# Florida Business API

> Independent commercial mirror of Florida Division of Corporations data — ~12.6M entities (every active + historical FL filing), daily Sunbiz SFTP refresh, sub-100ms fuzzy search, REST + MCP from one unified credit bucket. No SSO, no PII complications, FCRA-safe. Not affiliated with Sunbiz.org, the Florida Department of State, or the Florida Division of Corporations.

## Quickstart

- Get an API key: https://floridabusinessapi.com/account (free 500-credit trial, no card)
- Auth: `Authorization: Bearer fbapi_live_…` (or `X-API-Key:`)
- Base URL: `https://api.floridabusinessapi.com/v1`
- OpenAPI spec: https://floridabusinessapi.com/openapi.json
- Public search (no key required): https://floridabusinessapi.com/search
- Verbose docs for agents: https://floridabusinessapi.com/llms-full.txt

Example:

```
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer fbapi_live_..." \
  "https://api.floridabusinessapi.com/v1/entities/search?name=corvus+construction&status=active"
```

## MCP

- HTTP transport: `POST https://floridabusinessapi.com/api/mcp` (MCP 2025-06-18+, stateless)
- Tools: `search_entities`, `get_entity`, `search_officers`, `search_agents`, `search_addresses`, `list_daily_filings`, `list_recent_filings`, `list_new_business_leads`
- Tool catalog + install instructions (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw): https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/mcp
- Auth: same `Authorization: Bearer fbapi_…` header as REST.
- Credits: 1 MCP tool call = 1 REST request = 1 credit. `initialize`, `tools/list`, and notifications are free.

## Coverage + freshness

- ~12.6M searchable entities, all FL Division of Corporations filings
- Daily Sunbiz SFTP refresh (early-morning UTC)
- Live dataset status (JSON): https://floridabusinessapi.com/api/public/dataset-status

## Endpoints

- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/entities-search — `GET /v1/entities/search` (name/status/entity_type, ranked exact > prefix > trigram)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/entities-detail — `GET /v1/entities/{document_number}` (full record: addresses, RA, officers without PII, 50 most-recent filings)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/officers-search — `GET /v1/officers/search` (officer name + title; addresses never returned)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/agents-search — `GET /v1/agents/search` (registered agents with linked-entity counts)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/addresses-search — `GET /v1/addresses/search` (street/city/ZIP5/ZIP+4)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/filings-daily — `GET /v1/filings/daily?date=YYYY-MM-DD`
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/filings-recent — `GET /v1/filings/recent?days=N` (max 90)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/leads-new-businesses — `GET /v1/leads/new-businesses` (county/city/entity_type/date range — Lead Feed tier)
- https://floridabusinessapi.com/docs/endpoints/account-usage — `GET /v1/account/usage` (current month spend + quota)

## Pricing

Unified credit bucket — REST + MCP draw from the same monthly pool. Free Trial (500 credits, 7 days), Developer $19/mo (10K), Pro $49/mo (50K), Growth $149/mo (250K), Lead Feed $299/mo (750K), Enterprise (custom), plus an MCP-only $5/mo MCP Starter (1K credits). Overage on paid plans is metered at $5 / 1K credits. Full table: https://floridabusinessapi.com/pricing

## What this API is not

- NOT a Consumer Reporting Agency. Records may not be used for credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose. See https://floridabusinessapi.com/legal/fcra-notice.
- NOT Sunbiz.org or the FL Department of State. Independent commercial mirror.

## Contact

- Support: support@floridabusinessapi.com
- Billing: billing@floridabusinessapi.com
- Status + uptime: https://floridabusinessapi.com/status
- Terms: https://floridabusinessapi.com/legal/terms
- Privacy: https://floridabusinessapi.com/legal/privacy