Alaska

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This guide contains public integration notes for Alaska. Use it for identifier formats, search behavior, and country-specific caveats. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, documents, legal forms, roles, and status values is the pricing page.

Alaska coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
- Legal Forms
- Officer Roles
Statutory Filings
Data Availability

Data Sources

Alaska data comes from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (CBPL). The register covers every entity formed or registered under Title 10 of the Alaska Statutes: business corporations (AS 10.06), nonprofit corporations (AS 10.20), professional corporations (AS 10.45), limited liability companies (AS 10.50), limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, cooperative associations, and assumed/fictitious business name registrations (AS 10.35). Sole proprietors and other business-license holders, which are not in the corporations register, are covered through the Division’s business-license register. The two modes read the register differently:

Prefill is served from the daily data extracts published by the Division of Corporations. Officials whose title includes Shareholder, Member or Owner are returned as shareholders without an ownership percentage, because the extracts do not carry one.
Verification reads the live register. Shareholders are returned with the ownership percentage the register publishes.

The entity detail page, delivered as the Trade Register Extract, shows the legal name and name variants, current status, AK formation date, duration and expiration, home state, next biennial-report due date, entity mailing and physical addresses, the registered agent with mailing and physical addresses, the officials roster with role labels and any reported ownership percentages, and the full filing history.

Full filing history available. Each entity’s complete filing history is listed alongside the company data, and each filing is ordered separately. This covers the Creation Filing (Articles of Association), Initial and Biennial Reports, amendments, changes of officials, and other historical filings. The number of filings per entity ranges from a few for recently formed LLCs to 70 or more for long-running corporations.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Alaska Entity Number	Up to 8 digits for entities in the current numbering; older entities carry a letter suffix: `D`, `F`, `PD` or `PF` (e.g. `72D`, `476F`, `54PD`)	`10310827`	Assigned by the Division of Corporations (CBPL). Pass the number exactly as the register shows it.
Alaska Business License Number	Up to 7 digits; company ids take the form `AKBL-<license>`	`AKBL-2200860`	Identifies sole proprietors and other business-license holders that are not in the corporations register.

Entities formed under the older numbering scheme carry a letter suffix (D, F, PD or PF), for example 1089D or 476F. These are valid entity numbers and must be passed with the suffix. The AKBL- prefix on a business license id is added by Topograph so a license number can never be mistaken for an entity number: identifiers.licenseNumber holds the bare number, while company.id and search results hold the AKBL- form.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`entityNumber`	Up to 8 digits, or digits plus a `D`, `F`, `PD` or `PF` suffix	`10310827`	Registered entities (corporations, LLCs, partnerships, nonprofits)
`licenseNumber`	Up to 7 digits (no `AKBL-` prefix)	`2200860`	Sole proprietors and other business-license holders

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is returned when the entity number has a unique match against Alaska registration or validation references in GLEIF. An LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) has 20 uppercase letters and digits, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. The field is omitted when no unambiguous match is available. Lapsed or retired LEIs may be returned; annulled records are excluded.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Name	2–200 chars	`"Tongass"`	Contains (case-insensitive)	Multiple results
By Alaska Entity Number	Digits, optionally with a letter suffix	`10310827`	Exact	Exact match returned first (`matchType: id`)

Contains search. Name search matches any entity whose legal name or name variant contains the query string (case-insensitive). This includes previous legal names, active assumed names, and expired names registered against the entity. Use a longer query string to narrow the result set.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active. Each result carries the register’s status, so activeOnly=true removes the inactive ones.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Entity number format varies by era	Modern entities use 5–8 numeric digits (e.g. `94711`, `10310827`). Entities formed in the 1930s–1940s carry a `D` suffix (e.g. `1089D`, `993D`). Both formats are valid. Pass the number exactly as the register shows it.
Officials data lags up to two years	Alaska entities file biennial reports every two years on their anniversary date. The officials roster and ownership percentages on file reflect the most recent biennial report. For entities that have not yet filed their next report, officer and ownership data can be up to twenty-four months old.
Ownership percentage is not always present	The officials table publishes an ownership percentage only when the entity has reported one. When no percentage appears on file, the field is absent. Topograph does not infer a percentage from the number of officials or any other signal.
Multiple name records per entity	Each entity can carry several name rows: Legal Name, Previous Legal Name, Active Name, and Expired Name. Search returns one result per entity, so a match on a former or assumed name still returns the entity once. Always use the entity number, not the name, to fetch the profile.
Name search includes historical names	A contains search matches against all name records, including previous and expired names. An entity may appear in search results for a name it no longer uses.
No shareholder or UBO register	Alaska does not maintain a public beneficial-ownership register. Ownership percentages, when available, come from the officials roster on the entity detail page. The federal beneficial-ownership database is restricted to authorized users.
No activity codes in live profile	Industry classification codes (NAICS, NACE, ISIC) are not part of the live entity detail page. They are excluded from the Alaska company-data offering today.
Business Name Registrations are included	Assumed and fictitious name registrations (DBA filings under AS 10.35) appear in the register and in search results alongside full corporations and LLCs. These are name-only registrations, not separate legal entities; they carry no officer or filing history beyond the initial registration.
No federal tax ID	The federal employer identification number (FEIN) is not disclosed through the Alaska public business register.
Per-filing certificates deferred	Some filings have a separate Certificate column on the register (for example, a Certificate of Incorporation attached to a Creation Filing). Those certificate PDFs are published by the register but are not yet returned as a separate document type. The Filing PDF itself is always returned when the document type is supported.

Mappings

Legal Forms

Legal form is sourced from the entity-type label published by the Division of Corporations on every entity record, and returned verbatim in legalForm.localName. The register uses the eleven entity types below. Sole proprietors resolved through the business-license register carry Business License.

Alaska entity types

Register Label	Notes
Limited Liability Company	Formed under AS 10.50
Business Corporation	Formed under AS 10.06
Nonprofit Corporation	Formed under AS 10.20
Business Name Registration	DBA / assumed-name filing under AS 10.35
Limited Partnership
Professional Corporation	Formed under AS 10.45
Limited Liability Partnership
Religious Corporation
Cooperative Corporation
COOP Electric and Telephone	Electric and telephone cooperatives
Foreign Corporate Name Registration	Name registration by a foreign corporation

See the pricing page for the current list.

Officer Roles

Known functions use the published role catalogue in both modes. Pure director and ownership functions are other key persons; a compound title that also names an officer retains that officer meaning and every original title. A manager-managed LLC member is an other key person when the roster names a manager. The register’s office category does not establish unrestricted signing powers, and no sole or joint signing mode is inferred. The officials roster on the Alaska register lists one or more comma-separated role labels per official (for example, “Director, Shareholder” or “Director, Secretary, Treasurer”). The labels are returned verbatim in role.localName, as one comma-joined string per official, with fixed standardized meanings for known functions.

Common Register Label	Notes
Director	Standard corporation director
President	Statutory corporation officer
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Member	LLC member (member-managed entities)
Manager	LLC manager (manager-managed entities)
Shareholder	Appears on the officials roster when ownership is reported
General Partner	Limited partnerships
Organizer	Entity organizer at formation

In verification mode, officials whose Owned field carries an ownership percentage are also returned as shareholders, with that percentage. In prefill mode, officials whose title includes Shareholder, Member or Owner are returned as shareholders with no percentage. An official can appear in both legalRepresentatives and shareholders.

Statutory Filings

Alaska entities file a biennial report confirming the entity’s particulars are current. The register publishes “Next Biennial Report Due”, returned on the cross-country statutoryFilings field as next.dueDate.

{
  "statutoryFilings": {
    "annualFiling": {
      "cadence": "biennial",
      "next": { "dueDate": "2027-01-02" },
      "source": "ak_sos"
    }
  }
}

US states publish no statutory accounts, so the accounts obligation is absent rather than returned empty. An empty object would read as “we looked and found nothing”, which is a different claim. Placeholder cells such as N/A or Inactive, Not Applicable are dropped rather than parsed as dates, so an entity with no obligation simply has no statutoryFilings.

Data Availability

Data Point	Available	Notes
Company name	Yes	Current legal name. Name variants (previous, active assumed, expired names) are shown on the Trade Register Extract
Company status	Yes	Current status from the live register (e.g. Good Standing, Involuntarily Dissolved)
Registration date	Partial	Prefill: AK formation date from the register. Verification: shown on the Trade Register Extract only
Duration / expiration	Partial	Shown on the Trade Register Extract where set; not returned as a structured field
Home state	Partial	Shown on the Trade Register Extract for foreign-registered entities; not returned as a structured field
Next biennial due date	Yes	Date of next required biennial report filing
Legal address	Yes	Entity physical address, or the mailing address when no physical address is published. Both appear on the Trade Register Extract
Legal form	Yes	Entity type label from the register, returned verbatim (see Legal Forms above)
Legal representatives	Yes	Officials roster with role labels returned verbatim
Shareholders	Yes	Verification: officials with a reported ownership percentage. Prefill: officials titled Shareholder, Member or Owner, with no percentage. No percentage is ever inferred
Registered agent	Yes	Agent name. Verification also returns the agent’s physical address, or its mailing address when no physical one is published
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Included at no extra charge; a formatted PDF of the entity detail page
Articles of Association	Yes	Creation Filing PDF, ordered separately
Annual Return	Yes	Initial and Biennial Report PDFs, ordered separately
Other filings	Yes	Amendments, changes of officials, and other historical filings, ordered separately
Per-filing certificates	Roadmap	Certificate PDFs issued alongside certain filings (e.g. Certificate of Incorporation) are published by the register but not yet returned
Activity codes	No	Not surfaced on the live entity detail page; excluded from the current offering
UBOs	No	No state beneficial-ownership register; federal database is restricted to authorized users
Financial data	No	Not collected by the Alaska Division of Corporations
Federal tax ID (FEIN)	No	Not disclosed through the public register

Example API Responses

Search by Name

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

[
  {
    "id": "10000977",
    "legalName": "DENALI EXAMPLE COMPANY LLC",
    "countryCode": "US-AK",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "default"
    },
    "address": {
      "region": "AK",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
]

Search by Entity Number

curl -X GET "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-AK&query=10000977" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "10000977",
    "legalName": "DENALI EXAMPLE COMPANY LLC",
    "countryCode": "US-AK",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "id"
    }
  }
]

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-AK", "id": "10000977", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "shareholders", "otherKeyPersons"]}'

{
  "company": {
    "id": "10000977",
    "countryCode": "US-AK",
    "identifiers": { "entityNumber": "10000977" },
    "legalName": "DENALI EXAMPLE COMPANY LLC",
    "registrationDate": "2005-03-15",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Limited Liability Company"
    },
    "status": {
      "localName": "Good Standing",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "city": "Anchorage",
      "region": "AK",
      "postalCode": "99501",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Director, Member" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jane A. Placeholder" } }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jane A. Placeholder" } },
      "sharePercentage": 70.0
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_002",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Example Agent LLC" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "123 Placeholder St",
          "city": "Juneau",
          "region": "AK",
          "postalCode": "99801",
          "countryCode": "US"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Alaska coverage, pricing, and sources

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Legal Forms

Officer Roles

Statutory Filings

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by Entity Number

Company Profile

​Start here

Alaska coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​Search Capabilities

​Active companies only

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Legal Forms

​Officer Roles

​Statutory Filings

​Data Availability

​Example API Responses

​Search by Name

​Search by Entity Number

​Company Profile

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Legal Forms

Officer Roles

Statutory Filings

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by Entity Number

Company Profile