Florida Business Entity Search

How to Search Florida's Register

The official search is the state's “Search for Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Trademarks by Name” page, on search.sunbiz.org. We have not confirmed whether the state charges to search, so check the search page itself. Open the official search.

On the main search page you can search by:

• Entity name

The state also runs separate search pages:

• Officer/Registered Agent, to search by officer or principal, or by registered agent or registered office.
• Registered Agent Name, to search by registered agent or registered office.
• Detail by Document Number, to search by entity or filing number.
• Zip Code, to search by address.
• Street Address, to search by address.

What a Search Result Shows

A Florida result includes the items below, according to the state's own pages or a result page we read. It may show more.

• Entity type
• Status
• Formation or registration date
• Principal office address
• Mailing address
• Registered agent or registered office
• Officers or managers
• Filing history
• Images of filed documents

What Each Florida Status Means

The status is the label the register puts on each entity. Where the state defines a label, the meaning below restates that definition, with a link to the state page it comes from. Where it does not, we do not guess from the word, because the same word can mean different things in different states.

This list is not complete. It holds the labels we found on the state's status definitions page, and the register may show others.

If the search shows that your own LLC was dissolved, see how to reinstate an LLC in Florida.

A search result is not a certificate of good standing. If a bank or another state asks for one, see how to get a Florida certificate of good standing.

Viewing and Ordering Documents

Filed documents can be viewed online. Viewing them online is free.

Photocopies of documents not available online cost $10.00 when requested by mail, or $1.00 per page when requested in person. A certified copy of an LLC document is listed at $30.00, and of a corporate document at $8.75. Order copies from the state.

Is the Name Available?

The state tells you to use this same search to check whether a name is already in use.

The state's naming standard, in its own words: “distinguishable in the records of the department from the names of all other entities or filings that are on file with the department.”

The state lets you reserve a name; we have not found a rule requiring one before you file. A name reservation costs $25.00.

Our free LLC name checker looks up domain and social media handle availability for a name. It does not search Florida's register, so check the state's search as well.

Bulk Business Entity Data

Florida offers bulk business entity data free of charge. The Division of Corporations offers free downloads of its corporate data (corporations, LLCs and limited partnerships) and fictitious name data, as daily files of new filings and quarterly files of all records, through a public SFTP site. See the state's bulk data page.