Registrations

Enigma KYB collects registrations associated with the business or its location and verifies the legitimacy of businesses from the Secretary of State (SoS) filling. It enriches filings with Doing Business As (DBA) names, addresses and websites where available.

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
registration_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
registered_name	String	Business name as filed on the corporate registration filing.	ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
jurisdiction_type	String	Status of the corporate registration filing (‘foreign’ if any state other than the business's home state).	domestic
home_jurisdiction_state	String	Two-letter abbreviation for the state jurisdiction of the business.	DE
status	String	The current corporate registration filing status. The status is normalized by Enigma based on SoS data. Possible values are: active - The business license is active in that state inactive - The business license is inactive in that state unknown - the state does not provide business license status	active
sub_status	String	If available, the normalized sub-status of the business. Possible values are: good_standing - State explicitly states that business is in good standing not_good_standing - Missing payments from the business, other poor behavior pending_active - In the process of becoming truly active pending_inactive - Businesses that are active, but are pending an inactive status unknown - The filing status from the state is not clearly in good or bad standing null - The filing status is inactive or there is no sub-status provided by the state	good_standing
status_detail	String	If available, the official filing status message provided by the state.	in existence
persons	String	The full name and title of the person (registered officer) associated with the business	Name: HICHAM OUDGHIRI Title: CEO, Officer
addresses	String	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.,
standardized_status (deprecated, to be removed July 31, 2024)	String	Status field indicating whether the corporate registration filing is active or inactive.	active
registration_status (deprecated, to be removed July 31, 2024)	String	If available, the official filing status message provided by the state.	in existence

Child attributes available by Package selected:

The child attributes that are returned for the registration will depend on the package the user selects.

KYB - If a user selects the KYB package, they will receive all child attributes for the registration
Identify - If a user selects the Identify package, they will receive the following child attributes from the registration: file_number, registered_name, addresses, persons, issue date, and registration_state.

JSON sample:

"registrations": [
{
  "issue_date": string, 
  "registration_state": string, 
  "file_number": string,
  "registered_name": string,
  "jurisdiction_type": string, 
  "home_jurisdiction_state": string, 
  "standardized_status": string, 
  "registration_status": string,
  "status": {
	  "status":string, 
	  "sub_status": string, 
	  "status_detail": string
  },
  "persons": [
    {
      "full_name": string,
      "titles": array[string]
    }
	], 
  "addresses": [
    {
      "type": string,
      "street_address1": string,
      "street_address2": string,
      "city": string,
      "state": string, 
      "postal_code": string,
      "country": string
    }
  ]
}
]

Data sources and coverage:

Enigma sources corporate registrations from the Secretary of State offices for each state/region and covers all 50 states, as well as the jurisdictions of Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
As of January 2024, Enigma has information on ~43M active registration filings, ~56M inactive registration filings, and ~11M registration filings with unknown status.
A legal entity can file registrations in multiple states. We process all registrations, cross-checking against other Enigma data, to identify roughly ~100M distinct legal entities with associated registrations.
Registration statuses are updated bi-weekly.

Other notes and tips

For each individual business query, there is a maximum number of inputs for each field:

Up to 2 business names
Up to 2 business addresses
1 person name
1 website