Corporate Registrations

Description:
The corporate registrations associated with the business or business location.

Child attributes (and data file structure):

Column Name	Data Type	Description	Example
`issue_date`	string	Issue date of the corporate registration filing.	2020-04-28
`state`	string	Two letter state code of the US state where the corporate registration was filed.	MA
`file_number`	string	File number of the corporate registration filing of the business.	001435918
`business_name`	string	Business name as filed on the corporate registration filing.	ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`is_domestic`	string	Status of the corporate registration filing (‘foreign’ if any state other than the home state of the business).	foreign
`state_jurisdiction`	string	State jurisdiction of the business.	DE
`status`	string	Status field indicating whether the corporate registration filing is active or inactive.	active
`addresses`	object	Addresses listed on the corporate registration filing for the business, along with the type of address (site/mailing/registered_agent).	`Street_address1`: 245 5TH AVE., `Street_address2`: 17TH FLOOR, `City`: New York `State`: NY `Postal_code`: 10016 Type: `site_address`

JSON Sample:

"corporate_registrations":[
           {
            "issue_date": "2017-04-28",
            "state":"MA",
            "file_number": "001435918",
            "business_name": "ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.",
            "is_domestic": "foreign",
            "state_jurisdiction": "DE",
            "status":"active",
            "addresses": [
                {
                    "street_address1": "84 STATE ST",
                  "city": "BOSTON",
                  "state": "MA",
                  "postal_code": "02019"
                  "type": "registered_agent_address"
              },
              {
                    "street_address1": "245 5TH AVE",
                  "street_address2": "17 FLOOR",
                  "city": "NEW YORK",
                  "state": "NY",
                  "postal_code": "10016"
                  "type": "mailing_address"
               },
               {
                  "street_address1": "245 5TH AVE.",
                  "street_address2": "17TH FLOOR",
                  "city": "NEW YORK",
                  "state": "NY",
                  "postal_code": "10016"
                  "type": "site_address"
               },
               {
                  "street_address1": "245 5TH AVE.",
                  "street_address2": "17TH FLOOR",
                  "city": "NEW YORK",
                  "state": "NY",
                  "postal_code": "10016"
                  "type": "registered_business_address"
               }
            ]
           },

Coverage:

Business: 55%
Business Locations: 49%

Time structure:

Event stream. Each registration is an event.

Timeliness:

The “lag” or “freshness” of the data depends on the state
New businesses are added to the Enigma data set within either 3 weeks or 6 weeks of their incorporation date (depending on the state)
- New businesses are added within 3 weeks for 41/50 states/regions
- New businesses are added within 6 weeks for 9/50 states/regions
Updates to the registration status: Each registration’s’ status is checked and updated between once a month to once every 6 months depending on the state
- 12/50 states are on a once a month refresh timeline
- 27/50 states are on a once every 3 month refresh timeline
- 11/50 states are on a once every 6 months refresh timeline

Data sources:

The Secretary of State offices for each state or region.
- Enigma’s product covers corporate registration from 52 of the 52 states and jurisdictions (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico).
- However, it only has limited coverage of the following states because the Secretary of States provide only limited information: DE, OK, NV, NJ, SC, and WI.

Methodology:

Enigma shows all corporate_registrations associated with the business, ordered by recency of filing date