# Cobalt Intelligence, free lookups, GET /v1/search: Business verification API

> Search any business by name and state — get live Secretary of State data back in seconds.

Cobalt Intelligence's business verification API on its Free lookups plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 7 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Entity number, Tax ID, Entity type, Status, Registered agent, Officers.
We rank 31 plans by price. [OpenSOSData's $500 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opensosdata/500-monthly-scale-cached-post-v1-lookup/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: $5.00.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/free-lookups-get-v1-search
- Get it: https://cobaltintelligence.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://apigateway.cobaltintelligence.com/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://cobaltintelligence.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://documentation.cobaltintelligence.com/#c063613a-1761-4773-ae22-377345b13013
- Sold by: Cobalt Intelligence (https://cobaltintelligence.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 64%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity number: ✓
- Tax ID: ✓
- Entity type: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Registered agent: ✓
- Officers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search any business by name and state — get live Secretary of State data back in seconds.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits
- Enough for: 20 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by webhook
- Median: 14.25 s

## The call

- You send: one of searchQuery, sosId, searchByPersonFirstName or searchByPersonLastName, state. Optional: retryId, liveData, street, city, zip, screenshot, uccData, test, callbackUrl, findRelatedBusinesses
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free lookups
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 64 fields the plan's answer can hold

entity name, filing date, normalized filing date, state of formation, state of registration, status, normalized status, inactive date, entity type, entity subtype, industry, entity ID, EIN, taxpayer number, Secretary of State URL, registered agent name, registered agent street address, registered agent city, registered agent state, registered agent ZIP code, registered agent is commercial, registered agent resigned, registered agent resigned date, physical address street, physical address city, physical address state, physical address ZIP code, mailing address street, mailing address city, mailing address state, mailing address ZIP code, state address street, state address city, state address state, state address ZIP code, service of process name, service of process street address, service of process city, service of process state, service of process ZIP code, phone number, email, officers, documents, assumed business names, change history, next report due date, registrant name, registrant URL, search result title, person name match, address match, confidence level, AI confidence level, screenshot URL, screenshot succeeded, name available, alternative results, possible alternatives, verification ID, request ID, message, record created at, record updated at

## Cobalt Intelligence's plans (3)

- [Cobalt Intelligence, free lookups, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/free-lookups-get-v1-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Cobalt Intelligence, contact us, Committed volume tiers, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/contact-us-committed-volume-tiers-get-v1-search/llms.txt): 64% complete, live
- [Cobalt Intelligence, contact us, Pay-as-you-go, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/contact-us-pay-as-you-go-get-v1-search/llms.txt): 64% complete, live

## Cobalt Intelligence's calls (2)

- `POST /fullVerification`: [Cobalt Intelligence, free lookups, POST /fullVerification](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/free-lookups-post-fullverification/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/search`: [Cobalt Intelligence, free lookups, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/free-lookups-get-v1-search/llms.txt)

## Cobalt Intelligence's APIs (1)

- [Cobalt Intelligence: business verification API pricing, 3 plans, GET /v1/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cobalt-intelligence/free-lookups-get-v1-search/llms.txt)

## Cobalt Intelligence: business verification API alternatives

- [OpenSOSData, free, POST /v1/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opensosdata/free-post-v1-lookup/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

- https://cobaltintelligence.com
- https://cobaltintelligence.com/pricing
- https://documentation.cobaltintelligence.com/#c063613a-1761-4773-ae22-377345b13013