Indiana (US)

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

Data Sources

All entity data comes from the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division via the INBiz portal (bsd.sos.in.gov). This is the official state register for all business entities formed or qualified to do business in Indiana, including domestic and foreign corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, nonprofits, and other entity types. Every request hits the live register. There is no bulk data export or REST API. The response is always authoritative and up to date.

Indiana is a single-source country. Company profile, registered agent, governing persons, and search all come from the live Indiana SoS portal. The Trade Register Extract and Secretary-of-State-signed Certified Copies are included in the document catalogue.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
Indiana Business ID	Multiple format eras (see below)	`183025-143`	Primary identifier assigned by the Indiana Secretary of State at registration

Indiana Business IDs span several format eras depending on when the entity was formed:

Era	Format	Example
Modern (2000s–present)	13–16 digit sequential	`2001111900027`
Legacy numeric (1990s–2000s)	8–12 digit numeric	`1997051343`
Hyphenated legacy (pre-2000)	`NNNNNN-NNN`	`183025-143`
Limited partnerships	`LPNNNNNNNN`	`LP93120064`

The Indiana Business ID is the only identifier supported for company retrieval. To find an ID from a name, use the search endpoint first. All four format eras are accepted for search and lookup.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`id`	Indiana Business ID (as registered)	`183025-143`	All entities

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By Name	2–250 chars	`"Eli Lilly and Company"`	Contains	Multiple results
By Business ID	ID format	`183025-143`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow

Name search supports contains-matching across all registered entity names. Business ID search locates a single entity by its exact identifier and is the recommended path when the ID is known.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
No bulk data	Indiana does not offer bulk corporate data exports. Every lookup is resolved live against the register portal.
No shareholders	Indiana does not publish shareholder or ownership information at the state level.
No activity codes	Industry classification codes (NAICS / NACE) are not collected at the state level.
Governing persons paginated	The portal renders governing persons across multiple pages. All pages are retrieved and returned.
Registered agent as OtherKeyPerson	The registered agent is returned under `otherKeyPersons` with role `Registered Agent`.
No formation jurisdiction for foreign entities	The jurisdiction of formation is not consistently shown for foreign entities on the public portal.

Mappings

Company Status

Status is read from the entity status field on the detail page.

Source Value	Active
Active	true
Admin Dissolved	false
Cancelled	false
Expired	false
Inactive	false
Judicially Dissolved	false
Merged	false
Revoked	false
Voluntarily Dissolved	false
Withdrawn	false

Legal Forms

Indiana entity types are published in plain English on the portal. The 35 distinct values cover domestic and foreign formations across all major entity classes. Domestic entities:

Indiana Type	Standardized
Domestic For-Profit Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Benefit Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Professional Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation	Non-Profit
Domestic Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company
Domestic Master LLC	Limited Liability Company
Domestic Limited Partnership	Limited Partnership
Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	Limited Liability Partnership
Domestic Business Trust	Trust
Domestic Agricultural Coop	Cooperative

Foreign entities follow the same pattern with a “Foreign” prefix.

Other Key Persons

The registered agent is always returned as an OtherKeyPerson. Indiana identifies whether the agent is an individual or a corporate registered agent.

Role	Standardized	Notes
Registered Agent	`RegisteredAgent`	Always present when declared on the portal

Data Availability

Datapoint	Available	Notes
Legal name	Yes
Entity type / legal form	Yes	AI-standardized
Status	Yes	AI-enriched with `statusDetails`
Formation date	Yes
Principal address	Yes	Geocoded with fallback to structured address
Governing persons	Yes	All pages fetched
Registered agent	Yes	Individual or corporate
Shareholders	No	Not published by Indiana SoS
UBO	No	No state-level register; federal BOI records are not public
Activity codes	No	Not collected at state level

Documents

Trade Register Extract

A server-generated PDF of the entity’s detail page. Includes the entity’s legal name, entity number, type, status, formation date, principal address, registered agent, and governing persons.

Property	Value
Format	PDF
Source	Indiana Secretary of State portal
TTL	1 day

Certified Copy

A Secretary-of-State-signed PDF containing the full filing history for the entity, with a certification date, entity name, and a validation URL. Valid for 30 days from issue. Certified copies are offered in filing-type-scoped variants. Only variants for which the entity has filings with content are advertised.

Filing Type Variant	Available When
Certified Copy — Articles of Incorporation	Entity has filings of this type
Certified Copy — Business Entity Report	Entity has filings of this type
Certified Copy — Articles of Amendment	Entity has filings of this type

Property	Value
Format	PDF
Source	Indiana Secretary of State portal
TTL	25 days

Retrieval Modes

Indiana company data is available in two modes at the same price. Both return the same company details and the complete list of governing persons — they differ only in post-processing:

	Onboarding (`mode: onboarding`)	Verification (default)
Governing persons	Complete list	Complete list
Officer roles	Returned as filed (`localName` / `englishTranslation`)	Standardized — adds a `standardized` role
Addresses (company + officers)	As filed (street, city, ZIP)	Geocoded — normalized, with `latitude` / `longitude`
Typical latency	Faster	Slower

Use onboarding for fast lookups where as-filed values are enough; use verification when you need standardized officer roles and geocoded addresses.

Example API Responses

The Company Profile, Legal Representative, and Other Key Person examples below are in verification mode (standardized roles, geocoded addresses). See Onboarding vs Verification for the same data in onboarding mode.

Company Profile: Domestic For-Profit Corporation

{
  "company": {
    "id": "183025-143",
    "countryCode": "US-IN",
    "legalName": "ELI LILLY AND COMPANY",
    "registrationDate": "1901-01-17",
    "status": {
      "localName": "Active",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "Domestic For-Profit Corporation",
      "englishTranslation": "Domestic For-Profit Corporation",
      "standardized": "Corporation"
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "LILLY CORPORATE CENTER",
      "city": "Indianapolis",
      "region": "IN",
      "postalCode": "46285",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "latitude": 39.757,
      "longitude": -86.152
    }
  }
}

Legal Representative: Governing Person

{
  "entityId": "person_001",
  "type": "individual",
  "role": {
    "localName": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer",
    "englishTranslation": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer",
    "standardized": "Chairman of the Board"
  },
  "individual": {
    "name": { "fullName": "David Ricks" }
  }
}

Other Key Person: Registered Agent (Corporate)

{
  "type": "company",
  "role": {
    "localName": "Registered Agent",
    "standardized": "Registered Agent"
  },
  "company": {
    "legalName": "NATIONAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC.",
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "334 North Senate Avenue",
      "city": "Indianapolis",
      "region": "IN",
      "postalCode": "46204",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
}

Onboarding vs Verification

The same governing person returned in each mode. Both modes return every governing person; onboarding keeps roles and addresses as filed, while verification adds a standardized role and a geocoded address.

Onboarding (mode: onboarding) — as filed

{
  "type": "individual",
  "role": {
    "localName": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer",
    "englishTranslation": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer"
  },
  "individual": {
    "name": { "fullName": "David Ricks" },
    "residenceAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Lilly Corporate Center",
      "city": "INDIANAPOLIS",
      "region": "IN",
      "postalCode": "46285",
      "countryCode": "US"
    }
  }
}

Verification (default) — standardized role + geocoded address

{
  "type": "individual",
  "role": {
    "localName": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer",
    "englishTranslation": "Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer",
    "standardized": "Chairman of the Board"
  },
  "individual": {
    "name": { "fullName": "David Ricks" },
    "residenceAddress": {
      "city": "Indianapolis",
      "region": "Marion County",
      "state": "Indiana",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "latitude": 39.7576,
      "longitude": -86.1522
    }
  }
}

The countryCode is parsed from the registered address — it is not assumed to be US. An entity with a non-US address (e.g. a foreign parent) returns that country, or no countryCode when it cannot be determined.

Europe

North America

Asia

Offshore Centers

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Other Key Persons

Data Availability

Documents

Trade Register Extract

Certified Copy

Retrieval Modes

Example API Responses

Company Profile: Domestic For-Profit Corporation

Legal Representative: Governing Person

Other Key Person: Registered Agent (Corporate)

Onboarding vs Verification

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Search Capabilities

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​Other Key Persons

​Data Availability

​Documents

​Trade Register Extract

​Certified Copy

​Retrieval Modes

​Example API Responses

​Company Profile: Domestic For-Profit Corporation

​Legal Representative: Governing Person

​Other Key Person: Registered Agent (Corporate)

​Onboarding vs Verification

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Search Capabilities

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Other Key Persons

Data Availability

Documents

Trade Register Extract

Certified Copy

Retrieval Modes

Example API Responses

Company Profile: Domestic For-Profit Corporation

Legal Representative: Governing Person

Other Key Person: Registered Agent (Corporate)

Onboarding vs Verification