Georgia

This guide is outdated and will be removed on 1 November 2026. The up-to-date Georgia reference is on the Georgia country page.

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

Georgia coverage, pricing, and sources

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability

API access: Georgia is in beta. US-GA is accepted by /v2/company and /v2/search, but it is not yet listed in the public countryCode enum of the OpenAPI spec.

Data Sources

Georgia uses a single integration against the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division (eCorp). The register is the authoritative state-level record for all entities organized or qualified to do business in Georgia, including domestic and foreign profit corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLLPs, LLPs, nonprofit corporations, and benefit corporations. It covers approximately 1.1 million active entities. The eCorp portal publishes the entity name, control number, status, formation or registration date, principal office address, registered agent, and, for corporations and nonprofits, an officer roster (CEO, CFO and Secretary). LLCs publish no officers, only the registered agent. This is the only public data source available for Georgia entities at the state level.

No open-data snapshot. Georgia does not publish a bulk open-data extract of its business register. All data is read directly from the live eCorp portal at ecorp.sos.ga.gov. Both prefill and verification requests are served from the same live source.

Annual registration freshness. Every Georgia entity must file an annual registration. Officer and address data is only updated when the entity files its annual registration, so records can lag up to 12 months behind the most recent changes.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Control Number	Up to 8 characters: 8 digits, 7 digits with leading zeros, or one letter + 6 digits	`H852680`	Assigned by the Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division (eCorp).

Control number format varies with the period of registration, not with the entity’s origin. Recent entities use 8 digits (e.g. 11078964). Older entities use 7 digits with leading zeros (e.g. 0003726) or one letter followed by 6 digits (e.g. H852680, J716207, K404041, A401954). A small number of legacy entities carry 0 + a letter + 5 digits (e.g. 0F00549, 0X10189). The letter does not tell domestic from foreign entities. Pass the control number exactly as the register or a prior search result returns it.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`controlNumber`	Up to 8 characters (7–8 digits, or one letter + 6 digits)	`H852680`	All entities

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is returned when a company identifier has a unique match against this jurisdiction’s 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	`"Delta"`	Starts-with (case-insensitive)	Multiple results, up to 20 per query
By Control Number	Up to 8 chars	`H852680`	Exact	Exact match returned first (`matchType: id`)

Starts-with search. Name search anchors on the beginning of the legal name and is case-insensitive. Names that start with “The” are also matched without typing the article, so Coca-Cola also returns THE COCA-COLA COMPANY. Narrow the query to reduce the result set. The result cap is 20 matches.

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
Control number format varies by origin	Domestic entities use 7-digit numeric codes; foreign-qualified entities use `H` + 6 digits. A small set of legacy entities carry other letter-prefix forms (e.g. `0X10189`). Always pass the control number as-is from the register.
No bulk open-data extract	All data is read from the live eCorp portal. There is no downloadable snapshot, so both fast and authoritative requests hit the live register.
Officer data lags by up to 12 months	Officers and addresses are updated only when an entity files its annual registration. The roster may be up to one year out of date.
Legal form labels	eCorp publishes labels such as “Foreign Profit Corporation” or “Domestic Limited Liability Company”. Legal form is standardized with a fixed mapping of Georgia’s statutory entity types. The raw label is returned in `localName`.
Officer titles	Corporations and nonprofits list a CEO, CFO and Secretary. LLCs publish no officers. Titles are standardized with a fixed mapping, and the raw title is returned in `localName`.
Registered agent is always included	Every Georgia entity must maintain a registered agent. The agent name and address are returned in `otherKeyPersons` with the standardized role Registered Agent. Service appointment does not establish general signing authority.
No shareholder or UBO register	Georgia does not publish shareholders or beneficial owners for any entity type. Federal FinCEN beneficial ownership filings are a separate system.
DBAs are filed at the county level	Doing-business-as (trade) names are registered in individual Georgia counties and are not part of the state register. DBA-style names are not indexed for search.
Paid documents require a separate order	A Certificate of Existence and certified copies are available from the Secretary of State but require a paid order through the eCorp portal and are delivered by email. These are not available through the Topograph API.

Mappings

Legal Forms

Georgia eCorp publishes entity type labels, which Topograph standardizes with a fixed mapping of Georgia’s statutory entity types. Common values observed on the portal are listed below.

Common Georgia entity types

eCorp Entity Type	Standardized
Domestic Profit Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Profit Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation	Nonprofit Organization
Foreign Nonprofit Corporation	Nonprofit Organization
Domestic Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company
Foreign Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company
Domestic Limited Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Limited Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership
Foreign Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Limited Liability Limited Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Benefit Corporation	Corporation
Foreign Benefit Corporation	Corporation

A label that does not match a known Georgia entity type is returned in localName only, with no standardized value.

Officer Roles

The eCorp roster lists CEO, CFO and Secretary for corporations and nonprofits. The annual-registration guide also describes General Partner and Managing Partner records for partnerships. LLCs publish no officers. Known titles use the published role catalogue; an unknown designation keeps its raw localName. Officer titles identify recorded offices. Company-specific signing powers may depend on governing documents or delegated authority, which this public roster does not disclose.

Raw Title	Standardized
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CFO	Chief Financial Officer
Secretary	Secretary
General Partner	General Partner
Managing Partner	Managing Partner

Other Key Persons

Registered agents receive service of process. They appear in otherKeyPersons as individuals or companies, with the standardized role Registered Agent. This appointment alone does not authorize them to bind the business.

Company Status

Status values are read directly from the eCorp portal. Common values include:

eCorp Status	Active
Active/Owes AR	Yes
Active/Compliance	Yes
Active/Good Standing	Yes
Dissolved	No
Withdrawn	No
Revoked	No
Terminated	No

Status is returned as both a raw localName from the register and a boolean active field.

Data Availability

Data Point	Available	Notes
Company name	Yes	Current legal name from the eCorp portal
Company status	Yes	Current status as published by eCorp, standardized to an `active` boolean
Registration date	Yes	Date of formation (domestic) or registration date (foreign), as recorded in eCorp
Legal address	Yes	Principal office address including street, city, state, and ZIP
Legal form	Yes	Standardized from the eCorp entity type label
Legal representatives	Yes	Recorded officers and partnership roles; title alone does not disclose signing powers
Other key persons	Yes	Registered agent for service of process
Activity codes	Yes	NAICS code where published; ISIC and NACE derived automatically
Shareholders	No	Not published by the Georgia register
UBOs	No	No state-level beneficial ownership register; federal FinCEN filings are a separate system
Documents	No	Certificate of Existence and certified copies require a paid order through the eCorp portal
Fictitious names (DBAs)	No	Registered at the county level; not part of the state register
Financial data	No	Not collected by the register

For the full, up-to-date catalog of supported datapoints, documents, and sources, see the Georgia pricing page.

Example API Responses

Search by Name

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

[
  {
    "id": "12345678",
    "legalName": "PLACEHOLDER COMPANY INC.",
    "countryCode": "US-GA",
    "matchReason": {
      "matchType": "default"
    }
  }
]

Search by Control Number

curl -X GET "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-GA&query=H123456" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

[
  {
    "id": "H123456",
    "legalName": "PLACEHOLDER FOREIGN CORPORATION",
    "countryCode": "US-GA",
    "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-GA", "id": "12345678", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "otherKeyPersons"], "mode": "verification"}'

{
  "company": {
    "id": "12345678",
    "countryCode": "US-GA",
    "identifiers": { "controlNumber": "12345678" },
    "legalName": "PLACEHOLDER COMPANY INC.",
    "registrationDate": "2010-03-15",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Active/Good Standing",
      "active": true
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic Profit Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "123 Peachtree Street NW",
      "city": "Atlanta",
      "region": "GA",
      "postalCode": "30303",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": { "localName": "CEO", "standardized": "Chief Executive Officer" },
      "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "Jane Sample" } }
    }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    {
      "entityId": "company_001",
      "type": "company",
      "role": { "localName": "Registered Agent", "standardized": "Registered Agent" },
      "company": { "legalName": "Placeholder Agent Services LLC" }
    }
  ]
}

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Georgia 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

Other Key Persons

Company Status

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by Control Number

Company Profile

​Start here

Georgia 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

​Other Key Persons

​Company Status

​Data Availability

​Example API Responses

​Search by Name

​Search by Control 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

Other Key Persons

Company Status

Data Availability

Example API Responses

Search by Name

Search by Control Number

Company Profile