The Texas Secretary of State provides the Comptroller’s Office with the public information reports needed to conduct a query for a specific business name in its database of taxable Texas entities. Once completed, visitors will be presented with an on-screen display of businesses that match their search parameters and will be able to access the public filing information for that entity from the sources listed with the results.
Business Entity Search
1. Visit The Texas Business Entity Search Page
2. Initiate The Search For A Texas Business Entity
Type the name or a keyword found in the name of the Texas business entity into the second text box on this page. While you can use a different type of search item, our goal will be to find an entity or business by name.
Press the “Submit” button.
3. Find The Texas Business Entity
Scroll down the first column of the table of Texas taxable business entities until you locate the name you seek. If the other columns of information support this entity as your goal, then select the name you want from the first column. Note that some entities that appear may not be set up for a franchise tax.
- Name
- Taxpayer’s Number
- Zip
4. Review The Information Available
Look over the table of information provided for the business entity that you selected from the table.
- Texas Taxpayer Number
- Mailing Address
- Right To Transact Business in Texas
- State Of Formation
- SOS Registration Status
- Effective SOS Registration
- Texas SOS File Number
- Registered Agent Name
- Registered Office Street Address
Below this, an area will explain several requirements placed on the businesses and consumers seeking further details from public records. Read through this material, especially to obtain public information reports on the entity in question from state records.
- Public Information Reports
- Limited Partnerships
- Financial Institutions
- Exceptions
- Limited Liability Partnership
Turn your attention to the lower area of the page, where a table containing the entity’s officer or manager information is available.
- Title
- Name and Address
