Secretary of State Business Entity Search & New LLC Filings

Secretary of State Business Search: new LLC filings and US business registry data

Who it's for: banks, accountants, insurers, payroll and SaaS sellers, web and marketing agencies, sign and printing shops, and anyone who wants new US businesses the week they are formed, or needs to look up a business in a state registry.

What you get: new LLC filings, new corporations, nonprofits and partnerships from the official Secretary of State business registry open data of Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Each business is a clean row with name, state ID, entity type, domestic or foreign, status, formation date, address, city and ZIP, county (NY and PA), NAICS industry (CT), a link to the official registry page where there is one, and the source and licence. You can add the registered agent and principals and a one-line plain-English summary. Business search by name or ID number is included. No API key, no signup, no browser. Schedule it daily with delta mode for a "new businesses in my area" alert that costs $3 per 1,000 businesses.

Together these five states register about 3,000 new businesses on a typical working day. A new LLC needs a bank account, insurance, an accountant, a website, a phone system and software in its first weeks, so a fresh formation list is one of the earliest B2B lead sources there is.

Quick start

1. Click Try for free. The default input returns the 100 newest filings from the last 7 days across all five states.
2. Pick your states, then narrow down by entity kind (LLC, corporation, nonprofit, partnership), cities, ZIP code prefixes or name contains (e.g. "dental", "roofing").
3. Turn on Domestic entities only to skip out-of-state companies that are only registering to do business here.
4. Optional extras: Add registered agent & principals, Add one-line summary.
5. Click Start, then export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or send rows to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Slack or a webhook.
6. For alerts, turn on Delta mode and add a daily schedule.

To look up businesses instead, set Mode to "Look up businesses by ID or name":

{
  "mode": "lookup",
  "entityIds": ["CO:20268275237", "NY:8047933", "OR:263936297"],
  "names": ["Blue Bottle Coffee"],
  "maxResultsPerName": 5
}

Example run

New domestic businesses in Denver from the last 7 days, with one-line summaries. This is the exact input from a fresh run on the Apify platform on 18 October 2026 (run ucZLwbGtUJnyJKgVb):

{
  "states": [
    "CO"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Denver"
  ],
  "lastNDays": 7,
  "domesticOnly": true,
  "addSummary": true,
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output excerpt: 2 of the 5 rows, selected fields only:

[
  {
    "state": "CO",
    "entityId": "20268275597",
    "entityName": "BATHYSOPH LIMITED",
    "entityType": "Domestic Corporation",
    "entityKind": "corporation",
    "isDomestic": true,
    "status": "Good Standing",
    "formationDate": "2026-10-17",
    "addressCity": "DENVER",
    "addressState": "CO",
    "addressZip": "80203",
    "registryUrl": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?masterFileId=20268275597",
    "summary": "BATHYSOPH LIMITED: Colorado domestic corporation formed 17 Oct 2026 in Denver, CO; status: Good Standing."
  },
  {
    "state": "CO",
    "entityId": "20268275560",
    "entityName": "PURL LLC",
    "entityType": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
    "entityKind": "llc",
    "isDomestic": true,
    "status": "Good Standing",
    "formationDate": "2026-10-17",
    "addressCity": "Denver",
    "addressState": "CO",
    "addressZip": "80220",
    "registryUrl": "https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?masterFileId=20268275560",
    "summary": "PURL LLC: Colorado domestic LLC formed 17 Oct 2026 in Denver, CO; status: Good Standing."
  }
]

The run made 1 request to the Colorado open-data portal and was charged 5 × $0.003 plus the $0.00005 start fee, about 1.5 cents. Street addresses are left out of this excerpt.

Why this business registry scraper?

• Official sources only. Every row comes straight from the state's own open-data portal (Socrata API) and links back to the exact source record (sourceRecordUrl). There's no scraping of search pages, no CAPTCHAs and no third-party database in between.
• Built for new-business leads, not just search. Date-window feed, newest first, with delta mode so a daily schedule only delivers businesses you haven't seen.
• One schema for five states. The same columns for every state, plus a normalized entityKind and an isDomestic flag, so you can filter and merge without per-state clean-up.
• Cheap and predictable. $0.003 per business, no monthly fee, and the extras are free. A full day of new filings in all five states costs roughly $9.
• Honest about freshness. The run summary records the latest filing date found in each state, so you can see when a state hasn't updated yet.

Which states, and how fresh?

State	Official dataset	Publisher	Contents	Updates	Licence
Colorado	Business Entities in Colorado	Colorado Department of State	All entities, any status	Daily	Public Domain
Connecticut	Business Registry – Business Master	Office of the Secretary of the State	All entities, any status	Daily	Public Domain
New York	Active Corporations: Beginning 1800	Department of State, Division of Corporations	Active entities only	About daily	OPEN-NY Terms of Use
Oregon	Active Businesses – ALL	Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Active entities and assumed names	Weekly	Public domain (ORS 276A.368)
Pennsylvania	Registered Businesses in PA Current	Department of State	Current entities only	Monthly (2–3 weeks behind)	Public Domain

More states will be added where the state publishes an official open dataset. Tell us which one you need.

What data do you get?

Field	Description
state, stateName	Registry state
entityId	State ID number (CO entity ID, CT account number, NY DOS ID, OR registry number, PA filing number)
entityName	Business name as registered
entityType	Entity type as filed, e.g. "Domestic Limited Liability Company"
entityKind	Normalized: llc, corporation, nonprofit, partnership, nameFiling, other
isDomestic, jurisdictionOfFormation	Formed in this state, or a foreign entity registering here
status	Registry status (e.g. "Good Standing", "Active", "Current")
formationDate	Formation or registration date
addressType, addressStreet, addressCity, addressState, addressZip, addressCountry	Address as published, with its type (principal office, business address, registered office, service of process address)
county	County (NY, PA)
naicsCode, naicsDescription	Industry, where the state collects it (CT)
registryUrl, registrySearchUrl	Official registry page (CO, OR) and the state's business search
sourceRecordUrl, dataSource, licence	The exact open-data record, the publisher and the licence
registeredAgentName, registeredAgentRole, registeredAgentAddress (opt-in)	Registered agent (CO, NY, OR)
principals, principalNames (opt-in)	Officers or organizers (CT, PA), authorized representatives (OR), chairman/CEO (NY)
summary (opt-in)	One-line plain-English summary

Sample output

Real rows from runs on 18 October 2026, one each from Connecticut, New York and Oregon (selected fields; street addresses left out):

[
  {
    "state": "CT",
    "stateName": "Connecticut",
    "entityId": "3535501",
    "entityName": "Modern Edge Home Pros LLC",
    "entityType": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
    "entityKind": "llc",
    "isDomestic": true,
    "jurisdictionOfFormation": "Connecticut",
    "status": "Active",
    "formationDate": "2026-10-17",
    "addressType": "business address",
    "addressCity": "Enfield",
    "addressState": "CT",
    "addressZip": "06082-1939",
    "county": null,
    "naicsCode": "236118",
    "naicsDescription": "Residential Remodelers",
    "registryUrl": null,
    "registrySearchUrl": "https://service.ct.gov/business/s/onlinebusinesssearch",
    "sourceRecordUrl": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json?accountnumber=3535501",
    "dataSource": "Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State via data.ct.gov (Connecticut Business Registry - Business Master)",
    "licence": "Public Domain (dataset licence on data.ct.gov)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T16:06:03+00:00"
  },
  {
    "state": "NY",
    "stateName": "New York",
    "entityId": "8047933",
    "entityName": "SHURIKEN NEIN STUDIOS LLC",
    "entityType": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
    "entityKind": "llc",
    "isDomestic": true,
    "jurisdictionOfFormation": "New York",
    "status": "Active",
    "formationDate": "2026-10-16",
    "addressType": "service of process address",
    "addressCity": "NEW YORK",
    "addressState": "NY",
    "addressZip": "10002",
    "county": "New York",
    "naicsCode": null,
    "naicsDescription": null,
    "registryUrl": null,
    "registrySearchUrl": "https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/",
    "sourceRecordUrl": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json?dos_id=8047933",
    "dataSource": "New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations via data.ny.gov (Active Corporations: Beginning 1800)",
    "licence": "OPEN-NY Terms of Use (free public reuse; no warranty; do not imply State endorsement)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T16:06:03+00:00"
  },
  {
    "state": "OR",
    "stateName": "Oregon",
    "entityId": "263936297",
    "entityName": "JINK LABO LLC",
    "entityType": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
    "entityKind": "llc",
    "isDomestic": true,
    "jurisdictionOfFormation": "OR",
    "status": "Active",
    "formationDate": "2026-10-13",
    "addressType": "principal place of business",
    "addressCity": "PORTLAND",
    "addressState": "OR",
    "addressZip": "97239",
    "county": null,
    "naicsCode": null,
    "naicsDescription": null,
    "registryUrl": "https://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.do_name_srch?p_name=&p_regist_nbr=263936297&p_srch=PHASE1&p_print=FALSE&p_entity_status=ACTINA",
    "registrySearchUrl": "https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/find.aspx",
    "sourceRecordUrl": "https://data.oregon.gov/resource/tckn-sxa6.json?registry_number=263936297",
    "dataSource": "Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division via data.oregon.gov (Active Businesses - ALL)",
    "licence": "Public domain under Oregon law (ORS 276A.368)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T16:06:03+00:00"
  }
]

With Add registered agent & principals on, a record also carries (Oregon example):

{
  "state": "OR",
  "entityId": "263936297",
  "entityName": "JINK LABO LLC",
  "registeredAgentName": "REGISTERED AGENTS INC",
  "registeredAgentRole": "Registered agent",
  "registeredAgentAddress": "5441 S MACADAM AVE STE R, PORTLAND, OR, 97239",
  "principals": [],
  "principalNames": null
}

How much does it cost?

You pay only for results: $0.003 per business record saved to the dataset, plus a tiny $0.00005 start fee per run. The registered agent, principals and summary options are free. Your Apify plan's normal platform usage applies.

What you run	Records	Cost
Daily alert for one city, new domestic LLCs	~10 a day	about $0.03 a day, ~$0.90 a month
Daily feed for one state (e.g. Colorado)	~550 a day	about $1.65 a day
One week of new filings, all five states	~14,000	about $42
Look up 100 businesses by ID	100	$0.30

Set Max results to cap the cost of any run. The free Apify plan's monthly credits cover over 1,500 records.

Integrations

Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML or HTML, or connect the dataset to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or a webhook via Apify integrations. You can also call it from the Apify API or Python and JavaScript clients, or from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Tips

• Big states fill the quota fast. New York files 1,000+ entities a day. Use Max results per state to get a mix from every state.
• Oregon and Pennsylvania lag. Oregon updates weekly and Pennsylvania monthly, so use a 14–45 day window for them, or keep delta mode on so you get each business once when it appears.
• New York addresses. Most new New York entities publish only a service of process address, which is often their registered agent's office. Use county for location in New York.
• Name lookups are slower (up to a minute) because the state portals search names without an index. ID lookups take about a second.

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

Only from each state's official open-data portal, published by the state's Secretary of State or Department of State (see the table above). Every record carries sourceRecordUrl, so you can check it against the source.

Is it legal to reuse this data?

Business registrations are public records, and these datasets are published for reuse: Colorado, Connecticut and Pennsylvania mark them Public Domain, Oregon law makes its open data public domain (ORS 276A.368), and New York publishes under the OPEN-NY Terms of Use. The states make no warranty about accuracy or completeness. Please keep the source attribution (dataSource) when you republish, and don't suggest the states endorse your product.

Can I use the agent and principal names for marketing?

Registered agents and principals are often private individuals. You're responsible for using them lawfully: follow CAN-SPAM for email, the TCPA and Do-Not-Call rules for calls and texts, and state privacy laws. This Actor never collects principals' residential addresses or the email addresses some states hold, and contacts are off by default.

Why is a business I expected missing?

New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania publish active entities only, Pennsylvania updates monthly, and Oregon weekly. Check latestFilingByState in the run summary to see how current each state is.

Do you cover all 50 states?

Not yet. We only use states that publish an official open dataset, which is what keeps this fast, cheap and reliable. More are being added.

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab and we'll respond quickly. Feature requests (new states, new fields) are welcome.