How registry data actually works.
What’s in a filing, what the states publish, and how to reach a company in the week it comes into existence. Written by the people who parse it every night.
-
Seven questions to ask a business formation data vendor
Seven questions worth asking any business formation data vendor, including us — on sourcing, lag, contact match rates, exclusions, schema stability and contract terms.
-
Why new business formation counts overstate the market
Formation counts overstate how many real businesses appear, and states differ wildly in how they clear dead entities. Three better questions to ask when sizing a state.
-
What’s actually in a business formation record, field by field
What a business formation record actually contains, field by field — which parts come from the filing, which vary by state, and which are appended by the vendor.
-
Three ways to get new LLC filings, and when each one is right
Three ways to get new LLC filings from a state registry — manual search, bulk state files, or a normalized feed — and an honest read on when…
-
How to distinguish registered-agent and business addresses
One suite in Wilmington sits on tens of thousands of unrelated companies. Why registered agent addresses wreck territory assignment and enrichment, and how to filter them out.
-
Which states publish LLC member and manager names
Some registries name the owner on day one. Others name a law firm and nothing else. A state-by-state look at which business registries publish LLC members, and what…
-
What the first weeks after formation can tell you about a business
A new LLC has no bank, no bookkeeper, no insurance and no opinions about any of them — for about two weeks. Why formation records decay, and why…
-
Registered agent, incorporator, officer: who’s actually who on a new filing
Every new LLC filing carries at least three names, and only one is usually worth calling. How to tell the registered agent, the incorporator and the officers apart…
Stop reading about the data. Go look at it.
Request a two-day trial without a card. We confirm state coverage, delivery timing and available fields before manually activating your feed. The trial starts on activation; submitting a request does not start delivery or a paid subscription.
Start free trial →