[
 {
  "name": "U.S. Census Bureau \u2014 Business Formation Statistics (full time series, BFS-mf.csv)",
  "url": "https://www.census.gov/econ_getzippedfile/?programCode=BFS",
  "landing": "https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/index.html",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "Dataset last updated 2026-07-09; monthly business applications (EIN/Form SS-4) by state, NAICS, 2004-present. Used for national + state application counts and growth rates."
 },
 {
  "name": "Delaware Division of Corporations \u2014 2024 Annual Report",
  "url": "https://corp.delaware.gov/stats/2024-annual-report/",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "2,157,482 active entities; 289,810 formations in 2024 (211,464 LLCs); 66.7% of Fortune 500; 81.4% of 2024 US IPOs."
 },
 {
  "name": "Delaware Division of Corporations \u2014 Fee Schedule (Rev. Aug 1, 2024)",
  "url": "https://corp.delaware.gov/fee/",
  "pdf": "https://corpfiles.delaware.gov/AugustFee2024.pdf",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "Domestic LLC Formation filing fee $110.00."
 },
 {
  "name": "Delaware Division of Corporations \u2014 Annual Report & Tax (alternative entities)",
  "url": "https://corp.delaware.gov/alt-entitytaxinstructions/",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "Flat $300 annual LLC/LP/GP tax, due June 1; $200 late penalty + 1.5%/mo."
 },
 {
  "name": "Wyoming Secretary of State \u2014 Business Division Filing Fee Schedule (eff. Jul 1, 2026)",
  "url": "https://sos.wyo.gov/business/docs/businessfees.pdf",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "LLC Articles of Organization $100.00; Annual Report License tax $60 minimum (or $0.0002/$ of WY assets)."
 },
 {
  "name": "Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) \u2014 LLC Fees",
  "url": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "New LLC filing $125.00 ($100 Articles + $25 registered-agent designation); Annual Report $138.75. Site applies bot protection (403 to automated fetch, 200 in browser)."
 },
 {
  "name": "New Mexico Secretary of State \u2014 Business Services",
  "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "Domestic LLC Articles of Organization $50; NM LLC Act imposes no annual/biennial report on LLCs (only corporations file a biennial report)."
 },
 {
  "name": "Colorado Information Marketplace \u2014 Business Entities in Colorado (Socrata dataset 4ykn-tg5h)",
  "url": "https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h",
  "api": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-21",
  "note": "New-entity counts by formation year computed via SoQL date_extract_y(entityformdate); reflects entities in the current registry (survivorship: recent years more complete)."
 }
]