New Jersey business entity search in n8n
Look up New Jersey registered businesses by name, keyword or entity ID, and check whether a candidate business name is available for a new filing. Returns entity ID, entity type, city and incorporation date.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the New Jersey Business Registry Lookup & Name Checker Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with business name, entity id, entity type abbr, entity type full and 6 more; repeats with the same entityId are dropped. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for New Jersey Business Registry Lookup & Name Checker version 1.1.1. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
From the Short
This workflow is the one the video points to: the number in each video opens this page.
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"mode": "byKeyword",
"keywordSearches": [
"roofing"
],
"maxItems": 25
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | byName | What to fetch. One of: byName, byKeyword, byEntityId, byLinkedName, availability, documents. |
| businessNames | array | No | ["Amazon"] | One or more names (mode=byName, availability). Name search is a prefix match: 'Amazon' finds names starting with Amazon, and a leading 'The' is ignored. |
| keywordSearches | array | No | – | One or more keyword phrases (mode=byKeyword). Each phrase is split into words, and every word must appear in the business name; up to 5 words per phrase and 20 phrases. |
| entityIds | array | No | – | Exact 10-digit New Jersey entity IDs (mode=byEntityId, documents). Invalid IDs are reported in the run status instead of being dropped silently. Up to 200 IDs. |
| linkType | string | No | principal | Which free Business Records Service search to use (mode=byLinkedName). One of: principal, registeredAgent, associatedName. |
| linkedName | string | No | – | Last name, business name, registered-agent name, or previous/alternate name to search (mode=byLinkedName). |
| linkedFirstName | string | No | – | Optional first name when linkType=principal (mode=byLinkedName). |
| linkedMiddleName | string | No | – | Optional middle name when linkType=principal (mode=byLinkedName). |
| linkedCity | string | No | – | Optional city filter for principal or registered-agent searches (mode=byLinkedName). |
| entityTypes | array | No | – | Keep only these New Jersey entity types. Empty means no filter. Filters run on every page, not only after the 500-row display cap. 17 choices. |
| cityFilter | string | No | – | Keep only businesses whose on-file city matches exactly (case-insensitive). Leave blank for all cities. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 100 | Hard cap on emitted records (1-500, the source's display limit). Applied exactly, including when it is above 200. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (10 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields, removes repeats with the same entityId and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| businessName | Business Name |
| entityId | Entity Id |
| entityTypeAbbr | Entity Type Abbr |
| entityTypeFull | Entity Type Full |
| city | City |
| incorporatedDate | Incorporated Date |
| incorporatedMonth | Incorporated Month |
| isAvailable | Is Available |
| documentCount | Document Count |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
New Jersey Business Registry Lookup & Name Checker: Look up New Jersey registered businesses by name, keyword or entity ID, and check whether a candidate business name is available for a new filing. Returns entity ID, entity type, city and incorporation date.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill new-jersey-business-registry-lookup-and-name-checker The new Jersey business entity search skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/new-jersey-business-registry-lookup-and-name-checker.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the New Jersey Business Registry Lookup & Name Checker Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 12 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.
Workflow updated 2026-11-14