Michigan Business Entity & Corporation Search
Businesses in Michigan are registered with the Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (CSCL). The department comes under the Office of the Secretary of State of Michigan. Once registered, business entities are added to an online database maintained by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Michigan. All registered businesses entities can be searched online on SOS corporation division website.
The types of businesses that can be whose information is available are:
- Subchapter Corporation (S Corporation)
- Conventional Corporation (C Corporation)
- Limited Partnership
- Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Searching for a business is useful as it indicates whether the business is legally registered or not and whether it is in good standing with the state. It can also be used to search for the registered address of the company and the name of the registered agent, amongst many other things
You can follow this reference guide on how to search for a Business Entity in the state of Michigan.
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Michigan Business Entity Search
One can search for any business using any of the following attributes:
- Business Name
- Individual Name
- Identification Number
- Filing number
Search by Business Name
Step 1: Open Michigan corporations division search page – Link (opens in new tab).
Step 2: Select ‘Search by entity name‘ option and enter the search string in ‘entity name‘ text box.
Following search filters are available to narrow down the results:
- Begin with (your search string)
- Exact match
- Keyword (recommended)
- Soundex search (phonetically sounds like)
Optionally you can choose the number of items you want to see per page.
Step 4: Click on ‘Search‘ button.
In the following example, we searched for ‘Automobiles insurance‘ with the keyword filter. The results look like this:
Step 5: On the next page, you can view the list of results which matches the query. For each business, you can view the ID Number, the Old ID number and the Registered Address of the company.
Step 6: Click on the desired business name to view more details.
Step 7: On the final page, you can check the following information about the business:
Use this search option, to find a business based on any member/registered agent’s name. Visit Michigan secretary of state business search page. Select ‘Search by Individual Name’ and enter the name of the person you are searching for. Click on the search button. On the next page, you can view the results which matched the person’s name. You can view the following details about each entry: Click on the business name associated with the person, to view complete information about it. If you know the Identification number (6 or 9 characters) or filing number, then you can directly find the business information. On the corporation division search page, select either search by ID number or filing number based on the information available. Enter the number in the corresponding text box and click on search button. On the next page, you can view the business information associated with ID/Filing number. Sources and Links Last Updated on: 05/10/2018Business Name Name of Entity ID Number Latest and any old Identification number Address Official address, Agent’s address Entity type Subchapter Corporation (S Corporation) / Conventional Corporation (C Corporation) / Limited Partnership / Limited Liability Company (LLC) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Important dates Incorporation date, Dissolution date Term Perpetual or otherwise Annual Report Status/information about Annual report Authorised Shares Number of shares Authorised Agent Name and address Act Act the business was formed under Filings Available for view or download Certificate Available on request Written consent Yes / No Search by Individual Name
Search by Identification/Filing Number
Contact Information
Address Ottawa Building
611 W. Ottawa
P.O. Box 30004
Lansing, MI 48909Phone Number Phone: 517-373-9280
Fax: 517-241-1580Email BCHS-Help@michigan.gov Office Hours 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday to Friday)