Alabama - Topograph

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

Data Sources

All entity data comes from the Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entities Division via the ARC-SOS public portal (arc-sos.state.al.us). This is the official online search system for all corporations, limited liability companies, non-profit corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, and their foreign equivalents registered in Alabama. Every request hits the live register. There is no bulk data export or open-data feed. Responses are always authoritative and reflect the register’s current state.

Alabama is a single-source integration. All data — company profile, legal representatives, registered agent, and search — comes from the live Alabama SoS portal. The Trade Register Extract is included at no extra charge with the company data block.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Entity ID Number	9-digit zero-padded integer. Accepted with or without dashes (`000-358-845` or `000358845`). Legacy 6-digit IDs (pre-2024) are accepted without padding.	`000358845`	Primary identifier assigned by Alabama SoS at registration

Alabama migrated from 6-digit to 9-digit Entity IDs around 2024 by prepending three leading zeros. Both formats are accepted: 358845 and 000358845 resolve to the same entity.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`entityId`	`NNNNNNNNN`	`000358845`	All entities

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Name	2–200 chars	`"Alabama Holdings"`	Starts with	Multiple results
By Entity ID	1–9 digits	`000358845`	Exact	Single entity

Name search matches from the beginning of the entity name (starts-with). Use shorter prefixes for broader results. Dashes are stripped before matching, so searching 000-358-845 and 000358845 return the same result.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
6-digit legacy IDs	Entities registered before ~2024 have 6-digit IDs displayed as `000NNNNNN` on the portal. Both `NNNNNN` and `000NNNNNN` are accepted as queries.
Dashes in Entity IDs	The portal displays IDs as `000-358-845` but the API returns and accepts undashed form `000358845`.
LLCs have no member/manager data	Alabama law does not require LLCs to publicly disclose their members or managers. LLC lookups return zero `legalRepresentatives` for members and managers. Only Corporations list Directors and Incorporators.
Incorporators are historical	Incorporators listed on the entity detail page reflect who signed the formation documents. They do not represent current governance and are returned as `legalRepresentatives` without a standardized role.
Address format varies	Older entities (pre-2000) often have only a city and state with no street address. `addressLine1` may be absent for historical records.
Non-entity statuses	The portal lists Name Reservations, Registered Names, and Previous Names alongside active entities. These are filtered out and return a 404.
Place of Formation	Foreign entities include a `placeOfFormation` county or US state. Domestic entities list the county where incorporated. This is returned in the `activityDescription` field.

Mappings

Company Status

Portal Status	Active
Exists	Yes
Cancelled	No
Dissolved	No
Merged	No
Revoked	No
Withdrawn	No
Converted	No

Unknown statuses not in the table above are resolved via AI enrichment.

Legal Forms

51 entity types are registered by Alabama SoS, covering domestic formations under Alabama law and foreign entities registered to do business in Alabama. ISO 20275 ELF codes are assigned to the four most common domestic types; foreign variants carry no ELF code, as the code belongs to the jurisdiction of formation.

Domestic Corporations

Legal Form	Standardized	ISO 20275
Domestic Corporation	Corporation	C3JQ
Domestic Benefit Corporation	Corporation	-
Domestic Professional Corporation	Corporation	-
Domestic Public Corporation	Corporation	-
Domestic Employee Cooperative Corporation	Corporation	-
Domestic Corporation Sole	Corporation	-

Domestic Non-Profits & Associations

Legal Form	Standardized	ISO 20275
Domestic Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization	4RCO
Domestic Professional Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization	-
Domestic Homeowners Association	NonprofitOrganization	-
Domestic Professional Association	NonprofitOrganization	-
Domestic Non-Profit General Partnership	Partnership	-

Domestic LLCs

Legal Form	Standardized	ISO 20275
Domestic Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	JY0X
Domestic Professional Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-
Domestic Series Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-
Domestic Non-Profit Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-
Domestic Non-Profit Series Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-
Domestic Professional Non-Profit Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-
Domestic Professional Series Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	-

Domestic Partnerships

Legal Form	Standardized	ISO 20275
Domestic Limited Partnership	LimitedPartnership	T91T
Domestic General Partnership	Partnership	-
Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership	-
Domestic Registered Limited Liability Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership	-
Domestic Ltd. Liability Ltd. Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership	-

Domestic Other

Legal Form	Standardized
Domestic Real Estate Investment Trust	Other
Domestic Unincorporated Association	Other
Delaware Statutory Trust	Other

Foreign Entities

Foreign entities are registered to do business in Alabama after formation elsewhere. No ISO 20275 codes are assigned; the code belongs to the jurisdiction of formation.

Legal Form	Standardized
Foreign Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Benefit Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Professional Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Public Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Employee Cooperative Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Insurance Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Business Entity	Other
Foreign Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization
Foreign Professional Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization
Foreign Homeowners Association	NonprofitOrganization
Foreign Professional Association	NonprofitOrganization
Foreign Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Professional Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Series Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Non-Profit Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Non-Profit Series Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Professional Series Ltd. Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
Foreign Limited Partnership	LimitedPartnership
Foreign General Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Non-Profit General Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Limited Liability Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership
Foreign Registered Limited Liability Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership
Foreign Ltd. Liability Ltd. Partnership	LimitedLiabilityPartnership
Foreign Real Estate Investment Trust	Other
Foreign Unincorporated Association	Other

Legal Representatives

Legal representatives are returned for corporations only. Alabama LLCs are not required to publicly disclose their members or managers on the register.

Portal Role	Standardized Role	Notes
Director	Director	Current governance role for corporations
Manager	Manager	For manager-managed LLCs (rarely disclosed)
Member	Owner	For member-managed LLCs (rarely disclosed)
Incorporator	(AI-inferred)	Historical role from formation documents only

Other Key Persons

Portal Role	Standardized Role
Registered Agent	Registered Agent

Data Availability

Datapoint	Available	Notes
Legal name	Yes
Entity ID	Yes
Legal form	Yes	51 types, standardized + ISO 20275 where applicable
Status	Yes	Active/inactive, AI-enriched for unknown values
Formation date	Yes
Registration address	Yes	May be city-only for pre-2000 entities
Nature of business	Yes	Free-text field, returned in `activityDescription`
Directors / Incorporators	Yes	Corporations only
Registered agent	Yes	Name and address
Shareholders	No	Not collected by the Alabama register
Officers (President, Secretary, etc.)	No	Not published on the public portal
Ultimate beneficial owners	No	No state UBO register
Activity codes (NAICS/SIC)	No	Free-text “Nature of Business” only

Documents

Document	Available	Notes
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Printable PDF of the ARC-SOS entity detail page, included with all company data requests
Filing copies (Articles, Amendments, etc.)	No	Available from the Alabama SoS document portal but requires a US-issued payment card

Example API Responses

Active domestic corporation

{
  "company": {
    "id": "000120714",
    "countryCode": "US-AL",
    "legalName": "SAMPLE MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation",
      "iso20275Code": "C3JQ"
    },
    "status": { "active": true, "localName": "Exists" },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "100 COMMERCE DRIVE SUITE 200",
      "city": "BIRMINGHAM",
      "region": "AL",
      "postalCode": "35203",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "registrationDate": "1987-11-23",
    "activityDescription": "MANUFACTURING"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Director", "standardized": "Director" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "SMITH JOHN A" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "100 COMMERCE DRIVE",
          "city": "BIRMINGHAM",
          "region": "AL",
          "postalCode": "35203",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Incorporator", "standardized": "Other" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "DOE JANE B" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "REGISTERED AGENTS OF ALABAMA LLC" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "2 NORTH JACKSON STREET SUITE 605",
          "city": "MONTGOMERY",
          "region": "AL",
          "postalCode": "36104",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Inactive (Cancelled) foreign LLC

{
  "company": {
    "id": "000605255",
    "countryCode": "US-AL",
    "legalName": "SAMPLE TECHNOLOGY LLC",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Foreign Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "LimitedLiabilityCompany"
    },
    "status": { "active": false, "localName": "Cancelled" },
    "legalAddress": {
      "city": "HUNTSVILLE",
      "region": "AL",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "registrationDate": "2010-03-15"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "JONES ROBERT C" } }
    }
  ]
}

Active non-profit corporation

{
  "company": {
    "id": "001169235",
    "countryCode": "US-AL",
    "legalName": "SAMPLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic Non-Profit Corporation",
      "standardized": "NonprofitOrganization",
      "iso20275Code": "4RCO"
    },
    "status": { "active": true, "localName": "Exists" },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "500 WHITESBURG DRIVE",
      "city": "HUNTSVILLE",
      "region": "AL",
      "postalCode": "35801",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "registrationDate": "2015-06-10",
    "activityDescription": "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Director", "standardized": "Director" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "WILLIAMS SARAH K" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "RegisteredAgent" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "SAMPLE REGISTERED AGENTS INC" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "300 CORPORATE DRIVE",
          "city": "BIRMINGHAM",
          "region": "AL",
          "postalCode": "35242",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Available documents

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "c710ff36-6a0b-55bf-a957-43a6a7f2240d",
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "description": "Printable extract of the Alabama Secretary of State ARC-SOS Entity Detail page. Includes Entity ID Number, legal name, entity type, status, formation date, registered agent, principal address, nature of business, capital information, and filing history.",
      "format": "pdf"
    }
  }
}

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

​Example API Responses

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

Example API Responses