Where can I look up my state business license?

Modified on Mon, 9 Feb at 5:55 AM

State Business Licenses can be looked up on the state government site. Sites are linked below.

State	License Name	State Website
Alabama	AL Entity ID Number	AL Secretary of State
Alaska	AK Corporate Entity ID	AK Dept of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
Arizona	AZ Entity ID	AZ Corporation Commission
Arkansas	AR Filing Number	AR Secretary of State
California	CA Entity Number	CA Secretary of State
Colorado	CO SOS ID Number	Colorado SOS
Connecticut	CT SOS Business ID	CT Secretary of State
Delaware	DL DOC (Division Of Corporations) File Number	DL Department of State: Division Of Corporations
District of Columbia	DC License Number	Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
Florida	FL Document Number	FL DOS - Division of Corporations
Georgia	GA Control Number	Georgia Corporations Division
Hawaii	HI File Number	Hawaii Business Express
Idaho	ID SOS File Number	ID SOS
Illinois	IL SOS File Number	IL SOS
Indiana	IN Business ID	IN BIZ
Iowa	IA SOS Business Number	IA SOS
Kansas	KS SOS Business Entity ID Number	Business Entity Search Station
Kentucky	KY SOS Organization Number	KY SOS

Louisiana	LA SOS Charter Number	LA SOS
Maine	ME SOS Charter Number	ME SOS
Maryland	MD Department ID Number	MD Business Express
Massachusetts	MA ID Number	Secretary of the Commonwealth
Michigan	LARA Entity ID	LARA
Minnesota	MN SOS File Number	MN SOS
Mississippi	MS SOS Business ID	MS SOS
Missouri	MO SOS Charter Number	MO SOS
Montana	MT State Business Identifier	MT SOS
Nebraska	NE SOS Account Number	NE SOS
Nevada	NV Entity Number	NV Secretary of State
New Hampshire	NH Business ID	NH SOS
New Jersey	NJ Entity	NJ DOR
New Mexico	NM Business ID	NM SOS
New York	NYS Department of State (DOS) ID	NY DOS
North Carolina	NC SOS ID	NC SOS
North Dakota	ND Control ID Number	ND SOS
Ohio	OH Entity Number	OH Secretary of State
Oklahoma	OK Filing Number	OK SOS
Oregon	Registry Number	OR SOS
Pennsylvania	PA Entity Number	PA Department of State
Rhode Island	RI SOS Identification Number	RI SOS
South Carolina	SC SOS File Number	SC SOS
South Dakota	SD SOS Business ID	SD SOS
Tennessee	TN SOS Control Number	TN SOS
Texas	TX SOS File Number	TX Comptroller of Public Accounts
Utah	UT Entity Number	UT Divisions of Corporations and Commercial Code
Vermont	VT SOS Business ID	VT SOS
Virginia	VA Entity ID	VA State Corporation Commission Clerk’s Information System
Washington	WA State UBI	WA SOS
West Virginia	WV SOS Organization Number	WV SOS
Wisconsin	WI Entity ID	WI Department of Financial Institutions Corporation Search
Wyoming	WY SOS Filing ID	WY SOS