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The Parse API exposes this data through structured endpoints with consistent JSON responses.","q":"Does the Georgia Secretary of State provide an official developer API for this data?"},{"a":"`search_businesses` returns an array of matching business entities along with `total_records` and `total_pages` counts. Results are fixed at 25 per page. To retrieve subsequent pages, pass the `page` integer parameter. The `match_type` parameter (`starts_with`, `contains`, `exact_match`) only applies when `search_type` is `business_name`; it is ignored for other search types.","q":"What does the search_businesses endpoint return, and how does pagination work?"},{"a":"No. The API covers only entities registered with the Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division, including both domestic Georgia entities and foreign entities registered to do business in Georgia. It does not cover other states. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to point at another state's SOS database to add that coverage.","q":"Are businesses from states other than Georgia included?"},{"a":"The `filing_history` array includes `filing_number`, `filing_date_time`, `effective_date`, and `filing_type` for each filing, but does not return the full document text or PDF content of the filings themselves. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add an endpoint that retrieves the actual filing documents where they are publicly accessible.","q":"Does the API return the actual text or documents from filings in the filing history?"},{"a":"The data reflects the current state of the Georgia SOS public database. Business status, officer records, and registered agent information are as current as the SOS database itself, which is updated when entities file changes with the state. There is no historical snapshot functionality — each call returns the current record plus the full on-record filing history.","q":"How current is the business data returned by get_business_details?"}],"keywords":["Georgia Secretary of State business search API","Georgia SOS corporation lookup API","ecorp.sos.ga.gov API","Georgia business entity registered agent API","Georgia LLC officer search API","Georgia business filing history API","Georgia SOS control number lookup","Georgia corporation status check API","Georgia business registration data API","Georgia SOS NAICS code API","business due diligence Georgia API","Georgia foreign corporation registered agent","Georgia nonprofit corporation lookup API","Georgia SOS annual registration compliance API"],"use_cases":["Verify whether a Georgia business entity is currently active before entering a contract, using the `business_status` field.","Identify all officers and their titles for a Georgia-registered company during due diligence, using the `officers` array.","Look up the registered agent name and county for a specific entity to determine where legal notices should be served.","Enumerate all businesses associated with a particular officer or registered agent by searching with `search_type` set to `officer_name` or `registered_agent`.","Audit a company's full filing history, including amendment and dissolution filings, using the `filing_history` array from `get_business_details`.","Build a business intelligence dataset of Georgia-registered entities within a specific industry by cross-referencing `naics_code` values.","Automate compliance checks by periodically querying `get_business_details` for known control numbers and monitoring changes to `business_status`."],"meta_title":"Georgia SOS Business Search API | ecorp.sos.ga.gov","generated_at":"2026-09-01T22:22:29.743184+00:00","lead_paragraph":"The ecorp.sos.ga.gov API provides access to the Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division database through 2 endpoints. Use `search_businesses` to query entities by business name, control number, registered agent, or officer name, and `get_business_details` to pull full entity records including officers, registered agent address, NAICS codes, formation date, and complete filing history for any Georgia-registered business.","schema_version":2,"meta_description":"Search Georgia Secretary of State business records and retrieve entity details, officers, registered agents, and filing history via two structured endpoints.","primary_category":"government_public","long_description_md":"## What the API covers\n\nThe API mirrors the Georgia Secretary of State's public business search database, covering domestic and foreign corporations, LLCs, nonprofits, and other registered entity types. Every record is keyed to a Georgia SOS control number, which is the stable identifier used across both endpoints.\n\n## search_businesses endpoint\n\n`search_businesses` accepts a required `search_value` and an optional `search_type` parameter that controls which field is matched: `business_name`, `control_number`, `registered_agent`, or `officer_name`. For business name searches, the `match_type` parameter lets you choose between `starts_with`, `contains`, and `exact_match` behavior. Results are paginated at 25 records per page; use the `page` parameter to walk through results, and check `total_pages` and `total_records` in the response to understand the full result set.\n\n## get_business_details endpoint\n\n`get_business_details` takes a single `control_number` (e.g., `'25150225'` or `'K831943'`) and returns a detailed record. Response fields include `business_name`, `business_type`, `business_status`, `formation_date`, `naics_code`, `naics_sub_code`, a `registered_agent` object with `name`, `physical_address`, and `county`, an `officers` array with each officer's `name`, `title`, and `business_address`, and a `filing_history` array of individual filings each carrying `filing_number`, `filing_date_time`, `effective_date`, and `filing_type`.\n\n## Practical notes\n\nControl numbers can be alphanumeric (letters prefix older entities). To retrieve details for an entity found in search results, pass its `control_number` directly to `get_business_details`. 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