Rhode Island (US)

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

Rhode Island coverage, pricing, and sources

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

Data Sources

Rhode Island uses a single integration against the Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Corporate Database. The register covers domestic and foreign for-profit corporations, non-profit corporations, benefit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and non-resident landlord registrations.

Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services (verification, primary). The official public register served by the Business Portal. Each query reads live against the register and returns legal name, identification number, entity type with domestic / foreign and profit / non-profit qualifiers, date of incorporation or registration in Rhode Island, current status with revocation, withdrawal, or dissolution dates, the principal-office address, the registered-agent name and address with resignation and address-maintained flags, the statutory officers and directors of a corporation or the managers of an LLC, the corporate purpose, the NAICS code with description, registered fictitious / DBA names, prior corporate names, and merger history.

Shareholders and beneficial owners are not collected by Rhode Island at the state level. Authorized share capital is shown on the Trade Register Extract only; it is not returned in the JSON response, and the holders of those shares are not part of the register.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Notes
RI Identification Number	Nine-digit zero-padded numeric value, no separators	`000015908`	Assigned by the Department of State Business Services at filing. Inputs shorter than nine digits are left-padded with zeros.

The identification number is always normalized to nine digits before search. Only digits are accepted, up to nine of them: 15908 and 000015908 resolve to the same entity.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Format	Example	Found In
`identificationNumber`	Nine-digit zero-padded numeric	`000015908`	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 to 200 characters	`"Hasbro"`	Begins with (case-insensitive)	Up to 50
By Identification Number	1 to 9 digits	`000015908`	Exact (after zero-padding)	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow

Name search returns up to 50 rows per query and is bound to currently-active entities. To resolve a known inactive entity, query by identification number instead. The identifier path covers active and inactive entities in one lookup.

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. Name searches only cover active companies and companies revoked within the last year; identification-number lookups reach every company. With the active-only filter, inactive companies are removed from both.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Identification number is zero-padded	The canonical form is exactly nine digits, left-padded with zeros (`000015908`). Older entities are often displayed with the leading zeros elided, but the canonical form in the API response is always nine digits.
No shareholder or UBO register	Rhode Island does not publish shareholders or beneficial owners for any entity type. Federal FinCEN beneficial-ownership records are restricted and are not part of this dataset.
Authorized share capital is structural	For corporations, the register exposes the authorized share classes (class, series, par value, total authorized, total issued and outstanding) but does not identify the holders. The share classes appear on the Trade Register Extract only, not in the JSON response. LLC members are returned as `otherKeyPersons`; managers and managing members are `legalRepresentatives`.
Name history is preserved	The register tracks all prior legal names for a given entity, including the date of each change. A search by an older name resolves to the same identification number as the current name.
Fictitious names / DBAs sit on the parent	Registered fictitious or trade names (DBAs) appear on the parent entity’s record rather than as standalone records.
Mergers are linked	When an entity has absorbed others through a merger, the absorbed entities are listed on the surviving record with their identification numbers. The absorbed entities’ own records remain searchable and stay flagged as inactive.
Purpose uses a NAICS-based code	Each entity carries a single NAICS code with a human-readable description, plus a free-text “purpose” paragraph quoting the corporate purpose from the formation filing. The state does not collect NACE or ISIC codes; the API derives them from the NAICS code.
Entity-type composite labels	The entity-type field is a composite of the domestic / foreign qualifier, the profit / non-profit qualifier (for corporations), and the base form. Examples: `Domestic Profit Corporation`, `Foreign Limited Liability Company`, `Domestic Non-Profit Corporation`.

Mappings

Entity Types

The register publishes entity types as composite labels. The standardized mapping below covers the combinations the API returns.

Local Label	English Translation	Standardized Form	ISO 20275
Domestic Profit Corporation	Domestic Profit Corporation	Corporation	Z54A
Foreign Profit Corporation	Foreign Profit Corporation	Corporation
Domestic Non-Profit Corporation	Domestic Non-Profit Corporation	Nonprofit Organization	AVLE
Foreign Non-Profit Corporation	Foreign Non-Profit Corporation	Nonprofit Organization
Domestic Limited Liability Company	Domestic Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	DRSE
Foreign Limited Liability Company	Foreign Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company
Domestic Limited Partnership	Domestic Limited Partnership	Partnership	FW66
Foreign Limited Partnership	Foreign Limited Partnership	Partnership
Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	Domestic Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership	-
Foreign Limited Liability Partnership	Foreign Limited Liability Partnership	Partnership	-
Domestic Benefit Corporation	Domestic Benefit Corporation	Corporation	QMI2
Non-Resident Landlord	Non-Resident Landlord	Other	-

Status Values

Active is the implicit default. Inactive entities carry an explicit revocation, withdrawal, or dissolution date on the record. The API returns a normalized status.localName plus an active boolean.

Local Status	Active
Active	Yes
Revoked	No
Withdrawn	No
Dissolved	No

The Active database covers currently-effective entities plus any that were revoked within the prior year. The Inactive database holds older revocations, withdrawals, and dissolutions.

Officer Roles

The register records officers, directors, and managers on each entity. The API surfaces them as either legalRepresentatives (declared current office context, with company-specific powers unverified) or otherKeyPersons (the registered agent, executive titles, and supporting officers). Most title strings carry a trailing department qualifier (PRESIDENT, TOYS LICENSING & ENTERTAINMENT, DIRECTOR, RISK MANAGEMENT); known full titles use exact catalogue meaning. A functional title such as DIRECTOR, RISK MANAGEMENT is retained as another key person rather than a board director.

Local Role	Mapped To
President	legalRepresentatives
Vice-President	legalRepresentatives
Secretary	legalRepresentatives
Treasurer	legalRepresentatives
Director	legalRepresentatives
Manager (LLC)	legalRepresentatives
Managing Member (LLC)	legalRepresentatives
CEO	legalRepresentatives
CFO	legalRepresentatives
COO	legalRepresentatives
Member (LLC)	otherKeyPersons
Organizer	otherKeyPersons
Incorporator	otherKeyPersons
Assistant Secretary	otherKeyPersons
Assistant Treasurer	otherKeyPersons
EVP, SVP, VP	otherKeyPersons
Chief Officer titles	otherKeyPersons
Registered Agent	otherKeyPersons

The registered agent is surfaced as an otherKeyPersons entry with role.standardized: "Registered Agent". An agent marked as resigned on the register is omitted. For agents that are corporate entities (such as registered-agent services), the entry carries type: "company" with a legalName; for individual agents, the entry carries type: "individual" with a fullName.

Data Availability

Datapoint	Available	Notes
Company profile	Yes	Legal name, identification number, entity type, dates of incorporation or registration, status with revocation / withdrawal / dissolution dates, principal-office address, corporate purpose, NAICS code with description.
Registered agent	Yes	Returned as `otherKeyPersons` with `role.standardized: "Registered Agent"`, with the name and full address. A resigned agent is omitted.
Legal representatives	Yes	Officers and directors of a corporation (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, CEO, CFO, COO) and managers / managing members of an LLC, with their addresses.
Other key persons	Yes	Executive roles outside the statutory officers (EVP, SVP, VP, Chief X Officer titles), assistant officers, and the registered agent.
Shareholders	No	Not collected by Rhode Island at the state level. Authorized share capital appears on the Trade Register Extract only, and the holders are not part of the register.
Ultimate beneficial owners	No	Rhode Island does not maintain a public beneficial-ownership register.
Activity codes	Yes	The register’s single NAICS code with description, plus ISIC and NACE codes derived from it.
Prior names	Trade Register Extract only	The corporate name-change history, with the effective date of each change, is shown on the Trade Register Extract. It is not returned in the JSON response.
Fictitious / DBA names	Trade Register Extract only	Registered fictitious or trade names, with the filing date, are shown on the Trade Register Extract. They are not returned in the JSON response.
Mergers	Trade Register Extract only	Absorbed entities, with identification number and merger date, are shown on the Trade Register Extract. They are not returned in the JSON response.
Trade Register Extract	Yes	Printable PDF of the Department of State entity detail page, captured at request time. Bundled with the company-data block at no extra charge.
Certificate of Good Standing	Planned	The official Department of State Certificate of Good Standing is identified and documented but not yet generally available. Pricing and availability will be on the live pricing page once enabled.

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Rhode Island 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

Entity Types

Status Values

Officer Roles

Data Availability

​Start here

Rhode Island 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

​Entity Types

​Status Values

​Officer Roles

​Data Availability

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

Entity Types

Status Values

Officer Roles

Data Availability