# data.texas.gov, free, With an app token: Company discovery API

> This file contains a list of active taxpayers set up for franchise tax under Tax Code Chapter 171.

data.texas.gov's company discovery API on its With an app token plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Industry, Type and status.
You get as many pages as you like.
We haven't run data.texas.gov through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 752 plans we rank by price cost $1.188 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 55 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 752 plans.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token
- [Company discovery API: 60+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://data.texas.gov/resource/9cir-efmm.json`
- API key: with the plan, on https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.texas.gov/9cir-efmm?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: data.texas.gov (https://data.texas.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 15%
- Industry: ✓
- Type and status: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: no limit
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: This file contains a list of active taxpayers set up for franchise tax under Tax Code Chapter 171.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "Information on CPA's sites is public domain and may be copied and used as permitted by law, with the exception of pictures, official symbols, and registered service marked names and logos. While CPA attempts to maintain a high degree of accuracy, we will not be held liable for errors or omissions that may occur."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: no limit

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: $where, $select, $order, $limit, $offset
- Method: GET
- Path: /resource/9cir-efmm.json

## About the plan

- Plan: With an app token
- Who can get it: anyone with a Socrata account, which registers an application token in its profile

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

taxpayer number, taxpayer name, taxpayer address, taxpayer city, taxpayer state, taxpayer ZIP code, taxpayer county code, taxpayer organizational type, record type code, responsibility beginning date, SOS or COA file number, SOS charter date, SOS status date, SOS status code, right to transact business code, current exempt reason code, exempt begin date, NAICS code

## data.texas.gov's plans (2)

- [data.texas.gov, free, With an app token](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [data.texas.gov, free, Without an app token](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-texas-gov/free-without-an-app-token/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored

## data.texas.gov's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /resource/9cir-efmm.json`: [data.texas.gov, free, With an app token](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt)

## data.texas.gov's APIs (3)

- [data.texas.gov: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt)
- [data.texas.gov: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt)
- [data.texas.gov: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/data-texas-gov/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt)

## data.texas.gov: company discovery API alternatives

- [GetProspect, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [Hunter, free, POST /discover](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/free-post-discover/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [AnVendor, free, POST /v1/leads/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anvendor/free-post-v1-leads-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://comptroller.texas.gov/about/policies/privacy.php?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://data.texas.gov/api/views/9cir-efmm.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://data.texas.gov/dataset/Active-Franchise-Taxpayers/9cir-efmm?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://data.texas.gov/resource/9cir-efmm.json?$limit=2
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/limit.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/offset.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/order.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/select.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/where.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.texas.gov/9cir-efmm?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing