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# Companies

A `Company` represents a legal entity registered in one or more US jurisdictions. Companies are required to create [registered agent locations](doc:create-a-registered-agent-location).

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```typescript TypeScript
{
  id: string;
  status: 'active' | 'inactive';
  legalName: string;
  entityType:
    | 'association'
    | 'attorney-for-bar'
    | 'benefit-corporation'
    | 'benefit-llc'
    | 'benefit-professional-corporation'
    | 'close-corporation'
    | 'close-limited-liability-company'
    | 'close-professional-corporation'
    | 'cooperative'
    | 'corporation-sole'
    | 'corporation'
    | 'doing-business-as-name'
    | 'exempt-nonstock-corporation'
    | 'general-partnership'
    | 'individual'
    | 'limited-liability-company'
    | 'limited-liability-limited-partnership'
    | 'limited-liability-partnership'
    | 'limited-partnership'
    | 'low-profit-limited-liability-company'
    | 'massachusetts-trust'
    | 'mutual-benefit-enterprise'
    | 'mutual-benefit-nonprofit-corporation'
    | 'nonprofit-corporation'
    | 'nonprofit-limited-liability-company'
    | 'personal-attorney'
    | 'professional-corporation'
    | 'professional-limited-liability-company'
    | 'professional-limited-liability-limited-partnership'
    | 'professional-limited-liability-partnership'
    | 'professional-limited-partnership'
    | 'public-benefit-nonprofit-corporation'
    | 'religious-nonprofit-corporation'
    | 'series-limited-liability-company'
    | 'series-professional-limited-liability-company'
    | 'sole-proprietorship'
    | 'sustainable-business-corporation'
    | 'trust'
    | null;
  ein: string | null;
  jurisdictions: Array<{
    locationCode: string;
    formation: boolean;
  }>;
  formationDate: string | null;
}
```

## Attributes

**id** `string`

Unique identifier for the object.

***

**status** `string`

Current status of the company. One of:

* `active`: the company is in good standing and can be used to create registered agent locations.
* `inactive`: the company has been deactivated and can no longer be used.

***

**legalName** `string`

The full legal name of the company, as registered with the state.

***

**entityType** `string` or `null`

The legal entity type of the company, or `null` if not set. One of:

* `association`
* `attorney-for-bar`
* `benefit-corporation`
* `benefit-llc`
* `benefit-professional-corporation`
* `close-corporation`
* `close-limited-liability-company`
* `close-professional-corporation`
* `cooperative`
* `corporation`
* `corporation-sole`
* `doing-business-as-name`
* `exempt-nonstock-corporation`
* `general-partnership`
* `individual`
* `limited-liability-company`
* `limited-liability-limited-partnership`
* `limited-liability-partnership`
* `limited-partnership`
* `low-profit-limited-liability-company`
* `massachusetts-trust`
* `mutual-benefit-enterprise`
* `mutual-benefit-nonprofit-corporation`
* `nonprofit-corporation`
* `nonprofit-limited-liability-company`
* `personal-attorney`
* `professional-corporation`
* `professional-limited-liability-company`
* `professional-limited-liability-limited-partnership`
* `professional-limited-liability-partnership`
* `professional-limited-partnership`
* `public-benefit-nonprofit-corporation`
* `religious-nonprofit-corporation`
* `series-limited-liability-company`
* `series-professional-limited-liability-company`
* `sole-proprietorship`
* `sustainable-business-corporation`
* `trust`

***

**ein** `string` or `null`

The company's Employer Identification Number, in the format `xx-xxxxxxx`, or `null` if not set.

***

**jurisdictions** `Array<object>`

The list of US jurisdictions in which the company operates. Each entry has:

* `locationCode` `string`
  * The 2-letter US state or territory code for this jurisdiction (e.g. `DE`, `WY`, `CA`). See [Location codes](https://docs.usestable.com/docs/location-codes) for the full list of valid values.
* `formation` `boolean`
  * `true` for the jurisdiction in which the company was originally formed. Exactly one entry in `jurisdictions` will have `formation: true`; all others will be `false`.

***

**formationDate** `string` or `null`

The date the company was formed, in `YYYY-MM-DD` format, or `null` if not set. e.g. `"2024-01-15"`.