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This guide contains public integration notes for South Carolina. Use it for identifier formats, search behavior, and country-specific caveats. The live source of truth for coverage, pricing, data sources, documents, legal forms, and status values is the pricing page.South Carolina coverage, pricing, and sources
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Data Sources
South Carolina is sourced live from the South Carolina Secretary of State — Business Entities Online portal atbusinessfilings.sc.gov. The register covers every entity formed under Title 33 of the South Carolina Code of Laws — business corporations, statutory close corporations, professional corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. Sole proprietorships and general partnerships are not filed with the Secretary of State and are out of scope.
- SC SoS Business Entities Online (live, primary). Public profile carries legal name, the public Entity Id, entity type, current status, domestic/foreign flag, incorporated state, key dates (effective, expiration, term-end, dissolved), the registered agent and agent address, the full filing history, and any former names.
No officer data at the state level. South Carolina’s Secretary of State does not collect or publish officer or director information. The SoS website directs requests for officer data to the South Carolina Department of Revenue at (844) 898-8542. The only person on file in our response is the Registered Agent, surfaced under
otherKeyPersons.Company Identifiers
Query Identifiers
| Identifier Type | Format | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC SoS Entity GUID | 8-4-4-4-12 lowercase hex GUID | e6980025-c7ec-4715-8bf0-52b5ef0c585f | The canonical, navigable identifier used by the portal at /Entity/Profile/<GUID>. Returned in every search result as id. |
Identifiers in API Response
| Identifier | Format | Example | Found In |
|---|---|---|---|
scSosGuid | 8-4-4-4-12 lowercase hex GUID | e6980025-c7ec-4715-8bf0-52b5ef0c585f | All entities |
scSosEntityId | 8-digit zero-padded integer | 00121743 | All entities |
Search Capabilities
| Search Type | Pattern | Example | Match Type | Expected Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Name | 2-175 chars | "BMW MANUFACTURING" | Begins-with (case-insensitive) | Multiple results |
| By GUID | 8-4-4-4-12 hex | e6980025-c7ec-4715-8bf0-52b5ef0c585f | Exact | Single company |
Begins-with search. Name search anchors on the beginning of the legal name. The result table is capped at 50 matches; use a fuller query string to narrow the set.
Quirks & Gotchas
| Quirk | Details |
|---|---|
| Two identifiers per entity | The portal surfaces a navigable GUID and a display-only 8-digit Entity Id. Topograph API calls use the GUID. The Entity Id is exposed under scSosEntityId for reconciliation with paper documents. |
| Officers and directors are not on file | The Secretary of State does not collect officer or director information. Only the Registered Agent is published — returned under otherKeyPersons with role.standardized = "RegisteredAgent". |
| No shareholder or UBO register | South Carolina does not file shareholders or beneficial owners with the SoS for any entity type. Federal FinCEN BOI records are restricted and not exposed. |
| No activity codes | NAICS / NACE / ISIC codes are not collected by the SC business register. |
| No federal EIN | The federal employer identification number (EIN) and SC tax registrations are held by the SC Department of Revenue, not the SoS, and are not exposed through the public SoS portal. |
| No bulk extract | The SoS does not publish a bulk dataset, FTP feed, or open-data corporations download. The portal is the only public source — every Topograph lookup is a live query. |
| Paid certificates not yet offered | The Certificate of Existence (Good Standing), Certificate of Authority for foreign entities, Certificate of No Record, and certified document copies are paid orders through the SoS portal and are not yet offered through Topograph. |
| Live profile lookups | Every Topograph request hits the register live. Use mode: "verification" for production lookups and expect a multi-second round-trip per company. |
Mappings
Legal Forms
Legal form is sourced from the entity-type label rendered on the SoS profile page. South Carolina does not publish a numeric codelist — the label is the canonical value.All observed South Carolina entity types
All observed South Carolina entity types
| Local Name | Standardized | Statutory Basis (S.C. Code of Laws Title 33) |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation | Corporation | Chapters 1-20 (Business), 18 (Statutory Close), 19 (Professional) |
| Limited Liability Company | LimitedLiabilityCompany | Chapter 44 |
| Limited Partnership | LimitedPartnership | Chapter 42 |
| Nonprofit | NonProfit | Chapter 31 |
| Reservation | Other | Name reservation, not a registered entity |
Limited Liability Partnership (Title 33 Chapter 41) is administered by the SoS but does not appear in our preview sampling. If you encounter an LLP filing through the API, the local name and standardized form will pass through
enrichLegalForm for AI standardization.Status Values
| Local Status | Active | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Good Standing | true | Registered and current with all required filings. |
Dissolved | false | Voluntary dissolution recorded with the SoS. |
Forfeited | false | Charter forfeited — typically for non-payment of the annual report. |
Merged Out of Existence | false | Entity rolled into a surviving entity through a merger filing. |
Reserved | false | Name reservation; not a registered entity. |
Data Availability
| Datapoint | Availability |
|---|---|
company | ✅ Legal name, entity type, status, domestic/foreign flag, incorporated state, effective date. |
otherKeyPersons (Registered Agent) | ✅ Agent name and agent address. Always exactly one row when present. |
legalRepresentatives (officers, directors) | ❌ Not collected by the SoS. The SoS defers to the SC Department of Revenue. |
shareholders | ❌ Not filed with the SoS. |
ultimateBeneficialOwners | ❌ No public state register; federal FinCEN BOI is restricted. |
activityCodes | ❌ Not collected by the SoS. |
taxId | ❌ Federal EIN and SC tax IDs are held by the Department of Revenue. |
| Trade Register Extract (document) | ✅ Printable PDF of the SoS Entity Profile page — bundled with company at no additional charge. |
| Certificate of Existence / Good Standing | ❌ Available from the SoS but not yet offered through Topograph. |
| Certified copies of filings | ❌ Available from the SoS but not yet offered through Topograph. |