United States Company & Beneficial Ownership Directory
US company register data doesn't exist as a single national system — incorporation happens state by state, with beneficial ownership tracked instead through FinCEN's BOI database under the Corporate Transparency Act. It has never had a public search interface, restricted to authorised recipients like law enforcement and financial institutions with customer consent, at a 25% ownership-or-control threshold. The March 2025 Interim Final Rule exempted every domestically formed entity and every American person from reporting, cutting required filers from roughly 32.6 million to about 12,000; only foreign reporting companies doing business in a state still file. Foreign reporting companies file directly with FinCEN, though foreign counterparties have no direct access; when a domestic entity has no disclosable owner, the chain typically resolves through a foreign parent in a jurisdiction that still requires disclosure.
United States beneficial ownership guide- Total Companies88M+
- Officer Records76.1M+
- Shareholder Records6,331
- Ultimate Parents (UBO)3.7M+
- VAT Records10.7M+
- Financial Reports6,450
Get complete shareholder and officer records, ultimate beneficial owner resolution, and ongoing ownership monitoring for United States companies — via API or a bulk data feed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many registered United States businesses does Zavia track?
Zavia holds 88M+ company records for United States, of which 50M+ (57%) are currently active on the register.
Can I look up the beneficial owner of a United States company?
US company register data doesn't exist as a single national system — incorporation happens state by state, with beneficial ownership tracked instead through FinCEN's BOI database under the Corporate Transparency Act. It has never had a public search interface, restricted to authorised recipients like law enforcement and financial institutions with customer consent, at a 25% ownership-or-control threshold. The March 2025 Interim Final Rule exempted every domestically formed entity and every American person from reporting, cutting required filers from roughly 32.6 million to about 12,000; only foreign reporting companies doing business in a state still file. Foreign reporting companies file directly with FinCEN, though foreign counterparties have no direct access; when a domestic entity has no disclosable owner, the chain typically resolves through a foreign parent in a jurisdiction that still requires disclosure.
Is shareholder data available for United States companies on Zavia?
Yes. Zavia holds 6,331 shareholder records for United States companies, with 3.7M+ ultimate parent relationships resolved for group-structure and ownership-chain mapping.
Who are the registered directors of United States companies, and is that searchable?
Yes. Zavia holds 76.1M+ officer and director records for United States companies, sourced directly from the same official register as the company's own filing.
Does Zavia track VAT registrations in United States?
Yes. Zavia holds 10.7M+ VAT records for United States companies, linked to the same registered entity as its company profile.
Is financial data available for United States companies?
Yes. Zavia holds 6,450 digitized financial reports for United States companies, available through Zavia's enriched company data for verified users.
How does United States publish company ownership records?
Share ownership in United States is held as the stock ledger, maintained under state corporate law (e.g. §219 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) rather than filed as a public register.
Is there a bulk or API option for United States company data?
Yes. Zavia's API connects directly to official government ownership registries across 195 countries and territories, including United States, so company registration, shareholder, UBO, officer, and group-structure records can be queried programmatically instead of browsed one page at a time.
Does Zavia have a deeper guide on United States company ownership?
Zavia's United States beneficial ownership guide covers the register, the UBO threshold, and how to verify a company's ownership chain in more depth than this directory page.