Business Filing Lookup
About Business Filing Lookup
Quick answer. A business filing search finds the stamped documents behind an entity: articles of organization or incorporation, amendments, and periodic reports. Search by name to discover the file number, then by file number when you already have a receipt.
What this site is for
A business filing is an event with a date and a stamp. The status on the summary is the office’s conclusion after those events. If you are reconciling a deal, list the events: formed, amended, merged, dissolved, reinstated. A “business filing tracker” product that only pings a status word will miss an amendment filed yesterday.
Articles of organization create an LLC. Articles of incorporation create a corporation. They are different forms, often different fees, and they live in the same index. An annual report is not a new formation. It updates the public record the state chose to collect.
Certified copies are ordered from the filing office, usually by file number, and they cost more than the free search. A plain PDF from the public images may be enough for your own notes and not enough for a recorded instrument. Ask the recipient which one they will accept.
What we will not pretend to be
Business Filing Lookup does not submit filings and does not track a private “business filing tracker” account at any state.
Mail and the form reach hello@businessfilinglookup.com. Ordering a certificate, filing an annual report, or changing an agent happens on the official portal, not here.