State Business Entity Search

New York business entity search

New York's list of active corporations carries the title "Active Corporations: Beginning 1800".

Search New York's published list of active corporations and LLCs

Type a name with or without its ending. LLC, Inc., Corp., Co. and Ltd. are set aside before matching, along with punctuation and capital letters.

Your result will appear here

Type a business name above and press Search. The answer shows here, with the date of the list it came from.

Get the matching domain name

Type a business name to check its .com, .net, .org and .us.

"Not registered" is the registry's answer at this moment. It is not a promise that the name can be bought at the standard price, since some unregistered names are reserved or sold at a premium. The buttons open Spaceship, a domain registrar, where the price is shown.

See an example search

Example: a search for "Hudson Valley Bakery" in New York, run on November 12, 2026.

No exact match and no close match

Nothing on New York's published list of active corporations and LLCs matched "Hudson Valley Bakery" as of November 12, 2026.

That is a reading of the published list. The state makes the decision, and names reserved or filed in the last few days may be missing.

Source: Active Corporations: Beginning 1800, New York Department of State, data dated November 12, 2026.

  • The list holds active entities only. A dissolved or inactive company will not show, and neither will a reserved name.

Confirm with the state before you file: New York's Corporation and Business Entity Database. A state business name is not a trademark. This is not a government site.

A private website, not a government site. Every state entry links to that state's official search.

New York's own search

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New York State Department of State
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Corporation and Business Entity Database
Open New York's official search

The state's search is the record that counts. State Business Entity Search is not a government site.

The New York State Department of State publishes it on data.ny.gov, and the search here reads it.

  • LLC filing fee $200
  • Name held 60 days
  • Register kept by New York State Department of State

By the State Business Entity Search team. Fees, endings and rules come from 6 official New York sources, retrieved on November 12, 2026. Last updated November 13, 2026. How these facts are gathered.

New York filing fees for a new business name

FilingState feeDetails
Form an LLC in New York $200 Articles of Organization. Source: New York State Department of State, Articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company.
Form a corporation in New York $125 Certificate of Incorporation. Source: New York State Department of State, Forming a business corporation in New York.
Reserve a name in New York $20 Held for 60 days. Source: New York State Department of State, Forming a business corporation in New York.
Biennial Statement for a New York LLC $9 Every two years. Two years after the filing of the Articles of Organization and every two years thereafter, in the calendar month the Articles were filed. Source: New York State Department of State, Articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company.
Annual LLC filing fee in New York $25 Source: New York State Tax Department, Form IT-204-LL instructions.
Certificate of Assumed Name for LLCs, in New York $25 Source: New York State Department of State, Certificate of assumed name for limited liability companies.

Name endings New York accepts

For an LLC (New York Limited Liability Company Law section 204)

  • Limited Liability Company
  • LLC
  • L.L.C.

For a corporation (New York Business Corporation Law section 301)

  • Incorporated
  • Corporation
  • Limited
  • Inc.
  • Corp.
  • Ltd.

What the New York active list holds

The department posts "Active Corporations: Beginning 1800" on data.ny.gov. It holds active entities only, including LLCs and corporations.

For every entity it shows the entity name, the entity type, the initial filing date and the Department of State ID number.

Dissolved and inactive companies do not appear, and neither do reserved names. A name someone has reserved will not show up in a search of the list. A company that has left the list may still hold a name, so the Department of State's own records are the check that counts.

New York LLC lookup and the entity type column

The entity type column separates companies that use the same words. A lookup for a name like "Harbor Street Coffee" shows whether a row is an LLC or a corporation.

The initial filing date shows when a company first filed. The ID number identifies one specific entity in the Department of State's records.

Words New York restricts or prohibits

A chart of restricted and prohibited words, kept by the same department, names the law behind each entry.

Bank, trust, insurance, investment, finance, loan and mortgage are restricted. Business corporations, LLCs and limited partnerships need consent from Financial Services. The authority is Business Corporation Law section 301(a)(5)(B) or LLC Law section 204(f).

An LLC name cannot include corporation or incorporated, under section 204(e). It cannot include attorney or lawyer either, which also draws on Judiciary Law section 485.

University, college, school and academy are restricted and need the consent of the Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education. The authority cited is Business Corporation Law section 301(a)(11) and LLC Law section 204(i).

What a New York LLC pays each year

New York LLCs pay a yearly filing fee to the Tax Department on Form IT-204-LL. It is separate from anything paid to the Department of State.

The instructions for that form set the fee. It is $25 when the LLC had no New York source gross income in the preceding tax year.

The fee table in the same form rises with New York source gross income, and reaches $4,500 at over $25,000,000. The Tax Department sets the due date at the 15th day of the third month after the tax year closes. Add it to the formation costs in the LLC cost calculator.

Checking and claiming a name in New York

  1. Search the name here and note any active entity with the same or close wording.
  2. Check each word against the state's restricted chart for the entity type you plan to use, such as bank, trust, university or attorney.
  3. Check the ending against the name endings each state accepts.
  4. Run the name with the Department of State itself, since the list here shows active entities only.
  5. File with the Department of State once the name has cleared.

New York name search questions

Does the New York active corporations list include LLCs?

Yes. The list the Department of State publishes holds active entities, including LLCs and corporations. Each row shows entity name, entity type, the initial filing date and the Department of State ID number.

No. The list holds active entities only, so dissolved and inactive companies and reserved names do not appear. A name can still matter to the state even when it is missing from the list.

The Department of State's restricted words chart lists bank, trust, insurance, investment, finance, loan and mortgage. Business corporations, LLCs and limited partnerships need that consent under BCL 301(a)(5)(B) and LLCL 204(f).

Can a New York LLC use the word incorporated?

No. The chart lists corporation and incorporated as prohibited in an LLC name under LLCL 204(e). An LLC name uses Limited Liability Company, LLC or L.L.C.

What annual filing fee does a New York LLC with no New York income pay?

The Tax Department's Form IT-204-LL instructions set the fee at $25 for an LLC with no New York source gross income in the preceding tax year. The fee rises with income, up to $4,500.

After the New York name check

6 official New York sources
  1. New York State Department of State, Active Corporations: Beginning 1800 (data.ny.gov), retrieved November 12, 2026.
  2. New York State Department of State, Restricted or prohibited words and phrases, retrieved November 12, 2026.
  3. New York State Tax Department, Form IT-204-LL instructions, retrieved November 12, 2026.
  4. New York State Department of State, Articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company, retrieved November 12, 2026.
  5. New York State Department of State, Forming a business corporation in New York, retrieved November 12, 2026.
  6. New York State Department of State, Certificate of assumed name for limited liability companies, retrieved November 12, 2026.