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District of Columbia business search

Look up a District of Columbia company by name or number and get the record live: name, entity type, status with its reason, and address. The shape of the number is checked in your browser first.

Updated 6 November 2026

What the District of Columbia data holds

The data is the Corporate Registration dataset of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection on opendata.dc.gov (CC BY 4.0).

Every status is served: revoked, dissolved, withdrawn, merged and inactive, so a revoked company answers instead of a 404. Active - Not in Good Standing is active with the local status delinquent.

The official search is run by the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Corporate Registration. Sources as at 6 Nov 2026.

The District of Columbia number: DC- plus the register number

A DC company number is DC- and the register number: DC-952975 is Columbia Holdings Inc. (revoked). Only the shape is verified, there is no check digit. A name works as well: type it and pick the match.

The record carries an address where the register gives one. There are no dissolution dates.

What is not served

Statutory trusts, registered agents and beneficial owners are never served. There are no officers.

In code

The same search as a request with an API key. The response has the same shape as every country the API covers.

# by number (exact match)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_live_..." \
  "https://api.prometiam.com/functions/v1/risk-api/companies/search?country=US&company_number=DC-952975"

# by name
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_live_..." \
  "https://api.prometiam.com/functions/v1/risk-api/companies/search?country=US&name=columbia%20holdings"

Scope

Company records from the business registers of New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Iowa, the District of Columbia, Texas, Oregon and Massachusetts, plus SEC filers (EDGAR) and LEI holders (GLEIF) from every state, Delaware included. One record per state registration, domestic or foreign. Updated weekly (Massachusetts: refreshed, with its change events, only when the Division supplies a newer extract). No officers; register-change events (dated by the weekly read) and monitoring; no VAT number. The District of Columbia has no register-change events before its first load in October 2026. It is not every US company.

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FAQ

Does the DC search show revoked or dissolved companies?
Yes. Every status is served, a closed one with its reason as the local status (revoked, dissolved, withdrawn, merged, inactive).

What does Active - Not in Good Standing become?
It is served as active with the local status delinquent.

Are DC registered agents or beneficial owners served?
No. Statutory trusts, registered agents and beneficial owners are never served, and there are no dissolution dates.

How do I search by number in code?
Call GET /companies/search?country=US&company_number=DC-952975 with an API key. A name search is GET /companies/search?country=US&name=...

Related

US company data API · US company lookup · What is a Secretary of State business search? · Texas business search · Iowa business search · Oregon business search · Massachusetts business search · Florida business search

US sources: New York Department of State, Colorado Secretary of State, Connecticut Secretary of the State, Pennsylvania Department of State (open data), Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (public records), Iowa Secretary of State (CC BY 4.0), District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (CC BY 4.0), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (franchise tax data), Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (open data), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division (public-record extract of 19 Oct 2026; not an official register extract and not endorsed by the Secretary), SEC EDGAR, GLEIF (CC0).