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This guide contains public integration notes for Florida. 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.

Florida coverage, pricing, and sources

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

API access: US-FL is not yet part of the public countryCode enum. Contact us to enable it on your workspace. Requests sent with countryCode: "US-FL" will otherwise return 400 until the enum is expanded.

Data Sources

Florida uses two complementary sources, both operated by the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz).

Florida Division of Corporations, Bulk File (fast path). The Division publishes the full Corporate Data File as a quarterly snapshot (January, April, July, October) and daily delta files. The dataset covers every active Florida profit corporation, non-profit corporation, LLC, limited partnership, and declaration of trust. Each record includes up to 6 officers and directors, the registered agent, and core company fields. This is the primary source for company data, search, and onboarding checks.
Florida Division of Corporations, Live Search (enrichment path). The public search.sunbiz.org detail pages are read at request time in two cases: (a) when the bulk record is flagged as having more than 6 officers, to retrieve the complete roster; and (b) to deliver PDF documents (Articles of Incorporation or Organization, Annual Reports, amendments) that are not distributed in the bulk file.

Officer data freshness. Florida entities file an Annual Report by May 1 each year. Officer data in the bulk file reflects the most recent annual report filed; entities that have not yet filed for the current year carry officers from the prior filing.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
Document Number	Letter prefix + digits, up to 12 characters. Prefix indicates entity type (e.g. `P` = domestic profit corporation, `L` = LLC, `F` = foreign entity). Legacy entities use a shorter numeric-only format.	`P99000001570`	Primary identifier assigned by the Division of Corporations. Shown on every Sunbiz entity detail page.
FEI / EIN	9 digits. Accepted with or without hyphen (`59-1234567` or `591234567`).	`59-1234567`	Federal employer identification number. Not all entities have one on file. A lookup by FEI may return no result even for an active entity.

Always use the Document Number as the primary lookup key. FEI / EIN search is available as a convenience but may not resolve every entity.

Identifiers in API Response

Field	Format	Example	Found In
`documentNumber`	Letter prefix + digits	`P99000001570`	All entities
`feiNumber`	9 digits (with hyphen)	`59-1234567`	Entities that have reported an EIN to the Division

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Name	2–100 chars	`"Sunshine"`	Starts-with (case-insensitive)	Multiple results, capped at 50
By Document Number	Letter prefix + digits	`P99000001570`	Exact	Single result returned first (`matchType: id`)
By FEI / EIN	9 digits, with or without hyphen	`59-1234567`	Exact	Single result when the entity has a matching FEI on file

Name search anchors on the beginning of the legal name. Use a longer query string to narrow a large result set.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Document Number prefix is load-bearing	The letter prefix encodes entity type and is required. `P99000001570` and `99000001570` are treated as different keys. Always pass the identifier exactly as returned by the search endpoint.
Officer list capped at 6 in bulk	The bulk file stores at most 6 officers per entity. Entities with more carry a flag; the full roster is read from the live detail page at request time. The response always contains the complete officer list.
Registered agent is not a legal representative	Under Florida statutes (F.S. §605.0113 and §607.0501), the registered agent is the service-of-process contact only. The API returns the registered agent as an `otherKeyPerson`, not a `legalRepresentative`.
No shareholders or UBO data	Florida does not collect ownership or beneficial-owner information at the state level. Beneficial ownership reporting is a federal obligation under the Corporate Transparency Act, administered separately by FinCEN.
No industry classification codes	Sunbiz does not capture NAICS, SIC, NACE, or ISIC codes. The `activityCodes` datapoint is not available for Florida.
Banks and credit unions file as corporations	State-chartered banks, trust companies, savings banks, and credit unions register with the Division of Corporations as standard profit corporations. Their regulated classification is maintained by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and is not layered into the response.
Foreign-entity ELF codes unknown from the filing type	The ISO 20275 ELF code belongs to the jurisdiction where the legal form originated. For foreign entities filing in Florida, the home-jurisdiction ELF is not available from the Sunbiz record. The `iso20275Code` field is empty for all foreign-entity filing types.
Certificate of Status is a paid document	The Certificate of Status (good-standing certificate) is issued by the Division of Corporations at a per-certificate fee and is a paid upgrade. See the pricing page for the current charge.
Annual Reports and Articles are free	Annual Report PDFs and Articles of Incorporation / Organization are published by Sunbiz at no charge and are included with no additional fee when ordered through the API.

Mappings

Legal Forms

Florida uses a closed set of 11 filing-type codes defined in the Corporate Data File record layout published by the Division of Corporations. ISO 20275 ELF codes are assigned for the four Florida-domiciled types; foreign variants have no ELF assignment.

All 11 Florida filing types

Sunbiz Filing Type	Local Name	Standardized	ISO 20275
`DOMP`	Domestic Profit Corporation	Corporation	`TRI2`
`FORP`	Foreign Profit Corporation	Corporation
`DOMNP`	Domestic Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization	`3N55`
`FORNP`	Foreign Non-Profit Corporation	NonprofitOrganization
`NPREG`	Non-Profit Registration	NonprofitOrganization
`FLAL`	Florida Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany	`8N21`
`FORL`	Foreign Limited Liability Company	LimitedLiabilityCompany
`DOMLP`	Domestic Limited Partnership	Partnership	`5DS0`
`FORLP`	Foreign Limited Partnership	Partnership
`TRUST`	Declaration of Trust	Trust
`AGENT`	Designation of Registered Agent	Other

The DOMLP code covers both plain Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships (LLLPs). The Sunbiz filing type does not distinguish between the two. Distinguishing an LLLP requires inspecting the entity name suffix.

Officer Roles

Florida uses a closed set of 6 single-character officer title codes in the Corporate Data File. The registered agent is stored in a separate mandatory block and is exposed via a synthetic RA code.

Sunbiz Code	Local Name	Standardized	Classification
`P`	President	President	Legal Representative
`V`	Vice President	VicePresident	Legal Representative
`T`	Treasurer	Treasurer	Legal Representative
`S`	Secretary	Secretary	Legal Representative
`C`	Chairman	Chairman	Legal Representative
`D`	Director	Director	Legal Representative
`RA`	Registered Agent	RegisteredAgent	Other Key Person

Registered Agent is classified as an Other Key Person (service-of-process contact only, no authority to act on behalf of the entity under F.S. §605.0113 and §607.0501).

Data Availability

Data Point	Available	Notes
Company name	Yes	Current legal name from the Corporate Data File
Company status	Yes	Active (`A`) or Inactive (`I`)
Registration date	Yes	Initial filing date with the Division of Corporations
Legal address	Yes	Principal address from the bulk record
Mailing address	Yes	Separate mailing address when filed
State of domicile	Yes	Home state or foreign country for foreign entities
Legal form	Yes	Closed 11-value vocabulary with ISO 20275 mapping for Florida-domiciled types
Legal representatives	Yes	Up to 6 from bulk; full list read live for entities with more than 6 officers
Registered agent	Yes	Name and address, returned as an Other Key Person
Activity codes	No	Not collected by Sunbiz
Shareholders	No	Not published at the state level
UBOs	No	Federal FinCEN system only; not available from Sunbiz
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Printed PDF of the Sunbiz entity detail page, included at no extra charge with the company data block
Articles of Incorporation / Organization	Yes	Free PDF from Sunbiz, available when the entity has filed formation documents
Florida Annual Report	Yes	Free PDF from Sunbiz; one or more years may be available per entity
Amendment / Merger / Name Change filing	Yes	Free PDF from Sunbiz when amendment filings are present on the entity detail page
Certificate of Status	Yes (paid)	Issued by the Division of Corporations at a per-certificate fee; see the pricing page
Financial statements	No	Not collected

Example API Responses

Search by Name

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

[
  {
    "id": "P99000001570",
    "legalName": "SUNSHINE HOLDINGS INC.",
    "countryCode": "US-FL",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "default"
    },
    "address": {
      "region": "FL",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
]

Search by Document Number

curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-FL&query=P99000001570" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "P99000001570",
    "legalName": "SUNSHINE HOLDINGS INC.",
    "countryCode": "US-FL",
    "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-FL", "id": "P99000001570", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "otherKeyPersons"], "mode": "onboarding"}'

{
  "company": {
    "id": "P99000001570",
    "countryCode": "US-FL",
    "identifiers": {
      "documentNumber": "P99000001570",
      "feiNumber": "59-1234567"
    },
    "legalName": "SUNSHINE HOLDINGS INC.",
    "status": "active",
    "registrationDate": "2012-03-14",
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic Profit Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "street": "123 Palm Avenue",
      "city": "Miami",
      "region": "FL",
      "postalCode": "33101",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "name": "Jane Sample",
      "role": {
        "localName": "President",
        "standardized": "President"
      }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "name": "Sample Registered Agent LLC",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Registered Agent",
        "standardized": "RegisteredAgent"
      },
      "address": {
        "street": "456 Bay Street",
        "city": "Tampa",
        "region": "FL",
        "postalCode": "33601",
        "countryCode": "US"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Florida coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Legal Forms

​Officer Roles

​Data Availability

​Example API Responses

​Search by Name

​Search by Document Number

​Company Profile

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Legal Forms

Officer Roles

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by Document Number

Company Profile