Formations Feed vs Recordwire
Formations Feed emails a daily CSV of new business formations, offered for all 50 states and D.C., from $149 per state a month. Its API and webhooks are planned, not live.[1][2][3] Recordwire has a live REST API, MCP server, and webhooks, and records changes after formation, in twelve states.[4][5] Pick Formations Feed for lead lists in states Recordwire does not cover. Pick Recordwire for an API.
Vendor facts from each vendor's own public pages, read 2026-10-16. Sources are listed below.
| Formations Feed | Recordwire | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Daily CSV of new business formations by email; S3 or SFTP by arrangement. Its REST API is planned, not live.[1][2][3] | Change feed plus lookup. Each new state file is compared with the last, and every difference is stored as a dated event. REST API, MCP server, and webhooks.[4] |
| U.S. state coverage | All 50 states and D.C. listed; it confirms which feeds are available before activation.[6] | 12 states. Florida, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and Oregon from official bulk files and open data. Massachusetts, Idaho, Wyoming, and Missouri from the state's public search, new formations only. Delaware from a licensed data partner, new formations only.[5] |
| Freshness | Daily.[1] | As often as each state publishes: daily in Florida, New York, Colorado, and Oregon, monthly in Pennsylvania, weekly in Virginia, nightly in Connecticut, every 3 hours in Massachusetts and Missouri, every 6 hours in Idaho, continuously in Wyoming, and several times a day in Delaware.[5] |
| Change events and history | New formations only.[1][2] | Six event types: formed, renamed, status, address, registered agent, officers. Full change events in the seven file states; new formations only in the other five. Virginia and Florida include state-published history.[7][5] |
| Webhooks | Planned.[2] | Yes. Signed webhooks per subscription, filtered by state, event type, or up to 10,000 company IDs.[4] |
| MCP server | No registry-data MCP. Its llms.txt lists a website Q&A agent.[8] | Yes. Remote server at api.recordwirehq.com/mcp: five read tools and three for webhook subscriptions, one bearer key.[9] |
| Officers | In the sample record, not on every filing.[1] | Where the state publishes them: Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wyoming; partly in New York, Virginia, Oregon. None in Colorado, Idaho, Missouri.[5] |
| Published pricing | $149 per state a month for the feed, $249 with API; all states $4,000 or $6,500 a month. 2-day free trial.[2] | $100 a month for one state, $200 for any three, $500 for all. No free trial.[10] |
When to pick Formations Feed
You sell to new businesses and want a daily list in your inbox, in states Recordwire does not cover. It appends phone and email where available and offers a 2-day free trial.[1][2]
When to pick Recordwire
You need to know what changed, not just what a record says today. Recordwire compares each state file with the last, so formations, status changes, and new registered agents arrive as dated events through webhooks, REST, or MCP, with no lookup per company. Prices are flat and published. It covers twelve states, so check the coverage page first.[7][10][5]
Questions
Does Formations Feed have an API?
Not yet. Its docs page says customer API access is planned, with no launch date. Delivery is a daily CSV by email.[3][1]
Does Formations Feed cover every state?
It lists all 50 states and D.C., and says it confirms which feeds are available before activation.[6]
Does Recordwire include phone numbers or emails?
No. Recordwire carries what the state publishes: name, status, addresses, registered agent, and officers where the state lists them.[5]
Can I use Formations Feed and Recordwire together?
Yes. Use Recordwire events to learn which companies changed in the states it covers, then use Formations Feed for anything Recordwire does not cover.[5]
More comparisons
Sources
- Formations Feed home page. https://formationsfeed.com/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Formations Feed pricing. https://formationsfeed.com/pricing/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Formations Feed: customer API status. https://formationsfeed.com/docs/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Recordwire API docs. https://recordwirehq.com/docs. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Recordwire coverage by state. https://recordwirehq.com/states. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Formations Feed states. https://formationsfeed.com/states/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Recordwire change events. https://recordwirehq.com/change-events. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Formations Feed llms.txt. https://formationsfeed.com/llms.txt. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Recordwire MCP server. https://recordwirehq.com/mcp. Accessed 2026-10-16.
- Recordwire pricing. https://recordwirehq.com/#pricing. Accessed 2026-10-16.
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