Why a New York company filing isn't an opening
What a new company filing tells you, what it doesn't, and how we keep filings out of our counts.
A filing is paperwork
Forming an LLC or corporation costs little and takes minutes. Plenty of companies never open a door, and the address is often a registered agent or a home.
How we use them
New York Department of State filings with a storefront-style name are listed in their own section. We keep only names that read like a storefront, drop addresses shared by four or more filings (agents), and never add them to our counts.
Why bother
If you sell to new businesses, a filing can be the very first trace of one. Just treat it as a lead to check, not a fact.
Sources: New York State Liquor Authority applications and New York City health inspections. Written from the public records themselves; check with the agency for anything legal or binding.
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