LLC name search links by state (2026)
17 states have an official search link recorded here. A search result is preliminary: the filing office decides when it reviews your document. Mainstay Filing, our best overall pick, runs the check for you.
| State | Search | What the state says |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | sos-corp-search.ark.org/ | Free public search: https://sos-corp-search.ark.org/ . Reservation (RN-06): $22.50 online, $25 paper, "reserved for a 120 day period" (LLCs: "with 1 renewal in 120 days"). |
| Delaware | icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/NameReserv/NameReservation.aspx | Name availability: https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/NameReserv/NameReservation.aspx . Reservation is optional and holds the name "for a period of 120 days"; fee $75 (§ 18-1105(a)(1)). |
| Florida | search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName | Free public search: https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName (no login). Reservation: the Division FAQ says the name is reserved "for a period of 120 days" and the fee page lists "Name Reservation $25.00", but the… |
| Indiana | bsd.sos.in.gov/publicbusinesssearch | Free business search: https://bsd.sos.in.gov/publicbusinesssearch . Name Reservation on INBiz: $10 (Fee Calculator, "Name Reservation Filings"). I did not confirm the reservation period on an official page (the statute site is unreadable… |
| Kansas | www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/NameAvailability.aspx | Name availability search: https://www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/NameAvailability.aspx (CloudFront 403 to this server). Reservation: Form NR, "effective for 120 days", not renewable. Form NR (Rev. 1/1/24) states a $35 fee; the… |
| Maine | apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS | Free Corporate Name Search: https://apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS . Reservation: Form MLLC-1, $20 (forms page; §1680(1)), "for a period of 120 days", not renewable (§1509). |
| Mississippi | corp.sos.ms.gov/corpreporting/Corp/BusinessSearch3 | Public business search: https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corpreporting/Corp/BusinessSearch3 (no login). Reservation: $25 (F0110), held "for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days". |
| Nebraska | www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi?nav=search | Free Corporate & Business Search: https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi?nav=search . Reservation: $30 (fee page), held "for a one-hundred-twenty-day period" (§ 21-109). |
| New Jersey | www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/ | Free Business Name Search: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/ . Reservation: $50, "reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a 120-day period". |
| New York | apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/ | The Corporation and Business Entity Database (https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/) "should not be used to determine the acceptability of an Entity Name." A written name availability search is $5 per name. Application for Reservation of… |
| Oklahoma | www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx | Free name availability search (https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx). Reservation $10 for 60 days (§ 2009); extension or renewal $10. |
| Oregon | egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.login | $100 (fee schedule "Application for Name Reservation $100.00"), held for 120 days (ORS 63.097). Free Business Name Search: https://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.login |
| Rhode Island | business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx | Free Corporate Database search (https://business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx). Reservation of Entity Name, Form 620: $50 (+$2.50 online), held 120 days. |
| South Dakota | sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/NameAvailability.aspx | Free name availability search: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/NameAvailability.aspx . Reservation $25 for "one hundred twenty days"; the same applicant can't reserve the same name again until 60 days after it… |
| Tennessee | tncab.tnsos.gov/business-entity-search | Business Entity Search: https://tncab.tnsos.gov/business-entity-search . Name reservation: Form SS-9425, $20. (Reservation period not confirmed on an official page.) |
| Vermont | bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch | Free business search: https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch . Reservation $25, held "for 120 days" (11 V.S.A. § 1652, added 2025). |
| Wyoming | wyobiz.wyo.gov/business/filingsearch.aspx | Free search on WyoBiz (https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/business/filingsearch.aspx). Reservation: "reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a one hundred twenty (120) day period" (W.S. 17-29-109). The reservation fee isn't listed on the LLC… |
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