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# New Jersey
> Country-specific identifiers, data sources, and integration details
This guide is outdated and will be removed on 1 November 2026. The up-to-date New Jersey reference is on the [New Jersey country page](https://www.topograph.co/countries/us-nj).
## Start here
This guide contains public integration notes for New Jersey. 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.
Open the current catalog for supported datapoints, documents, sources, identifiers, and availability.
This jurisdiction may be in preview or limited availability. Check the live pricing page or contact support before relying on it in production.
Country details below are preserved as integration notes. If a table or example conflicts with the live pricing page, use the pricing page as the source of truth and contact support.
## Table of Contents
* [Data Sources](#data-sources)
* [Company Identifiers](#company-identifiers)
* [Search Capabilities](#search-capabilities)
* [Quirks & Gotchas](#quirks--gotchas)
* [Mappings](#mappings)
* [Legal Forms](#legal-forms)
* [Statutory Filings](#statutory-filings)
* [Data Availability](#data-availability)
## Data Sources
New Jersey uses a single integration against the **New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES)**, within the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. The register covers every domestic and foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, and non-profit registered in New Jersey.
Two tiers of data are available:
* **Free public Business Name Search** (prefill mode). DORES publishes a free, publicly accessible Business Name Search portal that returns five fields per entity: business name, 10-digit entity ID, home city, entity type, and incorporation date. This is used for fast prefill checks and company search. No officers, members, addresses, or status are included at this tier.
* **Paid Business Entity Status Report** (verification mode). A per-entity report purchased from the DORES Business Records Service. This is the authoritative source for current entity status, principal business address, and officers and directors with roles and residence addresses. The report is retrieved live from the register for each request and used to fill in the `company` and `legalRepresentatives` data; the report PDF itself is not returned.
New Jersey publishes no open bulk data. There is no state business-entity dataset on the New Jersey Open Data portal. The free DORES public search is the only no-cost path to company data.
**Filing lag.** Filings, amendments, and annual reports submitted to DORES may take up to two business days to appear in the public portal and status report. Very recently filed or amended entities may not yet be discoverable.
## Company Identifiers
### Query Identifiers
| Identifier Type | Format | Example | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| **NJ Entity ID** | Exactly 10 digits, no separators; leading zeros are part of the number | `0100307257`, `0400276378`, `6444850000` | Primary identifier assigned by DORES. Used to look up filings on the portal and to purchase paid business records. |
The NJ Entity ID is always exactly 10 digits, leading zeros included. Submitting an unpadded form (e.g. `100307257` instead of `0100307257`) will be rejected. Most entity IDs we have seen start with `0`, some do not (e.g. `6444850000`); the register publishes no meaning for the leading digits.
### Identifiers in API Response
| Identifier | Format | Example | Found In |
| - | - | - | - |
| `entityId` | 10 digits, numeric, leading zeros preserved | `0100307257` | 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)](https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/introducing-the-legal-entity-identifier-lei) 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 | 2-100 chars | `"Prudential"` | Starts-with (case-insensitive) | Multiple results |
| By NJ Entity ID | 10 digits | `0100307257` | Exact | Exact match returned first (`matchType: id`); other results may follow |
**Starts-with search.** Name search anchors on the beginning of the legal name (case-insensitive). Use fuller query strings to narrow the result set, which is capped at 50 matches.
### Active companies only
Search can return companies that are no longer active, but their status is not known at search time, so [`activeOnly=true`](/essentials/search#active-companies-only) has no effect. Check `company.status` on the company profile. Search results carry no company status, so the active-only filter has no effect. Status is available on the company profile in verification mode.
## Quirks & Gotchas
| Quirk | Details |
| - | - |
| **Leading zeros are load-bearing** | Entity IDs are always exactly 10 digits with leading zeros. Never strip them: the register and our API treat `0100307257` and `100307257` as different keys. |
| **Free tier returns no status** | The DORES public search returns name, ID, city, entity type, and incorporation date only. Current status (active, suspended, dissolved, revoked) is only available through the paid Business Entity Status Report. |
| **Free tier returns no officers** | Officers, LLC members, and managers are not disclosed in the free public search. They are only included when the customer opts into verification mode, which purchases a per-entity Business Entity Status Report. |
| **No shareholder or UBO register** | New Jersey does not publish shareholders or beneficial owners for any entity type. |
| **No open bulk data** | There is no business-entity open-data export from DORES. Bulk access requires a paid commercial feed agreement with the register directly. |
| **No activity codes** | NAICS, NACE, or ISIC codes are not collected by the state business register. |
| **DBA names are not in the state register** | Doing-business-as names (fictitious names) are filed at the county clerk level in New Jersey and are not part of the state register dataset. |
| **2-business-day filing lag** | Newly filed or amended records may take up to two business days to appear in the portal and status report. |
| **No documents available** | Verification mode buys the Business Entity Status Report to fill in company and legal representative data, but the report PDF is not returned as a document. Standing certificates and certified copies of charter documents are not yet available through Topograph. |
## Mappings
### Legal Forms
Legal form is derived from the entity-type abbreviations surfaced by the DORES public Business Name Search. The abbreviation is the canonical value published by the register; NJ does not publish a numeric legal-form code. Eleven distinct abbreviations were observed across broad samples.
| DORES Abbreviation | Local Name | Standardized |
| - | - | - |
| `DP` | Domestic Profit Corporation | Corporation |
| `FR` | Foreign For-Profit Corporation | Corporation |
| `DB` | Foreign Corporation (legacy) | Corporation |
| `PA` | Professional Corporation | Corporation |
| `LLC` | Domestic Limited Liability Company | Limited Liability Company |
| `FLC` | Foreign Limited Liability Company | Limited Liability Company |
| `NP` | Domestic Non-Profit Corporation | Nonprofit Organization |
| `NF` | Foreign Non-Profit Corporation | Nonprofit Organization |
| `LP` | Limited Partnership | Partnership |
| `LF` | Foreign Limited Partnership | Partnership |
| `LLP` | Domestic Limited Liability Partnership | Partnership |
ISO 20275 ELF codes are not mapped for New Jersey. GLEIF ELF coverage for US sub-national entity types is incomplete, so no ELF codes are assigned. See the pricing page for the full legal forms table.
## Statutory Filings
New Jersey entities file an annual report confirming the entity's particulars are current. The register publishes "Last Annual Report Filed" and its year, on the **paid** Business Entity Status Report, returned on the cross-country [`statutoryFilings`](/essentials/compliance-signals) field as `lastFiled.filedOn` and `lastFiled.year`.
```json theme={null}
{
"statutoryFilings": {
"annualFiling": {
"cadence": "annual",
"lastFiled": { "filedOn": "2025-03-14", "year": 2025 },
"source": "nj_dores"
}
}
}
```
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`.
## Person Roles
Known report titles have fixed English and standardized meanings. Directors are other key persons with standardized `Board Member`; ordinary LLC members are other key persons with standardized `Other`, since membership alone gives no agency power under New Jersey law.
Officers and managers retain their office titles. Authority depends on the entity’s governing documents and individual grants. No sole or joint signing mode is inferred, and unknown principal titles are preserved as other key persons with standardized `Other`.
## Data Availability
| Data Point | Available | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Company name | Yes | Current legal name |
| Company status | Verification only | Included in the paid Business Entity Status Report. Not available in prefill mode. |
| Registration date | Yes | DORES initial incorporation date |
| Legal address | Verification only | Principal business address from the paid Business Entity Status Report. Home city only in prefill mode. |
| Legal form | Yes | 11-value DORES abbreviation vocabulary with standardized mapping |
| Legal representatives | Verification only | Officer, manager and managing-member titles from the Business Entity Status Report. Titles alone do not establish individual signing powers. |
| Other key persons | Verification only | Registered agent, directors, ordinary members and nonrepresenting principals from the Business Entity Status Report. |
| Activity codes | No | Not collected by the state business register |
| Shareholders | No | Not published |
| UBOs | No | Not published (no state-level beneficial ownership register) |
| Documents | No | The Business Entity Status Report bought in verification mode is used for company and legal representative data; the PDF is not returned. Standing certificates and certified copies are not yet available through Topograph. |
| Financial data | No | Not collected |
| DBA / fictitious names | No | Filed at county clerk level, not in the state register |
## Example API Responses
### Search by Name
```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-NJ&query=Acme" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```
```json theme={null}
[
{
"id": "0400123456",
"legalName": "ACME HOLDINGS LLC",
"countryCode": "US-NJ",
"matchReason": {
"matchType": "default"
},
"address": {
"city": "Newark",
"region": "NJ",
"countryCode": "US"
}
}
]
```
### Search by Entity ID
```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/search?country=US-NJ&query=0400123456" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```
```json theme={null}
[
{
"id": "0400123456",
"legalName": "ACME HOLDINGS LLC",
"countryCode": "US-NJ",
"matchReason": {
"matchType": "id"
}
}
]
```
### Company Profile (Prefill Mode)
```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"countryCode": "US-NJ", "id": "0400123456", "dataPoints": ["company"], "mode": "prefill"}'
```
```json theme={null}
{
"company": {
"id": "0400123456",
"countryCode": "US-NJ",
"identifiers": { "entityId": "0400123456" },
"legalName": "ACME HOLDINGS LLC",
"registrationDate": "2005-03-14",
"legalForm": {
"localName": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
"standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
},
"legalAddress": {
"city": "Newark",
"region": "NJ",
"countryCode": "US"
}
},
"legalRepresentatives": []
}
```
### Company Profile (Verification Mode)
```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST "https://api.topograph.co/v2/company" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"countryCode": "US-NJ", "id": "0400123456", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"], "mode": "verification"}'
```
```json theme={null}
{
"company": {
"id": "0400123456",
"countryCode": "US-NJ",
"identifiers": { "entityId": "0400123456" },
"legalName": "ACME HOLDINGS LLC",
"status": {
"localName": "Active",
"active": true
},
"registrationDate": "2005-03-14",
"legalForm": {
"localName": "Domestic Limited Liability Company",
"standardized": "Limited Liability Company"
},
"legalAddress": {
"addressLine1": "100 Main Street",
"city": "Newark",
"region": "NJ",
"postalCode": "07102",
"countryCode": "US"
}
},
"legalRepresentatives": [
{
"entityId": "person_001",
"type": "individual",
"role": {
"localName": "Member"
},
"individual": {
"name": { "fullName": "Jane Sample" },
"residenceAddress": {
"city": "Princeton",
"region": "NJ",
"countryCode": "US"
}
}
}
]
}
```
Verification mode purchases a Business Entity Status Report from the DORES Business Records Service on a per-entity basis. This is a paid upgrade. See the pricing page for current pricing.
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