North Carolina

Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Documents
Example API Responses

Data Sources

All entity data comes from the North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division (sosnc.gov). This is the official register for every domestic and foreign business entity in North Carolina, covering corporations, LLCs, partnerships, nonprofits, cooperatives, banks, insurance companies, and public authorities registered under the NC General Statutes. Every request fetches data live from the register. There is no cached or batch-synced alternative for North Carolina.

North Carolina is a single-source country. All data — company profile, officers, registered agent, documents, and search — comes from the NC Secretary of State Business Registration Division.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
SOS ID	7-digit integer, zero-padded	`0012834`	Assigned by NC SOS at formation or qualification. Also called Entity ID.

The SOS ID is the only identifier supported for company retrieval. To find a SOS ID from a name, use the search endpoint first. Both zero-padded (0012834) and raw (12834) forms are accepted; values are always normalized to 7 digits.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`sosId`	7-digit, zero-padded	`0012834`	All entities

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Name	Free-text string	`"Pinecrest Technologies"`	Any-word	Multiple results
By SOS ID	7 digits (with or without leading zeros)	`0012834`	Exact	Single company

Name search uses any-word matching against the NC SOS register: results include entities that contain any of the words in the query. Searching by SOS ID returns a single result with matchReason.matchType = "id".

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
No shareholder register	NC SOS does not collect or publish shareholder lists for any entity type.
No UBO register	No public beneficial ownership register exists at the North Carolina state level.
No activity codes	The NC SOS does not collect NAICS, NACE, or ISIC industry codes.
No EIN / federal tax ID	The federal Employer Identification Number is not published through the NC SOS.
Non-profit officers not public	Nonprofit Corporation (Chapter 55A) profiles do not include officers. `legalRepresentatives` is always empty for these entities.
Officer roles are free-text	Officer titles come from annual reports and are not validated for consistency. Common roles are mapped deterministically; rare or novel titles are standardized using AI enrichment.
Corporate registered agents	Registered agent companies (e.g. CT Corporation System, Corporation Service Company) appear as plain text without a link on the profile page; individual registered agents have a linked profile. Both are returned correctly in `otherKeyPersons`.
Annual reports excluded from filings	The filing list omits Annual Report filings. Only formation documents and other corporate acts (amendments, mergers, conversions, etc.) are included.
No Certificate of Existence in v1	The $10 NC Certificate of Existence (equivalent to a Certificate of Good Standing) is not yet offered through Topograph.
No bulk open data	NC SOS does not publish a free open-data business register. All reads are live. Response times are typically 15–40 seconds.

Mappings

Company Status

Status is sourced directly from the NC SOS portal and mapped deterministically. No AI inference is involved.

NC SOS Status	Active	Notes
`Current-Active`	Yes	Standard in-good-standing status
`Current-Active AR Error`	Yes	Active but annual report has a processing error
`Active/Not Current`	Yes	Active but annual report not yet filed for current year
`Active/Failure to Pay Fee`	Yes	Active but fee outstanding
`In Process`	Yes	Formation in progress
`Admin. Cancelled`	No	Administratively cancelled by SOS
`Applied to Withdraw`	No	Foreign entity has applied to withdraw qualification
`Auto Dissolve`	No	Automatically dissolved for non-compliance
`Consolidated`	No	Merged into another entity (consolidation)
`Converted`	No	Entity has converted to a different legal form
`Court Ordered Dissolution`	No	Judicially dissolved
`Dissolved`	No	Voluntarily or administratively dissolved
`Expired`	No	Registration term expired (certain entity types)
`Failure to Pay Fee`	No	Lapsed for non-payment
`Judicial Dissolution`	No	Dissolved by court order
`Merged`	No	Merged into another entity
`Non-domesticated`	No	Foreign entity that never completed qualification
`Not Registered`	No	Entity not registered with NC SOS
`PA Suspended`	No	Suspended under professional association rules
`Reserved Name`	No	Name reservation only, no active entity
`Revoked Licensing Board`	No	Revoked by a professional licensing board
`To Federal Bank`	No	Converted to federal bank charter
`To Foreign Insurance Co`	No	Converted to foreign insurance company
`Withdrawn`	No	Foreign entity has withdrawn its NC qualification
`Withdrawn by Merger`	No	Foreign entity withdrawn as part of a merger

Legal Forms

NC SOS uses a closed list of 30 entity types from the Business Registration portal. Every type is mapped deterministically to a standardized category. No AI is involved.

Limited Liability Companies — NC General Statutes Chapter 57D

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	`2HBR`
Professional Limited Liability Company	Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC)	LimitedLiabilityCompany	—
L3C	Low-profit Limited Liability Company (L3C)	LimitedLiabilityCompany	—

Business Corporations — Chapter 55

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Business Corporation	Business Corporation	Corporation	`ECSB`
Professional Corporation	Professional Corporation (PC)	Corporation	—

Nonprofit Corporations — Chapter 55A

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Non-Profit Corporation	Nonprofit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization	—
Non-Incorporated Non-Profit	Unincorporated Nonprofit Association	NonprofitOrganization	—
Non-Profit Community Trust	Non-Profit Community Trust	NonprofitOrganization	—

Partnerships — Chapter 59

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Limited Liability Partnership	Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership	`LLP`
Limited Partnerships	Limited Partnership	Partnership	`LPNL`
RLLLP	Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership	Partnership	—

Cooperatives — Chapters 54, 54B, 54C

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Cooperative Association	Cooperative Association	Other	—
Cooperative 54 16	Cooperative (GS 54-16)	Other	—
Electric Membership Cooperative	Electric Membership Cooperative	Other	—
Mutual Association	Mutual Association	Other	—

Banking & Finance — Chapters 53C, 54B, 54C

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Bank	State-Chartered Bank	Other	`BANK`
National Banking Association	National Banking Association	Other	—
Mutual Deposit Guaranty Association	Mutual Deposit Guaranty Association	Other	—
Savings & Loan Association	Savings & Loan Association	Other	—
State Savings Bank	State Savings Bank	Other	—

Insurance — Chapter 58

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Insurance Company	Insurance Company	Other	—
Captive Insurance	Captive Insurance Company	Other	—
Dental Service Corporation	Dental Service Corporation	Corporation	—

Public & Government Entities — Chapters 160A, 136, 106

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Municipal	Municipal Entity	Other	—
Public Transportation Authority	Public Transportation Authority	Other	—
Railroad	Railroad	Other	—
County Agricultural Fair	County Agricultural Fair	Other	—

Specialty Forms

NC SOS Type	English Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
Mutual Burial Association	Mutual Burial Association	Other	—
Non-Domestic Tobacco	Non-Domestic Tobacco Entity	Other	—
Other	Other	Other	—

Legal Representatives

Officers are sourced from the entity’s annual report filings. Common role titles are mapped deterministically to standardized roles. Titles not in the deterministic set are standardized using AI enrichment; the raw title is always preserved as localName.

Deterministic role mapping

NC SOS Role Title	Standardized Role
President	President
Vice President	Vice President
Vice-President	Vice President
Senior Vice President	Vice President
Executive Vice President	Vice President
First Vice President	Vice President
Assistant Vice President	Vice President
Secretary	Secretary
Assistant Secretary	Secretary
Treasurer	Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer	Treasurer
Director	Director
Executive Director	Executive Director
Non-Executive Director	Non-Executive Director
Independent Director	Non-Executive Director
CEO	CEO
Chief Executive Officer	CEO
Executive Officer	CEO
CFO	CFO
Chief Financial Officer	CFO
Chief Accounting Officer	CFO
Corporate Controller	CFO
Controller	CFO
COO	COO
Chief Operating Officer	COO
Chief Administrative Officer	COO
General Counsel	General Counsel
Chief Legal Officer	General Counsel
CLO	General Counsel
Chairman	Chairman
Chairperson	Chairman
Chair	Chairman
Vice Chairman	Chairman
Chairman of the Board	Chairman of the Board
Authorized Representative	Authorized Signatory
Authorized Signer	Authorized Signatory
Authorized Agent	Authorized Signatory
Manager	Manager
Managing Member	Managing Director
Member	Other
Managing Partner	Managing Partner
General Partner	General Partner
Limited Partner	Limited Partner
Partner	Partner

Officer titles not in the deterministic set are standardized using AI enrichment. The raw title is always preserved in role.localName. Officers are available for Business Corporations, LLCs, and partnerships. Nonprofit Corporations (Chapter 55A) do not expose officers on the public profile page, so legalRepresentatives is always empty for these entities.

Other Key Persons

The registered agent is always returned as an Other Key Person, regardless of whether the agent is an individual or a corporate entity.

Role	Standardized	Notes
Registered Agent	Registered Agent	Statutory service-of-process contact; required for all NC-registered entities. Can be an individual or a corporate registered agent company.

Data Availability

Data Point	Available	Notes
Legal name	Yes	Current legal name from the NC SOS profile
Previous names	Yes	Historical names if the entity has been renamed
Company status	Yes	Mapped from NC SOS status field (see status table above)
Citizenship	Yes	Domestic or Foreign
Registration date	Yes	Date of formation or qualification in NC
Legal address	Yes	Principal office address, geocoded
Mailing address	Yes	Separate mailing address if different from principal office
Registered office address	Yes	NC registered office address
Legal form	Yes	From NC SOS entity type (30 forms)
Share capital	Yes	Authorized share classes with par value, for corporations
Legal representatives	Yes*	Officers from annual reports. Always empty for Nonprofit Corporations.
Registered agent	Yes	Returned as Other Key Person
Filing history (documents)	Yes	Formation documents and other corporate acts — see Documents section
Activity codes	No	Not collected by NC SOS
Shareholders	No	Not published by NC SOS for any entity type
UBOs	No	No public state-level UBO register
Federal tax ID (EIN)	No	Not published by NC SOS
Financial data	No	Not collected

Documents

Available Documents

Document	API Category	Availability	Format	Notes
Trade Register Extract	`tradeRegisterExtract`	Always available	PDF	Printed PDF of the entity’s public profile page from NC SOS
Articles of Organization / Incorporation	`articlesOfAssociation[]`	When filed and available in NC SOS imaging	PDF	Formation filing (Articles of Organization for LLCs, Articles of Incorporation for corporations)
Other NC SOS Filings	`otherDocuments[]`	When filed and available	PDF	Amendments, mergers, conversions, registered agent changes, and other corporate acts

Annual Report filings are excluded from the document list. The Trade Register Extract and all individual filing PDFs are included in the company-data block at no extra charge. The $10 NC Certificate of Existence is not yet available.

Formation documents that match “Articles of Organization”, “Articles of Incorporation”, “Articles of Association”, or “Certificate of Formation” are returned under articlesOfAssociation. All other filing types are returned under otherDocuments.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query with POST /v2/company.

Search by Name

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-NC&query=Pinecrest+Technologies" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "0012834",
    "legalName": "Pinecrest Technologies, LLC",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "matchReason": { "matchType": "default" }
  }
]

Search by SOS ID

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-NC&query=0012834" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "0012834",
    "legalName": "Pinecrest Technologies, LLC",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "id",
      "identifier": { "sosId": "0012834" }
    }
  }
]

Company Profile

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "US-NC", "id": "0012834", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "otherKeyPersons"]}'

Active Domestic LLC

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0012834",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "identifiers": { "sosId": "0012834" },
    "legalName": "Pinecrest Technologies, LLC",
    "registrationDate": "2002-06-15",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Current-Active",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "LimitedLiabilityCompany"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "4200 Six Forks Road",
      "city": "Raleigh",
      "state": "NC",
      "postalCode": "27609",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Manager", "standardized": "Manager" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jane R. Holloway" } }
    },
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "President", "standardized": "President" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Thomas G. Kendrick" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Marcus L. Duvall" } }
    }
  ]
}

Active Domestic Business Corporation

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0019205",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "identifiers": { "sosId": "0019205" },
    "legalName": "Cape Fear Manufacturing Corporation",
    "registrationDate": "1991-03-22",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Current-Active",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Business Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "capital": {
      "amount": 100000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "formatted": "10,000,000 Common (par USD 0.01)"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "1 Commerce Street",
      "city": "Wilmington",
      "state": "NC",
      "postalCode": "28401",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "President", "standardized": "President" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Robert A. Whitfield" } }
    },
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Secretary", "standardized": "Secretary" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Helen F. Carmichael" } }
    },
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Treasurer", "standardized": "Treasurer" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "David P. Sousa" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "company",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "company": {
        "legalName": "National Registered Agents, Inc.",
        "countryCode": "US-NC"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Nonprofit Corporation (no officers)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0005417",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "identifiers": { "sosId": "0005417" },
    "legalName": "Piedmont Community Foundation",
    "registrationDate": "1956-09-10",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Current-Active",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Non-Profit Corporation",
      "standardized": "NonprofitOrganization"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "222 North Elm Street",
      "city": "Greensboro",
      "state": "NC",
      "postalCode": "27401",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Sandra K. Pryor" } }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Nonprofit Corporation profiles do not include officers on the NC SOS public profile page. legalRepresentatives is always empty for Chapter 55A entities.

Foreign LLC (qualified in NC)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0021176",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "identifiers": { "sosId": "0021176" },
    "legalName": "Coastal Ventures Group LLC",
    "registrationDate": "2008-11-03",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Current-Active",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "LimitedLiabilityCompany"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "800 Battery Park Avenue",
      "city": "Asheville",
      "state": "NC",
      "postalCode": "28801",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Manager", "standardized": "Manager" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Victor E. Larson" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Patricia W. Nguyen" } }
    }
  ]
}

Dissolved entity

{
  "company": {
    "id": "0007893",
    "countryCode": "US-NC",
    "identifiers": { "sosId": "0007893" },
    "legalName": "Old Dominion Textiles, Inc.",
    "registrationDate": "1975-04-01",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Dissolved",
      "active": false
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Business Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "300 Industrial Drive",
      "city": "Burlington",
      "state": "NC",
      "postalCode": "27215",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [],
  "otherKeyPersons": []
}

Available Documents

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode": "US-NC", "id": "0012834", "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"]}'

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "doc_tre_abc123",
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "format": "pdf"
    },
    "articlesOfAssociation": [
      {
        "id": "doc_aoa_def456",
        "name": "Articles of Organization",
        "format": "pdf",
        "date": "2002-06-15",
        "description": "NC SOS filing: Articles of Organization, filed 06/15/2002"
      }
    ],
    "otherDocuments": [
      {
        "id": "doc_other_ghi789",
        "name": "Articles of Amendment",
        "format": "pdf",
        "date": "2015-03-10",
        "description": "NC SOS filing: Articles of Amendment, filed 03/10/2015"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Western Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Central & Eastern Europe

Crown Dependencies & Offshore

United States

Asia & Indian Ocean

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Data Availability

Documents

Available Documents

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by SOS ID

Company Profile

Western Europe

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Central & Eastern Europe

Crown Dependencies & Offshore

United States

Asia & Indian Ocean

Documentation Index

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​Legal Representatives

​Other Key Persons

​Data Availability

​Documents

​Available Documents

​Example API Responses

​Search by Name

​Search by SOS ID

​Company Profile

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Data Availability

Documents

Available Documents

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by SOS ID

Company Profile