New York State Business Entity Filings by Type and Month, 1991 Onward

Beginning in 1991, this dataset tracks the number of business entity filings made with the New York Department of State's Division of Corporations. It categorizes filings by type, authority, and certificate, with monthly counts. The data is provided by data.ny.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal filing trends by comparing monthly columns like Jan, Feb, Mar, and Dec.
• Model the relationship between Business Type Description and filing volume using the Total column.
• Categorize filings by legal authority using Authority Type Description and Authority Type Code.
• Track annual filing counts and composition by aggregating monthly data for each Year.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term time series beginning in 1991.
• Includes detailed categorization via columns like Business Type Description, Certificate Type Description, and Authority Type Description.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Administrative records from the New York Department of State's Division of Corporations.

Time Range

1991 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 18:56:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, United States