# Create Company

## GET or POST Request

{% hint style="info" %}
<https://v1.api19.com/ra/companies/create>
{% endhint %}

Create a new company in our system to use for creating registered agents against

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="197.727294921875"></th><th width="137.8182373046875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Argument</td><td>Required</td><td>Type</td></tr><tr><td>company_name</td><td>yes</td><td>my co inc</td></tr><tr><td>entity_type</td><td>yes</td><td>Limited Liability Company<br>Corporation<br>General Partnership<br>Sole Proprietorship</td></tr><tr><td>home_state</td><td>yes</td><td>Colorado</td></tr><tr><td>jurisdictions</td><td>yes</td><td>JSON Array:<br>["Colorado", "Nebraska"]<br>OR<br>PLAIN TEXT:<br>Colorado</td></tr><tr><td>key</td><td>yes</td><td>your API key</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl Post" %}

```php
curl https://v1.api19.com/ra/companies/create \
 -d 'company_name=abc company inc' \
 -d 'entity_type=Limited Liability Company' \
 -d 'home_state=Colorado' \
 -d 'jurisdictions=["Colorado","Nebraska"]' \
 -d 'key=api_token'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JSON Response" %}

```php
OK:
{
    "status": "ok",
    "company_id": "feh92hf92hf23rh3232" 
}

ERROR:
{
    "status": "error",
    "error": "Company already exists"
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Possible Errors" %}

```hack
Jurisdictions must be selected
Tools connectivity issue
Home state must be selected
Company already exists
Invalid entity type. Must be one of: 
Invalid jurisdiction: 
Invalid home state: 
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="States" %}
Supported States

array:

```php
["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming", "American Samoa", "Federal", "Guam", "Northern Mariana Islands", "U.S. Virgin Islands", "Puerto Rico"];
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Entity Types" %}
Supported Entity Types

array:

```php
['Limited Liability Company', 'Corporation', 'General Partnership', 'Sole Proprietorship']
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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