Search Business Entities in All 50 States

Here is a list of all 50 U.S. states’ official websites where you can search for business entities. These links direct you to the respective Secretary of State or similar governing body’s database for business entity searches:

State Business Entity Search Links

1. Alabama: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities

2. Alaska: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/BusinessLicensing/BusinessLicenseSearch.aspx

3. Arizona: https://ecorp.azcc.gov/

4. Arkansas: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_all.php

5. California: https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/

6. Colorado: https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do

7. Connecticut: https://business.ct.gov/Home/Business-Search

8. Delaware: https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx

9. Florida: http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName

10. Georgia: https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/BusinessSearch

11. Hawaii: https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html

12. Idaho: https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/business

13. Illinois: https://apps.ilsos.gov/corporatellc/

14. Indiana: https://bsd.sos.in.gov/publicbusinesssearch

15. Iowa: https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/search.aspx

16. Kansas: https://www.kansas.gov/bess/flow/main?execution=e2s1

17. Kentucky: https://web.sos.ky.gov/ftsearch/

18. Louisiana: https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearch.aspx

19. Maine: https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS

20. Maryland: https://egov.maryland.gov/BusinessExpress/EntitySearch

21. Massachusetts: https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx

22. Michigan: https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/SearchApi/Search/Search

23. Minnesota: https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/

24. Mississippi: https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessSearch/portal.aspx

25. Missouri: https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/

26. Montana: https://sosmt.gov/business/

27. Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi

28. Nevada: https://esos.nv.gov/EntitySearch/OnlineEntitySearch

29. New Hampshire: https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire

30. New Jersey: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/

31. New Mexico: https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/

32. New York: https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/

33. North Carolina: https://www.sosnc.gov/search/index/corp

34. North Dakota: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business

35. Ohio: https://businesssearch.ohiosos.gov/

36. Oklahoma: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx

37. Oregon: https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/find.aspx

38. Pennsylvania: https://www.corporations.pa.gov/Search/CorpSearch

39. Rhode Island: https://business.sos.ri.gov/

40. South Carolina: https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search

41. South Dakota: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

42. Tennessee: https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingSearch.aspx

43. Texas: https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/

44. Utah: https://secure.utah.gov/bes/

45. Vermont: https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/online/BusinessInquire

46. Virginia: https://cis.scc.virginia.gov/

47. Washington: https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/

48. West Virginia: https://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/

49. Wisconsin: https://www.wdfi.org/apps/CorpSearch/Search.aspx

50. Wyoming: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

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