The source dataset refreshes roughly daily, so same day filings can lag by up to a day.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?** The Actor reads a dataset the Colorado Department of State publishes for anyone, with no login, and stores only business information published for that purpose. You are responsible for how you use the data.

**Something is missing or broken?** Open an issue in the Issues tab; response time is usually under a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Filter by business name, case insensitive, matches anywhere in the name. Leave blank to get the most recently formed entities.

## `entityStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter by Colorado Secretary of State entity status. Choose All statuses to skip this filter.

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Filter by the entity type code the Secretary of State assigns. Choose All types to skip this filter.

## `formedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only include entities formed on or after this date, format YYYY-MM-DD. Leave blank for no date filter.

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

Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost.

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

Not required for this Actor, the data source is a public JSON API. Left in for larger, sustained runs if you hit rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "entityStatus": "Good Standing",
  "entityType": "",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "formedAfter": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("talcoe/colorado-sos-business").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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "formedAfter": "",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("talcoe/colorado-sos-business").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 '{
  "keyword": "",
  "formedAfter": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call talcoe/colorado-sos-business --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/FRQTVWOISXymQEZ93/builds/yOHzBivIehzsagZ01/openapi.json