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The businesssearch.ohiosos.gov site provides a public search interface, but no official developer API or documented endpoints are available from the SOS office.","q":"Does the Ohio Secretary of State offer an official developer API?"},{"a":"The `search` endpoint returns summary fields: entity number, name, type, status, filing date, county, location, and state. The `details` endpoint adds registered agent information (`agent_name`, `agent_address`), `expiry_date`, and the full `filings` array with each filing's `document_id`, `description`, and `effective_date`. You need a `details` call to access agent data or filing history.","q":"What does the `details` endpoint return beyond what `search` provides?"},{"a":"Not currently. The `search` endpoint filters only by business name keyword via the `query` parameter. Lookups by registered agent, officer, EIN, or street address are not covered. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add an endpoint targeting those filter types.","q":"Can I search by registered agent name, officer name, or address instead of business name?"},{"a":"Not currently. The `filings` array returns `document_id`, `description`, and `effective_date` for each filing, but does not include document URLs or binary content. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a document-retrieval endpoint if PDF access is needed.","q":"Are document images or full filing PDFs accessible through the API?"},{"a":"The `status` field reflects what the Ohio Secretary of State's registry shows at the time of the request. The SOS office updates its registry on a rolling basis, but there can be a lag between a filing being processed and it appearing in search or detail results. For time-sensitive compliance checks, treat results as a starting point and confirm directly with the SOS if precision is critical.","q":"How current is the business status data returned by the API?"}],"keywords":["Ohio Secretary of State business search API","Ohio business registration lookup API","Ohio entity status API","Ohio SOS charter number API","Ohio registered agent lookup API","Ohio business filing history API","Ohio LLC corporation search API","Ohio business entity details API","Ohio SOS public records API","Ohio business verification API","Ohio active cancelled business status","Ohio entity number lookup","Ohio business county location data","Ohio corporate filings API"],"use_cases":["Verify whether an Ohio business is currently Active or Cancelled before entering a contract","Look up the registered agent name and address for serving legal documents to an Ohio entity","Check the filing history of an Ohio LLC or corporation using the `filings` array with effective dates","Cross-reference county and location fields to map Ohio business density by region","Automate due-diligence pipelines by searching entity names and retrieving full details in sequence","Audit expiry dates for Ohio entities to flag registrations approaching cancellation","Retrieve entity numbers for a list of business names to build a structured Ohio company dataset"],"meta_title":"Ohio Secretary of State Business Search API","generated_at":"2026-05-21T20:42:24.032872+00:00","lead_paragraph":"This API provides access to Ohio Secretary of State business registration data across 2 endpoints. The `search` endpoint returns matching business records by name keyword, including entity number, type, status, filing date, county, and location. The `details` endpoint retrieves the full profile for a specific entity — registered agent name and address, filing history, expiry date, and current status — using the charter number returned from search.","schema_version":2,"meta_description":"Search and retrieve Ohio business registration data including entity status, registered agent details, and filing history via the Ohio SOS API.","primary_category":"government_public","long_description_md":"## Search Ohio Business Registrations\n\nThe `search` endpoint accepts a `query` string (a business name or keyword) and returns an array of matching Ohio-registered entities. Each record in the `items` array includes `entity_number`, `business_name`, `type`, `status`, `filing_date`, `location`, `county`, and `state`. The `total` field gives the full count of matches, useful for pagination logic or result-size checks before drilling into individual records.\n\n## Retrieve Full Entity Details\n\nThe `details` endpoint takes an `entity_number` (the charter number from a `search` result) and returns the complete registration profile. Response fields include `business_name`, `type`, `status` (e.g. Active, Cancelled), `state`, `county`, `location`, `expiry_date`, `agent_name`, and `agent_address`. The `filings` array lists every filing on record for the entity, each with a `document_id`, `description`, and `effective_date` — covering the full statutory history of the entity.\n\n## Data Source and Coverage\n\nAll data originates from the Ohio Secretary of State's public business registry. Coverage is limited to entities registered in Ohio; entities incorporated in other states but qualified to do business in Ohio may appear, but foreign registrations outside Ohio are not included. Status values reflect the SOS office's current records, so freshness depends on when the SOS updates its registry.","generated_with_model":"global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6","secondary_categories":["b2b_directory","finance"]},"primary_category":"government_public","secondary_categories":["b2b_directory","finance"],"access_requirements":[]}