Registry Verify
Field guide

Company data from official state records

Every answer comes from the company records a state publishes: the Florida Division of Corporations, the New York Department of State and the California Secretary of State. This page says which fields every answer shares, which differ by state, where each state's data comes from and how current it is.

Fields every answer shares

query and match_count
The name you sent, and how many candidates came back, at most five.
matches
The candidates, closest name first.
doc_number
The state's own number for the company: the Florida document number; the New York DOS ID, also in dos_id; the California entity number, also in entity_number. Anyone can look it up in that state's own search.
name
The name as the state holds it.
status and status_label
What the state reports, in its own words. It is not a check that the business is operating.
home_state
Where the state's record says the company was formed, with a plain sentence. It comes from that state's record, not from the home state's register.
similarity
How close the name that matched is to the name you sent, from 0 to 1. It compares names only; it is not a confidence that you found the right company.
found_by and matched_name
Which of the company's names matched: its current name, or a former, fictitious or home state name where that state's records hold one.
provenance
The publisher, the file the record came from, and the state's own search.
dataset
How current the data is: the date of the newest data we hold (California gives two dates), and stale, true when that data is older than the state's limit below.
result_interpretation
One plain sentence each on what a match, a no match, a status and a similarity score mean.

Fields that differ by state

Florida
annual_report, history, flags, shared_records, name_history, officers, ra_name, claim_check. Warning flags, shared record counts, former names, listing the filings formed in a chosen home state first, and checks of an EIN, ZIP code, address or person against each filing. Florida company data describes each one.
New York
biennial_statement, chief_executive, service_of_process, registered_agent, principal_office, history, former_names, fictitious_names, county. Whether the biennial statement is on file (New York asks business corporations and LLCs for one every two years), fictitious names in the search, and a warning when New York dissolved the company by proclamation. The New York page describes each one.
California
status_meaning, is_active, standing, statement_of_information, officers, agent_for_service, record_dates, mailing_address, california_office. California's standing flags, the Statement of Information with up to 25 people, and a search of the company's name in its home state as well as its California name. The California page describes each one.

A New York or California answer also carries not_covered, which says in plain sentences what that state's answer does not have, such as Florida's warning flags, shared record counts and fact checks.

How current the data is

Registry Verify searches copies of each state's published files, not the state's website at the moment you ask. So every answer says how current its data is, and each state has a status page with the dates as they stand now. The cards below give each state's schedule, its date fields and when the data counts as stale.

What each state returns

Registry Verify answers for Florida, New York and California. Each state has its own records and its own charge URL, so one lookup searches one state. A lookup costs 0.10 USDC in each state, paid the same way over x402 on Base, and every answer says how current its data is.

Florida

Publisher
The Florida Division of Corporations, from its quarterly snapshot of corporate records and its daily files of new filings, changes and status events, the data behind Sunbiz (source files). About 13 million filings, active and inactive.
Updates
Every day we load Florida's new daily files on top of its quarterly snapshot, and each quarter we load the new snapshot. Florida's daily event files miss some status changes, which reach us with the next quarterly snapshot.
Data date
Every answer carries this date in dataset.source_file_date_end, the date of the newest Florida daily file we hold. dataset.stale is true when our last import finished more than 7 days ago. Florida's data status page shows this date as it stands now, with the record count.
Charge URL
GET https://myproceeds.xyz/api/pay/cmupojkok000bjz043ecdfmec/verify-florida-business?name=Publix%20Super%20Markets

Send name, and optionally limit (1 to 5), home_state (a two letter state code that lists filings formed there first), and ein, zip, address and person to check what a counterparty told you.

Fields
Document number, name as filed, status, filing type and date, principal city and ZIP code, registered agent, up to six officers, home state, annual report status, status history, and the Florida source file.
Only in Florida
Warning flags, shared record counts, former names, listing the filings formed in a chosen home state first, and checks of an EIN, ZIP code, address or person against each filing.
Limits
At most six officers, as Florida's file holds them. A filing formed before 2008 and renamed once is found only by its current name. A no match does not prove a company is absent from Florida's records. To confirm a filing made in the last day or two, a person can search Florida's own site in a browser (it refuses automated clients): Sunbiz search.

Florida business lookup API: every field, how to call it, a sample answer and how often the right company comes first.

New York

Publisher
The New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, from its company register published on data.ny.gov (source files). About 7.2 million companies, active and inactive.
Updates
Updated every day: at 16:30 UTC we add New York's daily filings and status changes.
Data date
Every answer carries this date in dataset.source_file_date_end, the date of the newest New York file we loaded. dataset.stale is true when our New York data is more than 10 days old. New York's data status page shows this date as it stands now, with the record count.
Charge URL
GET https://myproceeds.xyz/api/pay/cmupojkok000bjz043ecdfmec/verify-new-york-business?name=Pfizer%20Inc

Send name, and optionally limit (1 to 5). Florida's other parameters are accepted, change nothing, and are listed under inputs_not_used.

Fields
DOS ID, name, status and the filing that set it, entity type, formation date, county, home state, the service of process, registered agent, chief executive and principal office addresses, its five newest filings, and its former and fictitious names.
Only in New York
Whether the biennial statement is on file (New York asks business corporations and LLCs for one every two years), fictitious names in the search, and a warning when New York dissolved the company by proclamation.
Limits
No officers beyond the chief executive, and New York LLCs name no members or managers. No warning flags, shared record counts or fact checks, and New York publishes no EIN. New York says its open data is not an official record. For a certified record, ask the Department of State, or check New York's record search.

New York business lookup API: every field, how to call it, a sample answer and how often the right company comes first.

California

Publisher
The California Secretary of State, from its bizfile Online bulk data (source files). About 9.4 million companies, active and inactive.
Updates
Two files. A monthly file lists every company with its status on the file's last day, and it is the only source of status changes. A weekly file adds the companies first filed that week. A company suspended or revived after the monthly file's last day keeps its earlier status here until the next monthly file.
Data date
Every answer carries both dates: dataset.status_data_through, the last day of the newest monthly file, and dataset.new_companies_through, the last day of the newest weekly file. dataset.stale is true when the weekly data is more than 9 days old or the monthly data more than 35 days old. California's data status page shows both dates as they stand now, with the record count.
Charge URL
GET https://myproceeds.xyz/api/pay/cmupojkok000bjz043ecdfmec/verify-california-business?name=Apple%20Inc

Send name, and optionally limit (1 to 5). Florida's other parameters are accepted, change nothing, and are listed under inputs_not_used.

Fields
Entity number, name, status in California's own words and what it means, standing with the Secretary of State, the Franchise Tax Board and for its agent, entity type, first filing date, home state and the company's name there, principal, mailing and California office addresses, the agent for service of process, up to 25 officers, managers and members from the latest Statement of Information, and that statement's date.
Only in California
California's standing flags, the Statement of Information with up to 25 people, and a search of the company's name in its home state as well as its California name.
Limits
No status history and no former names, because California's file has neither. No warning flags, shared record counts or fact checks, and California publishes no EIN. California publishes this data without a promise of accuracy. For proof of status, ask the Secretary of State for a certificate of status, or check California's business search.

California business lookup API: every field, how to call it, a sample answer and how often the right company comes first.

Limits

  • One state per lookup. A lookup in one state says nothing about another state's register.
  • Search is by business name, with at most five candidates per call.
  • A result is a candidate name match, not proof of identity.
  • Status is what the state's files report as of the data date, not a live check of the state's website.
  • A no match answer does not prove that a company is absent from a state's records.
  • New York and California say their bulk data is not a certified record; each state's page says how to get one.

The agent guide shows how an agent should act on these fields, and the lookup API page shows how to call each state. Agents can also read the free MCP server note.