Business formation is the legal process of registering a company with state or federal agencies. It involves:
- Choosing the right business entity (LLC, C-Corp, S-Corp, Non-Profit, Professional Corporation)
- Submitting required registration documents
- Securing crucial identifiers, such as the Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Completing these steps ensures regulatory compliance, operational legitimacy, and credibility with customers, partners, and financial institutions.
Overview of the Business Formation API
The Business Formation API enables seamless integration of business formation services into your platform, letting you manage company formation for your customers without state-by-state compliance complexity. CorpNet handles the entire backend process:
- Document preparation
- Compliance verification
- Government filing
- Delivery of official documentation
Your platform retains full control over customer interactions and user experience.
Ideal users
The API is suited for organizations integrating business formation as part of their product offering:
- Banks and Fintech Providers: facilitate business creation alongside financial product onboarding.
- Payroll and Compliance Platforms: offer comprehensive startup packages.
- Website and Brand Developers: combine domain, branding, and entity formation services.
- SaaS and Startup Ecosystems: include business formation as a core or value-added feature.
Available services
- Business Name Checks — verify name availability state-by-state
- Articles of Organization / Incorporation — complete entity-establishment filings
- Registered Agent Service — professional handling of legal correspondence
- Federal EIN Acquisition — obtain Employer Identification Numbers
- Custom Agreements & Minutes — tailored legal documents
- Corporate Kits & Seals — professional corporate materials
- IRS S-Corp Election (Form 2553) — IRS-side compliance and elections
- Annual Reports — automated routine-filing obligations
- FinCEN BOI Reporting — beneficial-ownership-information reporting
Core capabilities
- Real-time pricing via Get Formation Packages.
- Order submission via Create Order.
- Real-time tracking via Get Full Order Details. See Order Lifecycle for phase/status values.
- Order management — cancel pre-filing, update in response to filing-team RFIs.
- Document handling — download filed documents, upload partner-supplied attachments.
Processing speeds
Set on order creation via the orderFilingType field:
- Standard — typical processing timeline
- Express — accelerated turnaround
- 24-Hour Rush — immediate processing (availability varies by state)
Benefits
- Faster launch — incorporate robust formation capabilities without heavy state-by-state development.
- Seamless integration — the API is back-end-only; your UX and branding stay yours.
- Enhanced retention — assist users from their first business steps, fostering loyalty.
- Regulatory compliance — multi-state compliance handled by CorpNet's experienced team.