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How to find a company's legal name
Paste your target account list into Sculptor
Paste your list of companies. Sculptor researches each account to surface the verified legal entity name registered on record.
Sculptor researches each company's legal identity
Sculptor enriches each row using Clay's B2B company data, querying multiple providers to find the registered legal entity name for each account. Matched rows return the official legal name alongside the trade name you started with.
Get trade name, verified legal name per row
The finished table has company name and verified legal entity name for matched rows. Sync to HubSpot or Salesforce to keep CRM records accurate, or export to CSV for compliance and contract workflows.
Why Clay for finding a company's legal name
Multi-provider waterfall on matched rows
Get the registered legal entity name for matched accounts without manually checking multiple sources. Clay waterfalls across providers like PitchBook and HitHorizons in sequence, charging credits only when one returns a hit.
Claygent fills gaps providers miss
When structured providers return no result, Claygent browses each company's site and public registries to extract the legal entity name. The result lands in the same row, ready to use alongside trade name.
Auto-refresh keeps legal names current
Schedule enrichment to re-run on any cadence so legal name records stay accurate as companies rebrand or restructure. Updated fields write back to matched rows without a manual re-import.
Sync cleaned records to HubSpot or Salesforce
Push trade name and verified legal entity name directly to HubSpot or Salesforce once enrichment is complete. Clean, standardized records land in your CRM in minutes, ready for contracts and compliance workflows.
Clay is a game changer for marketing, data, and operations. We have 3x our enrichment rate with Clay’s combination of data providers. Clay makes it easy to use AI for GTM initiatives, unlocking new workflows that were infeasible before.
Frequently asked questions
How does Sculptor find a company's legal name?
Sculptor takes the industry or company list you enter, builds a table of matching companies, then runs a waterfall enrichment across up to 11 providers, including Apollo.io, Enigma, and HitHorizons. Enigma's "Resolve company identity" action matches a brand name or domain to the registered legal entity name. The waterfall stops at the first provider that returns a match, so you only spend credits when needed.
How accurate are the legal name results from Clay?
Clay's waterfall enrichment routinely triples coverage compared to querying a single provider, and firmographic waterfalls can push usable coverage above 90% across a batch. Because Sculptor queries up to 11 legal-name sources in sequence, including registry-grade providers like Enigma and HitHorizons, you get the officially registered entity name rather than a marketing alias. Spot-check a sample against your state's Secretary of State database for extra confidence.
Can I find legal names for a whole list at once?
Yes. Paste a list of company names directly into Sculptor, upload a CSV, or pipe rows from an existing Clay table. Sculptor enriches every row in parallel through the legal-name waterfall. Once complete, push the results to HubSpot or Salesforce for contract records, or export as a CSV for your legal and finance teams.
Is it legal to collect and use company legal name data?
Company registration data is public record in most jurisdictions, so looking up a legal entity name is generally lawful. In the US, CAN-SPAM does not restrict collecting company information, and in the EU, GDPR's legitimate interest basis (Article 6(1)(f)) typically covers B2B company-level data enrichment, though a documented balancing test is required when the data links to an individual.
Always check the rules for your jurisdiction and confirm your data processing records are up to date before using enriched data in outreach.