Florida LLC & Business Entity Search

Florida's Sunbiz search options

Sunbiz is the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations' records service. The Search Records page groups corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and trademarks together and provides separate searches for fictitious names and general or limited liability partnerships. Choose the record category that fits what you are trying to identify. A fictitious name registration and a corporation record are different records.

Names, people and document numbers

The corporation search offers entity name, officer/registered agent name, registered agent name, FEI/EIN, document number, ZIP code and street address fields. The Corporation Records Search Guide says names are indexed alphabetically, with the closest records first. A partial name is acceptable. Use Previous List and Next List to inspect neighboring names when the exact record is not on the first list.

For an individual, enter last name, first name and middle initial; partial names are accepted and punctuation is optional. The officer/registered agent search includes officers, directors, managers and agents. A search by document number opens the record associated with the state's assigned number. If it reports Record Not Found, check the number or use the name search. Use the digit zero, not the letter O.

People and filed documents

The detail page identifies the current registered agent and address and lists names, addresses and titles in Officer/Director Detail. It also lists the filing years and dates of the last three annual reports, if any. Open the filed PDFs from the detail page when you need the actual document rather than its summary.

The Division FAQs explains that a member is an LLC owner, but a manager may or may not be a member. An authorized representative can be appointed to file records. A management listing therefore does not establish that every named person owns the LLC. Annual or amended annual reports update these names; a title should be read in the context of the filing.

Reading the status and event

The official status terms distinguish Inactive/UA, an inactive entity whose name is temporarily unavailable, from Inactive/MG, inactivity due to a merger, and Inactive/CV, inactivity due to conversion. Name HS marks a previous name; Cross Ref is the entity's name in its home state. The Division's Division FAQs explains that administrative dissolution or revocation results from failure to file a required annual report.

Missing filings, copies and certificates

The Division FAQs says the database updates daily, but electronic filing images may take three business days after processing and paper filing images five business days after examination. Most document images filed since 1996 can be downloaded free. For documents unavailable online, send a written copy request to the Certification Section.

The Order Certificate of Status page accepts a six- or twelve-digit document number and emails the purchased certificate as a PDF. The LLC fee schedule lists an LLC Certificate of Status at $5 and a certified copy of record at $30. These amounts are for LLC records; use the fee schedule appropriate to another entity type.

Sources for this page

• Search Records
• Corporation Records Search Guide
• Division FAQs
• status terms
• Order Certificate of Status
• LLC fee schedule

Checked against these official sources on October 10, 2026. Portals change; tell us if something no longer matches.