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Formations Feed vs OpenCorporates

OpenCorporates is a company lookup API and bulk dataset over 140+ registries worldwide, with plans from £225 a month for 500 calls.[1][2] Formations Feed emails a daily CSV of new U.S. business formations, from $149 per state a month.[3][4] Pick OpenCorporates to look up companies in any country. Pick Formations Feed for a daily list of new U.S. businesses.

Vendor facts from each vendor's own public pages, read 2026-10-16. Sources are listed below.

Formations Feed vs OpenCorporates, side by side
Formations FeedOpenCorporatesRecordwire
ModelDaily CSV of new business formations by email; S3 or SFTP by arrangement. Its REST API is planned, not live.[3][4][5]Company lookup API and bulk files by SFTP, over 140+ registries worldwide.[1][2]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.[6]
U.S. state coverageAll 50 states and D.C. listed; it confirms which feeds are available before activation.[7]All 50 states and D.C., listed on its registers page; Texas comes from the Comptroller.[8]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.[9]
FreshnessDaily.[3]Sources are collected hourly to quarterly depending on type; all sources are checked every four days.[10]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.[9]
Change events and historyNew formations only.[3][4]No change feed published. Lookups return statutory filings, previous names, and officer start and end dates.[11]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.[12][9]
WebhooksPlanned.[4]None published.[11][2]Yes. Signed webhooks per subscription, filtered by state, event type, or up to 10,000 company IDs.[6]
MCP serverNo registry-data MCP. Its llms.txt lists a website Q&A agent.[13]None published by OpenCorporates.[11][1]Yes. Remote server at api.recordwirehq.com/mcp: five read tools and three for webhook subscriptions, one bearer key.[14]
OfficersIn the sample record, not on every filing.[3]Yes, with registered agents as an officer position.[11]Where the state publishes them: Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wyoming; partly in New York, Virginia, Oregon. None in Colorado, Idaho, Missouri.[9]
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.[4]£225 a month for 500 calls, £660 for 2,500, £1,200 for 5,000; bulk by quote. Free for qualifying open data projects.[2][11]$100 a month for one state, $200 for any three, $500 for all. No free trial.[15]

Who Formations Feed fits

You sell to new U.S. businesses and want a daily list by email, with phone and email appended where available.[3] You do not need an API yet; customer API access is planned.[5]

Who OpenCorporates fits

You need company records across many countries, through an API or bulk files by SFTP, with officers and filings. Its data is under the Open Database License, which requires attribution.[1][2][11][16]

Where Recordwire fits

OpenCorporates publishes no change feed. Formations Feed lists new formations only.[11][3] Recordwire sends every formation, and in its seven file states every later change, as dated events through REST, webhooks, and MCP. It covers twelve states, fewer than either vendor.[12][9][6]

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Questions

Can I get new U.S. formations from OpenCorporates?

Its API reference and pricing page publish no change feed or webhooks, and bulk data is sold by quote.[11][2] Formations Feed is built for that list.[3]

How fresh is each one?

Formations Feed is daily.[3] OpenCorporates collects sources hourly to quarterly depending on type, and checks all sources every four days.[10]

Which one costs less?

They price different things. OpenCorporates is £225 a month for 500 API calls, up to £1,200 for 5,000.[2] Formations Feed is $149 per state a month, or $4,000 a month for all states.[4]

Which one covers more?

OpenCorporates covers 140+ registries worldwide, including all 50 states and D.C.[1][8] Formations Feed lists all 50 states and D.C. and confirms which feeds are available before activation.[7]

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Sources

  1. OpenCorporates home page. https://opencorporates.com/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  2. OpenCorporates pricing. https://opencorporates.com/pricing/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  3. Formations Feed home page. https://formationsfeed.com/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  4. Formations Feed pricing. https://formationsfeed.com/pricing/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  5. Formations Feed: customer API status. https://formationsfeed.com/docs/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  6. Recordwire API docs. https://recordwirehq.com/docs. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  7. Formations Feed states. https://formationsfeed.com/states/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  8. OpenCorporates registers. https://opencorporates.com/registers. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  9. Recordwire coverage by state. https://recordwirehq.com/states. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  10. OpenCorporates: delivery latency explained. https://knowledge.opencorporates.com/knowledge-base/delivery-latency-explained/. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  11. OpenCorporates API reference. https://api.opencorporates.com/documentation/API-Reference. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  12. Recordwire change events. https://recordwirehq.com/change-events. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  13. Formations Feed llms.txt. https://formationsfeed.com/llms.txt. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  14. Recordwire MCP server. https://recordwirehq.com/mcp. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  15. Recordwire pricing. https://recordwirehq.com/#pricing. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  16. OpenCorporates terms of use. https://opencorporates.com/terms-of-use/. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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