# Secretary of State Business Entity Search (KYB) (`whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search`) Actor Search official US Secretary of State business registries (NY, CO, OR, CT, PA, TX, FL) by company name. Normalized KYB records: name, type, status, registration date, registered agent, jurisdiction, filing ID, source URL. No API keys. - **URL**: https://apify.com/whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search.md - **Developed by:** [Griffin](https://apify.com/whetstonetools) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 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/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 ## Secretary of State Business Entity Search (KYB) Search official **US Secretary of State** business registries by company name and get back clean, normalized entity records for **KYB**, fraud, onboarding, and due-diligence pipelines. No API keys, no logins — just a company name. Every result is drawn live from an official government source and carries a `sourceUrl` and `retrievedAt` timestamp so you can verify it yourself. ### What you get per entity | Field | Description | |---|---| | `entityName` | Registered business name | | `state` | State the record came from | | `entityType` | Corporation / LLC / etc. (as the state classifies it) | | `status` | Registration status | | `registrationDate` | Initial filing / formation date (ISO `YYYY-MM-DD`) | | `registeredAgent` | Registered agent, where the source publishes it | | `jurisdiction` | Jurisdiction of formation | | `filingId` | The state's own entity/registry ID | | `sourceUrl` | Link back to the official registry | | `retrievedAt` | When this record was fetched (ISO 8601) | ### Input ```json { "companyName": "Stripe", "states": ["NY", "CO", "OR"], "exactMatch": false, "maxResultsPerState": 25 } ```` - **companyName** (required) — name or partial name to search. - **states** — any of `NY`, `CO`, `OR`, `CT`, `PA`, `TX`, `FL`. Omit to search all supported states. - **exactMatch** — `true` returns only exact (case-insensitive) name matches. - **maxResultsPerState** — cap per state (default 25). ### States and coverage (v1) This actor only queries **official government sources** — open-data APIs where the state publishes one, plus Florida's own official Sunbiz public-records search. No CAPTCHA-protected or terms-restricted portals, so it stays reliable and compliant. | State | Source | Notes | |---|---|---| | **New York** | NY DOS Active Corporations (data.ny.gov) | Active corporations; includes registered agent. | | **Colorado** | CO SoS Business Entities (data.colorado.gov) | Full status incl. dissolved/delinquent; richest status data. | | **Oregon** | OR SoS Business Registry (data.oregon.gov) | Active registry; per-record deep link to the state page. | | **Connecticut** | CT Business Registry Master (data.ct.gov) | Full status, entity type, formation jurisdiction. | | **Pennsylvania** | PA DoS Registered Businesses (data.pa.gov) | Currently-registered businesses; filing number + address. | | **Texas** | TX Comptroller Active Franchise Taxpayers (data.texas.gov) | Carries SOS file number + SOS status. **Scope:** active for-profit franchise taxpayers, not full SOS filing history. | | **Florida** | Sunbiz — FL Division of Corporations official search (search.sunbiz.org) | Full registry incl. inactive/historical. **Scope:** name-index search (matches from the start of the normalized name, not mid-name "contains"); up to 20 candidates per search; entity type, filing date, and registered agent hydrated for the first 10 matches per search. | **Honest limitations:** datasets vary in scope — NY/OR/PA cover **active/current** entities (dissolved may not appear); CO includes historical/dissolved; CT carries explicit status; TX is the active franchise-taxpayer list (not full SOS history). Registered agent is returned where the source publishes it and may be empty otherwise. More states are added as official, compliant endpoints are validated. ### Monitor NEW filings (companion actor) Want a daily feed of **brand-new registrations** from these same official sources — for lead generation rather than lookups? Use our companion actor [**New Business Filings Monitor**](https://apify.com/whetstonetools/new-business-filings-monitor): same six states, same normalized schema, plus business email + NAICS where the state publishes them. ### Pricing Pay-per-event: a small per-state-search charge plus a per-result charge. You only pay for results returned. No subscription, no minimum. ### For AI agents (MCP) This actor is 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 and public registries. This actor returns public record data as published by each state; it is provided "as is" for informational and verification purposes. # Actor input Schema ## `companyName` (type: `string`): The business name (or part of it) to search for across the selected state registries. ## `states` (type: `array`): Which official state Secretary of State registries to query. Leave empty to search all supported states. ## `exactMatch` (type: `boolean`): If on, only return entities whose name exactly equals the query (case-insensitive). If off, returns all entities whose name contains the query. ## `maxResultsPerState` (type: `integer`): Cap on how many entity records to return from each state (keeps cost and runtime bounded). ## Actor input object example ```json { "companyName": "Stripe", "states": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX", "FL" ], "exactMatch": false, "maxResultsPerState": 25 } ``` # 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 = { "companyName": "Stripe" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search").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 = { "companyName": "Stripe" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search").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 '{ "companyName": "Stripe" }' | apify call whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=whetstonetools/secretary-of-state-business-search", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Secretary of State Business Entity Search (KYB)", "description": "Search official US Secretary of State business registries (NY, CO, OR, CT, PA, TX, FL) by company name. Normalized KYB records: name, type, status, registration date, registered agent, jurisdiction, filing ID, source URL. No API keys.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "2KgJbcifrFLSZmiYJ" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/whetstonetools~secretary-of-state-business-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-whetstonetools-secretary-of-state-business-search", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~secretary-of-state-business-search/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-whetstonetools-secretary-of-state-business-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~secretary-of-state-business-search/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-whetstonetools-secretary-of-state-business-search", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "companyName" ], "properties": { "companyName": { "title": "Company name", "type": "string", "description": "The business name (or part of it) to search for across the selected state registries." }, "states": { "title": "States to search", "type": "array", "description": "Which official state Secretary of State registries to query. Leave empty to search all supported states.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX", "FL" ], "enumTitles": [ "New York", "Colorado", "Oregon", "Connecticut", "Pennsylvania", "Texas", "Florida" ] }, "default": [ "NY", "CO", "OR", "CT", "PA", "TX", "FL" ] }, "exactMatch": { "title": "Exact name match", "type": "boolean", "description": "If on, only return entities whose name exactly equals the query (case-insensitive). If off, returns all entities whose name contains the query.", "default": false }, "maxResultsPerState": { "title": "Max results per state", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on how many entity records to return from each state (keeps cost and runtime bounded).", "default": 25 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```