# New Business Filings Monitor — 6 Official State Sources (`whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor`) Actor Daily new-business registrations from 6 official state sources (NY, CO, OR, CT, PA, TX): name, type, address, county, registered agent — plus business email + NAICS where the state publishes them. Honest per-state freshness. No API keys. - **URL**: https://apify.com/whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Griffin](https://apify.com/whetstonetools) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 leads 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 ## New Business Filings Monitor — 6 Official State Sources Get **brand-new business registrations** — the freshest B2B leads that exist — from **six official US state government data sources** in one normalized feed: **NY, CO, OR, CT, PA, TX**. New businesses need insurance, banking, bookkeeping, websites, equipment, and services *right now*; this actor tells you who they are, where they are, and (where the state publishes it) how to reach them. No API keys, no logins, no scraping of protected portals — every record comes from an official state open-data endpoint and carries a `sourceUrl` and `retrievedAt` timestamp so you can verify it yourself. ### What you get per lead | Field | Description | |---|---| | `entityName` | Registered business name | | `state` | State the registration came from | | `registrationDate` | Filing / formation date (ISO `YYYY-MM-DD`) | | `entityType` | LLC / Corporation / etc. (as the state classifies it) | | `status` | Registration status | | `addressLine`, `city`, `region`, `zip` | Business address, where the source publishes it | | `county` | County (NY, PA, TX) | | `registeredAgent` | Registered agent (CO, OR; NY/PA where published) | | `businessEmail` | **Business email address (CT)** — straight from the official registry | | `naicsCode` | **Industry NAICS code (CT)** — filter leads by industry | | `jurisdiction` | Jurisdiction of formation | | `filingId` | The state's own filing / registry ID | | `sourceUrl` | Link back to the official registry | | `sourceFreshness` | Honest per-state freshness note (see below) | | `retrievedAt` | When this record was fetched (ISO 8601) | ### Input ```json { "states": ["NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX"], "daysBack": 7, "maxResultsPerState": 100 } ```` - **states** — any of `NY`, `CO`, `OR`, `CT`, `PA`, `TX`. Omit for all six. - **daysBack** — look-back window in days (default 7). For a continuous feed, **schedule the actor daily with `daysBack` 1–3** (NY/CO/OR/CT). **PA needs `daysBack` 10+** because of its source's ~1-week publish lag — run PA on its own weekly schedule to avoid duplicate leads. - **sinceDate** — optional fixed start date (`YYYY-MM-DD`); overrides `daysBack`. - **maxResultsPerState** — cap per state (default 100, max 1,000). ### Freshness, stated honestly (per state) Every record carries its source's real cadence in `sourceFreshness` — we'd rather tell you a source lags than let you find out from a stale lead. | State | Source | Cadence | |---|---|---| | **New York** | NY DOS Active Corporations (data.ny.gov) | Updates **daily** | | **Colorado** | CO SoS Business Entities (data.colorado.gov) | Updates **daily**; richest record (principal address + agent + full status) | | **Oregon** | OR SoS Business Registry (data.oregon.gov) | Updates **daily** | | **Connecticut** | CT Business Registry Master (data.ct.gov) | Updates **daily** — and uniquely publishes **business email + NAICS** | | **Pennsylvania** | PA DoS Registered Businesses (data.pa.gov) | Publishes with **~1-week lag** — treat PA as "recent", not same-day | | **Texas** | TX Comptroller Active Franchise Taxpayers (data.texas.gov) | Refreshes **weekly**; scope = active for-profit franchise taxpayers, not the full SOS feed | **Other honest limitations:** states publish different fields — email/NAICS are CT-only, agent names are strongest in CO/OR, and NY's address is the service-of-process address. Where a state doesn't publish a field, it is `null` rather than guessed. ### Typical uses - **Daily lead feed**: schedule with `daysBack: 2`, pipe the dataset to Sheets, your CRM, or a Zapier/Make webhook. - **Territory monitoring**: pick your states, filter by `county` or `zip` downstream. - **Industry targeting**: CT's `naicsCode` lets you filter to e.g. restaurants or contractors at the source. ### Verify any lead (KYB) Need the full registry record behind a lead — or to look up any US company by name across these same official sources? Use our companion actor [**Secretary of State Business Entity Search (KYB)**](https://apify.com/whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search) — same normalized schema, same official-data-only policy. ### Pricing Pay-per-event: a tiny per-run start fee plus a per-lead charge. You only pay for leads actually returned. No subscription, no minimum. ### For AI agents (MCP) Built for agentic use: a clean, described input schema and a normalized output schema. Discoverable and callable through the Apify MCP server and pay-per-event agentic payment rails. ### Data sources All data comes from official US state government open-data portals. This actor returns public record data as published by each state; it is provided "as is" for informational purposes. Respect applicable laws (e.g. CAN-SPAM / TCPA) when contacting any business. # Actor input Schema ## `states` (type: `array`): Which official state sources to pull new registrations from. Leave empty for all supported states. ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): Return businesses registered within the last N days. Schedule the actor daily with daysBack=1-3 for a continuous feed of brand-new filings (NY/CO/OR/CT). NOTE: Pennsylvania's source publishes with a ~1-week lag — to receive PA leads, use daysBack of 10+ (or run PA on its own weekly schedule). ## `sinceDate` (type: `string`): Optional fixed start date (YYYY-MM-DD). If set, returns registrations from this date forward and ignores daysBack. ## `maxResultsPerState` (type: `integer`): Cap on how many new registrations to return from each state (keeps cost and runtime bounded). ## Actor input object example ```json { "states": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX" ], "daysBack": 7, "maxResultsPerState": 100 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor").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 '{}' | apify call whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "New Business Filings Monitor — 6 Official State Sources", "description": "Daily new-business registrations from 6 official state sources (NY, CO, OR, CT, PA, TX): name, type, address, county, registered agent — plus business email + NAICS where the state publishes them. Honest per-state freshness. No API keys.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "mgIv5i80HF5qxBaWV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/whetstonetools~new-business-filings-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-whetstonetools-new-business-filings-monitor", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~new-business-filings-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-whetstonetools-new-business-filings-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~new-business-filings-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-whetstonetools-new-business-filings-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "states": { "title": "States to monitor", "type": "array", "description": "Which official state sources to pull new registrations from. Leave empty for all supported states.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX" ], "enumTitles": [ "New York", "Colorado", "Oregon", "Connecticut", "Pennsylvania", "Texas" ] }, "default": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX" ] }, "daysBack": { "title": "Look-back window (days)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 90, "type": "integer", "description": "Return businesses registered within the last N days. Schedule the actor daily with daysBack=1-3 for a continuous feed of brand-new filings (NY/CO/OR/CT). NOTE: Pennsylvania's source publishes with a ~1-week lag — to receive PA leads, use daysBack of 10+ (or run PA on its own weekly schedule).", "default": 7 }, "sinceDate": { "title": "Since date (overrides look-back)", "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional fixed start date (YYYY-MM-DD). If set, returns registrations from this date forward and ignores daysBack." }, "maxResultsPerState": { "title": "Max results per state", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on how many new registrations to return from each state (keeps cost and runtime bounded).", "default": 100 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```