# US New Business Filings — NY, CO, OR, CT (Official) (`yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses`) Actor

Newly formed US companies from official state registries (New York, Colorado, Oregon, Connecticut) in one clean schema: name, type, formation date, address, agent, NAICS (CT). New-since-last-run leads. No key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses.md
- **Developed by:** [Yuval Gabay](https://apify.com/yuvalstudios) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 business 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?

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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.
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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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

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# README

## US New Business Filings — NY, CO, OR, CT (Official Registries)

Get the companies that were **just formed** in New York, Colorado, Oregon and Connecticut, straight from each state's official open-data registry, in **one clean table**. Each row has the business name, entity type (LLC, corporation…), formation date, address, registered agent or filer, county (NY) and NAICS industry (CT). Works with no input, needs no API key, and costs **$1.50 per 1,000 businesses**.

**Who it's for:** Insurance agents, banks and lenders, payroll and accounting firms, merchant services, web/marketing agencies, office suppliers and anyone selling to brand-new businesses. A new company needs all of these in its first weeks.

### Why this actor

- **Official sources only**: the Secretary of State open-data feeds published by each state. No scraping of search pages, no proxies, no CAPTCHAs.
- **One schema for four states.** The same field names for every state, so it drops straight into a CRM, Google Sheets or a mail-merge.
- **New since last run:** schedule it daily and get only businesses you haven't seen before. It's a ready-made lead feed.
- **Filters that matter for sales:** name keyword ("dental", "construction", "realty"), entity type (LLC, CORPORATION, NONPROFIT), date range.
- **Fast and cheap:** the four states are fetched in parallel. A default run takes a few seconds. You pay per result only.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `states` | Which registries to search: NY, CO, OR, CT (default all four). |
| `daysBack` | Businesses formed in the last N days (default 7) when no dates are set. |
| `formedFrom` / `formedTo` | Exact date range, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `keyword` | Business name contains this text. |
| `entityTypeContains` | Entity type contains this text, e.g. LLC. |
| `maxItems` | Maximum businesses to output, split evenly across states (default 100). |
| `newSinceLastRun` | Output only businesses not returned before (same `stateKey`). |
| `stateKey` | Name of the memory for "new since last run". Use one per saved search. |

### Output example

```json
{
  "registryState": "CT",
  "entityId": "3535752",
  "businessName": "Bestpath-GTFO LLC",
  "entityType": "LLC",
  "filingType": "REGISTRATION",
  "status": "Active",
  "formationDate": "2026-10-18",
  "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
  "naics": "Software Publishers (513210)",
  "address": "320 Spruce St",
  "city": "Cheshire",
  "stateCode": "CT",
  "zip": "06410",
  "agentOrFilerName": null,
  "source": "Connecticut Secretary of the State — business registry",
  "sourceDataset": "https://data.ct.gov/d/n7gp-d28j",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-20T06:34:16.341Z"
}
```

What each state gives you:

- **NY**: new LLCs, corporations and foreign registrations (Articles of Organization, Certificate of Incorporation, Application of Authority) with county, filer name/address and the address for service of process. NY publishes filings with a delay of 1–3 business days.
- **CO**: principal address, registered agent name and address, status.
- **OR**: principal place of business and a link to the state record.
- **CT**: business address, status and NAICS industry code. Owner e-mail addresses are deliberately **not** included.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$0.0015 per business** ($1.50 per 1,000). Runs that find nothing cost almost nothing. Set "Max cost per run" in Apify to cap spending.

### Tips

- Daily lead feed: schedule with `daysBack: 3`, `newSinceLastRun: true`.
- Niche leads: `keyword: "construction"` + `entityTypeContains: "LLC"`.
- Need more states? Open an issue. More registries are being added.

### Data source & disclaimer

- **Sources:** [New York Department of State daily corporation filings](https://data.ny.gov/d/k4vb-judh) (data.ny.gov), [Colorado business entities](https://data.colorado.gov/d/4ykn-tg5h) (data.colorado.gov), [Oregon active businesses](https://data.oregon.gov/d/tckn-sxa6) (data.oregon.gov), [Connecticut business registry](https://data.ct.gov/d/n7gp-d28j) (data.ct.gov). All are public records published by the states on their open-data portals for public reuse, read through the documented Socrata (SODA) API.
- **How fresh:** each state updates its dataset daily or near-daily. Every row carries `scrapedAt` (when this run fetched it).
- **Disclaimer:** Data is provided **as is** from public records, without warranty of any kind. Records can contain errors, omissions or delays from the source or from processing, so check anything important against the official registry. This actor and its output are **not legal, financial or compliance advice**. You are responsible for using the data lawfully, including marketing rules (CAN-SPAM, TCPA, GDPR, state do-not-call laws). This actor is independent and **not affiliated with or endorsed by** any state government.
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-20.

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

Registries to search: NY (New York), CO (Colorado), OR (Oregon), CT (Connecticut).

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Businesses formed/registered in the last N days.

## `formedFrom` (type: `string`):

Start of the formation date range.

## `formedTo` (type: `string`):

End of the formation date range.

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

Only businesses whose name contains this text, e.g. "construction", "dental", "realty".

## `entityTypeContains` (type: `string`):

e.g. LLC, CORPORATION, NONPROFIT. Leave empty for all.

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

Maximum businesses to output (split evenly across states). Each one is billed as a result.

## `newSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Remember businesses already returned and output only new ones next time. Schedule daily for a lead feed.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Name of the memory used by 'new since last run'. Use a different key per saved search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "NY",
    "CO",
    "OR",
    "CT"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "maxItems": 40,
  "newSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateKey": "default"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "NY",
        "CO",
        "OR",
        "CT"
    ],
    "maxItems": 40
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses").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 = {
    "states": [
        "NY",
        "CO",
        "OR",
        "CT",
    ],
    "maxItems": 40,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses").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 '{
  "states": [
    "NY",
    "CO",
    "OR",
    "CT"
  ],
  "maxItems": 40
}' |
apify call yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yuvalstudios/us-new-businesses"
        }
    }
}
```

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/lrx4eRhfngA393Jhw/builds/ndAF6cyh0nEyOyRUm/openapi.json