United States – New York
In the United States, the New York company registry is the Department of State’s entity database, free to search.
- Official company register
- New York Department of State Corporation and Business Entity Database
- Free online search
- Yes
- Company identifier
- DOS ID number
- Who can see beneficial owners
- Obliged entities and authorities only
- Data access for developers
- Free API
- Company search
- dos.ny.gov
- Checked on
Search New York entities for free in the Department of State’s Corporation and Business Entity Database, which shows status, jurisdiction, service of process address and registered agent. Copies cost $5 plain or $10 certified, and a Certificate of Status costs $25 by written request. Beneficial ownership disclosures under the LLC Transparency Act, required since 1 January 2026 only from certain LLCs formed abroad, are confidential. Entities are identified by a DOS ID number.
- Region
- Americas
- Run by
- New York Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Registry website
- dos.ny.gov
- Visible for free
- Current entity name, date of organization, jurisdiction, county, service of process address, registered agent and current status; for business corporations, CEO name and address and principal location if a Biennial Statement was filed.
- Paid documents and fees
- Plain copy $5; certified copy $10. Document copies can be ordered online for entities formed or authorized in New York on or after 30 July 1990, or by written request. Certificate of Status $25 by written request, including email; the Certificate of Status service does not accept online or telephone orders. Mail or phone searches beyond five entities $5 each.
- Beneficial ownership register
- Beneficial ownership disclosure under the NY LLC Transparency Act
- Beneficial ownership access in detail
- Since 1 January 2026, only non-exempt LLCs formed under the law of a foreign country and authorized to do business in New York file beneficial ownership disclosures under the LLC Transparency Act; DOS treats them as confidential and they are not publicly searchable. Federally, US domestic companies no longer file BOI reports under FinCEN's final rule effective 14 August 2026.
- Beneficial ownership register website
- dos.ny.gov
- API or data service
- https://data.ny.gov/Economic-Development/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6 (NY Open Data dataset)
- Search interface languages
- English
- What an official extract contains
- Plain and certified copies of filed documents, including certificates of incorporation, articles of organization and amendments. Electronic copies can be ordered online for entities formed or authorized in New York on or after 30 July 1990; written requests are also available. A Certificate of Status is a separate written-request service.
- What to know before a KYB check
- DOS does not keep officer or shareholder information, so New York records identify neither owners nor directors beyond an optional CEO line. A Certificate of Status can be requested only in writing.
- Sources
Page URL NY DOS – FAQs: Corporations & Business Entities https://dos.ny.gov/faqs-corporations-business-entities NY DOS – Copies of corporation or business entity documents https://dos.ny.gov/copies-corporation-or-business-entity-documents NY DOS – Certificate of Status https://dos.ny.gov/certificate-status NY DOS – Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Filing Instructions https://dos.ny.gov/beneficial-ownership-disclosure-filing-instructions NY Open Data – Active Corporations: Beginning 1800 https://data.ny.gov/Economic-Development/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6 FinCEN – Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting https://www.fincen.gov/boi - Verification
- Some fields unverified
Questions
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Sources: each listing is compiled from the registry’s own website, the government body that runs it, official fee schedules and legislation, and the EU e-Justice portal. Every source is linked on the listing with the date it was checked. How we compile this reference