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# Connecticut (US)

> Country-specific identifiers, data sources, and implementation details for the State of Connecticut.

## Table of Contents

* [Data Sources](#data-sources)
* [Company Identifiers](#company-identifiers)
* [Search Capabilities](#search-capabilities)
* [Data Availability](#data-availability)
* [Quirks & Gotchas](#quirks--gotchas)
* [Example API Responses](#example-api-responses)

## Data Sources

Connecticut is served from two independent channels published by the **Connecticut Secretary of the State**.

* **Open data**, refreshed nightly. Covers every domestic and foreign entity registered with the state: stock and non-stock corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, statutory trusts, and chartered variants. Includes the entity record, principals (officers, directors, members, managers, partners), statutory registered agent, filing history, and previous names. Drives the onboarding profile and the search index.
* **Public business records search** at <a href="https://service.ct.gov/business/s/onlinebusinesssearch">service.ct.gov/business</a>. The authoritative live face of the register. Drives the verification profile and the Trade Register Extract.

The two channels are wired into two independent profile blocks. Topograph does not merge attributes across them.

## Company Identifiers

The primary identifier is the **Administrative Legal Entity Identifier (ALEI)** issued by the Connecticut Secretary of the State. It is exposed in two forms:

* **Composite form**: `US-CT.BER:0668349` (the public form printed on certificates and returned by Topograph as `company.id`).
* **Bare form**: `0668349` (the seven-digit account number).

Both forms resolve to the same entity. The API accepts either as the `id` parameter and as the search query.

## Search Capabilities

Search by name and search by ALEI are both supported. Previous names recorded against the entity are indexed so legacy names continue to match.

## Data Availability

| Datapoint                  | Onboarding | Verification                |
| -------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------- |
| `company`                  | ✅          | ✅ (no legal form, no NAICS) |
| `legalRepresentatives`     | ✅          | ✅ (top 3 principals)        |
| `otherKeyPersons` (agent)  | ✅          | ✅                           |
| `activityCodes` (NAICS)    | ✅          | ❌ (onboarding only)         |
| `tradeRegisterExtract`     | ✅          | ✅                           |
| `shareholders`             | ❌          | ❌                           |
| `ultimateBeneficialOwners` | ❌          | ❌                           |
| Certified documents        | ❌          | ❌                           |

The two modes return slightly different field sets. The onboarding profile is the richer of the two: it includes the legal form, NAICS classification, and the full principal list from the nightly open data. The verification profile is read live from the public business records search and returns the name, status, principal address, top three principals, and the statutory registered agent. Use the onboarding mode when you need the richer field set and can tolerate up to a day of staleness; use verification when you need the authoritative live state of the register.

The Trade Register Extract is a printable PDF of the live entity card, bundled with the company-data block at no extra charge.

Shareholder lists are not collected by the Connecticut Secretary of the State for any entity type. Connecticut maintains no state-level beneficial-ownership register.

## Quirks & Gotchas

### One identifier, two public forms

The composite `US-CT.BER:0668349` and the bare `0668349` are accepted interchangeably by the API. Topograph normalises both forms and returns the composite as `company.id`.

### Status vocabulary

Twenty distinct status values appear across the register. Only `Active` indicates an entity in good standing. Every other label (`Forfeited`, `Dissolved`, `Withdrawn`, `Revoked`, `Cancelled`, `Merged`, and others) marks an entity that is no longer transacting business in Connecticut.

### Connecticut publishes principals, including LLC members

Unlike many US states that hide LLC membership, Connecticut publishes officers, directors, members, managers, and partners for every entity type. Where a principal holds more than one role, Topograph emits a separate `legalRepresentatives` record per role.

### NAICS classification is included

Each entity carries an NAICS classification on the formation survey. Both the six-digit code and the descriptive label are returned under `company.activities.NAICS`.

## Example API Responses

```bash theme={null}
topo api profile US-CT US-CT.BER:0668349
```

```json theme={null}
{
  "company": {
    "id": "US-CT.BER:0668349",
    "countryCode": "US-CT",
    "legalName": "AETNA INC.",
    "identifiers": {
      "alei": "US-CT.BER:0668349",
      "accountNumber": "0668349"
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Stock Corporation",
      "englishTranslation": "Stock Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "status": { "localName": "Active", "active": true },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "151 Farmington Avenue",
      "city": "Hartford",
      "region": "CT",
      "postalCode": "06156",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "registrationDate": "2000-12-13",
    "activities": {
      "NAICS": [
        {
          "code": "551112",
          "description": "Offices of Other Holding Companies"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```