What Missouri Secretary of State does

The Missouri Secretary of State is a constitutionally established statewide elected executive office in the U.S. state of Missouri, headquartered in Jefferson City. The office was created in 1821 upon Missouri's admission to the Union as the 24th state, and it remains one of six statewide elected executive positions within the Missouri state government. Its mandated functions include business and corporate filings, state elections administration, state archives management, securities regulation, and other administrative services for Missouri residents and businesses.

The office's disclosed technology footprint is limited to a web-based job application portal hosted at sosmo.applicantpro.com, built on isolved Talent Acquisition's ApplicantPro hiring software platform. This portal supports job seeker account creation, login, password reset, and job alert subscriptions for prospective government employees. It functions as an operational HR tool rather than a public-facing service. The office does not maintain a commercial technology platform, mobile application, or developer API based on the available data.

As a state government entity, the Missouri Secretary of State does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded through the Missouri state budget and serves a captive constituent base of Missouri residents and businesses that are statutorily required to use its services for corporate registration, election administration, and official records. The office employs approximately 131 staff and holds no subsidiaries, has no parent company in the corporate sense, and operates as a constitutional public office rather than a private enterprise.

Name

Missouri Secretary of State

Legal name

Missouri Secretary of State

Website

https://sosmo.applicantpro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1821

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Missouri Secretary of State is a constitutionally mandated statewide elected executive office in Missouri, established in 1821, providing business filings, elections administration, state archives, and public records services to Missouri residents and businesses from Jefferson City.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

State Government Administrative Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119), Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Business Services (7380)

akta.pro primary industry

Governor/Executive Office & Cabinet Administration (BPAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• State government administration
• Corporate business filings
• Election administration services
• Public records management
• Securities regulation oversight

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The Missouri Secretary of State's office provides statewide government administrative services to Missouri residents and businesses, including corporate business filings, elections administration, securities regulation, and management of official state records and archives. The office also operates an online job application portal to support recruitment for state government employment opportunities.

Product overview

Missouri Secretary of State operates a job portal powered by ApplicantPro (isolved Talent Acquisition) that enables job seekers to browse current openings, create profiles, register accounts, and submit applications. The portal provides account management functionality including login, password reset, and job alert subscriptions. This is a career/hiring management platform for government employment opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Job Application Portal A web-based hiring platform powered by isolved Talent Acquisition (ApplicantPro) that enables job seekers to browse current Missouri Secretary of State job openings, create applicant profiles, register accounts, submit applications, and subscribe to job alerts. Includes login, password reset, and account management functionality.
• Corporate Business Filings Service Administrative service for the registration, filing, and maintenance of business entities operating in Missouri, providing Missouri-based businesses and corporations with centralized state-level corporate filings processing.
• Statewide Elections Administration Statutory service responsible for administering state elections in Missouri, providing election-related public information and coordination for voters, candidates, and election officials across the state.
• Securities Regulation Service Statutory regulatory service providing securities oversight functions within the state of Missouri, serving regulated entities and the public through state-level securities administration.
• Official Records and Archives Management Service for managing, preserving, and providing public access to official state records and archives for Missouri residents, businesses, and researchers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• isolved Talent Acquisition (ApplicantPro)operationalTechnology or IntegrationMissouri Secretary of State uses isolved Talent Acquisition's ApplicantPro platform as its hiring and job application management system. This is a vendor relationship where the software platform is provided to the organization to manage recruitment and job applications.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS): Membership organization representing all U.S. Secretaries of State. Indirect peer that coordinates standards, technology, and policy across the same functional area the Missouri office operates in.
• Tyler Technologies (Civic Services): Large vendor of government software (including filings, recording and licensing platforms) used by many state and county offices. Comparable via the technology stack that underpins Secretary of State service delivery.

Direct peers

• California Secretary of State: Larger statewide counterpart with parallel responsibilities including business filings, elections administration, and state archives; serves as a benchmark for digital service modernization at scale.
• Texas Secretary of State: Texas's constitutional state office with identical statutory duties — business filings, elections administration, and records management. Comparable in breadth of services though operating in a much larger state.
• Illinois Secretary of State: Statewide constitutional office in Illinois performing the same core functions (business filings, vehicle/title services, securities, elections administration) as the Missouri Secretary of State. Most directly comparable peer in terms of mandate and scale.
• Florida Department of State: Florida's equivalent state-level office handling corporate filings, elections administration, and cultural/historical resources — directly comparable functional mix and citizen-service mandate.
• Kansas Secretary of State: Neighboring state with the same constitutional office structure handling business filings, elections, and administrative records. Highly comparable in scope and demographic/geographic profile.

Emerging players

• Granicus (e-Recording & Government Workflows): Government technology provider offering digital workflow, e-recording and citizen engagement tools used by recorders and clerks. Relevant peer as a vendor class the office may rely on for service digitization.

Others

• isolved Talent Acquisition (ApplicantPro): SaaS vendor currently powering the Missouri Secretary of State's job portal. Adjacent ecosystem participant — comparable in the sense that it underpins one of the office's key citizen-facing workflows.

Regional players

• Missouri Office of Administration: Sibling Missouri state government entity responsible for statewide administrative services, budgeting, HR and procurement. Comparable as a fellow state-level administrative body operating under the same budget cycle and political environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/missouri-secretary-of-state

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