How to Search New Jersey Business Entities Programmatically (NJ Division of Revenue)

If you need to look up business entities registered in New Jersey, the NJ Division of Revenue maintains a public business name search portal at njportal.com. But the portal has no API — it is a traditional HTML form with CSRF tokens, 500-result caps per query, and no bulk export. This article shows how to extract NJ business entity data programmatically using an Apify actor that handles the portal mechanics for you. What data is available? The NJ Division of Revenue business name search returns five fields per entity: Field Description Example Entity ID 10-digit NJ identifier 0400601034 Business Name Registered legal name TESLA CARE LLC City City of registration CHERRY HILL Entity Type LLC, Corp, LP, Nonprofit, etc. Domestic Limited Liability Company Incorporated Date Registration date 9/15/2013 The portal supports three search modes: name prefix (e.g. "Johnson" finds all businesses starting with Johnson), keyword AND search (up to 5 keywords, all must match), and entity ID lookup (exa