Legal Entities
Description
Businesses which have become legal entities by registering with a U.S. Secretary of State (SoS).
Pricing tier: Premium · GraphQL: RegisteredEntity
Fields
| Field | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Type | legalEntityType | Legal entity type of the legal entity doing business as the brand. |
| Formation Year | formationYear | The year (YYYY) of the earliest non-null issue_date from the entity's registrations. |
| EIN | ein.tin | The taxpayer identification number. A 9-digit number assigned by the IRS. |
Data sources
Each state's SoS is the ultimate source of truth for these records.
Methodology
A business may form in one state ("domestic registration"), and register with other states to conduct business there ("foreign registration"). We join these records together to represent the single entity they constitute.