Attribute: Registration
Description
Business registrations filed with a Secretary of State (or equivalent) in a U.S. state or territory. These registrations either create a legal entity in that state ("domestic" registrations) or allow an existing entity to do business in that state ("foreign" registrations). They are a source of truth about that business.
Data Fields
| Field Name | Description | Data Type |
|---|---|---|
| registrationType | The legal form of the registered entity, as given by the regististering jurisdiction's Secretary of State. | string |
| expirationDate | The registration's expiration, if any. | string |
| registrationState | The US state where the registration was filed. | string |
| jurisdictionType |
| string |
| homeJurisdictionState | Two-letter abbreviation for the state jurisdiction of the business. | string |
| registeredName | Business name as on the registration filing. | string |
| fileNumber | File number of the registration filing. | string |
| issueDate | Issue date of the registration filing, formatted YYYY/MM/DD. | string |
| status | Status field indicating whether the registration is active or inactive. | string |
| subStatus | If available from the state, a normalized sub-status for the business. Possible values are: [good_standing, not_good_standing, pending_active, pending_inactive, unknown, null] | string |
| statusDetail | If available, the official filing status message provided by the state. | string |