Integrating Delaware Secretary of State Business Search with Signzy

According to Delaware’s annual report, the state crossed 2 million total businesses in the fall of 2023. Out of these, 298,165 entities were added in the year 2023 alone. The same report states that 67.6% of Fortune 500 companies originate from Delaware, and 80% of the US IPOs in 2023 were registered in Delaware.

This business growth is great for the state’s and the country’s economy, but all good things must be tempered with caution. These new entities may create avenues for your business to create clientele, but only if their identities can be verified.

This is where the Secretary of State’s business entity search can help you verify the identity and legitimacy of any entity that your business engages with. This verification helps your business steer clear of any potential legal liabilities that may arise out of interactions with bad actors. On top of reduced legal liabilities, identity verification and business verification can help improve the security of your business, which can help improve your relationships with your existing clients.

Secretary of State Business Search

The Secretary of State is a government personnel that handles vehicle registrations, licensing of businesses and vehicles, and other administrative matters related to businesses.

Being an arm of the government, the SOS can be a reliable source of information for verifying the identities of any businesses that you come across. The Delaware SOS platform can help you look up businesses and collect valuable identifying information about them.

However, despite its reliability, the SOS platform is difficult to integrate into your business processes. This is where Signzy’s Business Verification API can help you streamline the process.

Delaware SOS Business Search vs Signzy’s Business Verification API

Signzy’s Business Verification API can help improve the state of identity verification for your business. Let’s take a look at how our API can enhance the security provided by the Delaware SOS business search.

Features/Data Available	Signzy’s Business Verification API	Delaware SOS
Search by Entity Name	✅	✅
Search by Entity Number	✅	✅
Search by Address	✅	❌
Search by Officer	✅	❌
Filing Status	❌	❌
Entity Name	✅	✅
Address	✅	✅
Officers	✅	✅
Documents	✅	✅

Business verification with Signzy goes beyond just the above information that is provided by the SOS platform. The additional information provided by Signzy includes:

• Entity Verification: Signzy’s API can provide you with the information of the business you’re looking into as well as verify the legitimacy of the entity as well.

• Watchlist Screenings: Our API also scans multiple records to see if the concerned business is on any watchlist.

• Business Website Verification: Signzy’s API finds and brings up the business website that you’re looking for.

• Social Presence: This helps you find the business’s social media presence to better understand its branding and marketing strategies.

• Liens and UCC Filing: This information helps gauge the company’s liabilities and any charges it may have on its assets.

• Bankruptcies: Signzy’s API looks up and fetches any bankruptcy filings that the concerned business may have made in the past. This can help you gauge the company’s financial history.

• Address Classification: Signzy’s API can even fetch information on the USPS address classification to know the type of location the business is operating out of.

On top of this, Signzy’s API gives you access to all of the SOS data and additional information on a single platform through its API. This ensures that the business you are looking for is not just registered with the government for the sake of it, but also has operations and a history.

Conclusion

Improving the state of security for your business does more than just make it more compliant. As we mentioned before, the increased robustness of security gives your business a marketing edge over its competitors. Verifying the identity of the businesses you engage with can also help you comply with the AML & CFT regulations. So, get in touch with Signzy and improve your business’ security, win over your clients’ hearts, and stay efficient while you’re at it!