Secretary of State Business Search — Every US State
Use the links below to search any state's official Secretary of State business database for free. Pick your state to look up an existing company, check whether a business or LLC name is available, and jump straight to that state's official search page. Planning to start a company? Bastion forms your US LLC from anywhere, from $199.
Search by state
Every US business is registered with a state's Secretary of State (or an equivalent agency such as Delaware's Division of Corporations or Florida's Department of State). Each state runs its own free public search — this page links you straight to the correct one. If you're about to form an LLC, search your target name first to make sure it's available and distinguishable from existing entities.
- Wyoming Secretary of StateWyoBiz — free public search
- Delaware Division of CorporationsFree name & file-number search
- Florida (Sunbiz)Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Texas Secretary of StateComptroller free / SOSDirect
- Nevada (SilverFlume)Free entity search, no account
- New Mexico Secretary of Stateenterprise.sos.nm.gov
- Montana Secretary of Statebiz.sosmt.gov — free
More states are being added — the remaining 43 will appear here as they go live.
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