Arkansas Secretary of State Business Search (Step-By-Step)

Are you forming a corporation, LLC or business entity in Arkansas?

How do you do an Arkansas Secretary of State Business Search?

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Let’s search in the Arkansas business search database!

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Step 1: Business Search Registry

In Arkansas, the state offers an online database to the public allowing anyone to perform a search to locate any business entity registered in the state.

To search for a business entity, you’ll need to access the Arkansas Secretary of State Business Search registry.

It looks like this:

Once you access the online business database, proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Database search methods

You can search for different types of business registered with the state, such as:

• Domestic Profit Corporation
• Domestic Non-Profit Corporation
• Domestic Benefit Corporation
• Foreign Profit Corporation
• Foreign Non-Profit Corporation
• Foreign Benefit Corporation
• Domestic Limited Liability Company
• Foreign Limited Liability Company
• Domestic Limited Partnership
• Domestic Limited Liability Partnership
• Domestic Limited Liability Limited Partnership
• Foreign Limited Partnership
• Foreign Limited Liability Partnership
• Foreign Limited Liability Limited Partnership

Also, there are different methods that you can use to search for business entities, such as:

• Search by entity name
• Search by fictitious name
• Search by registered agent 
• Search by filing number

Let’s look at each of these search methods one by one.

Method 1: Search by name

The search by name function is the most widely used type of business entity lookup.

All you have to do is to enter the name of the business entity you are searching for to see if there is a match in the database or not.

You can further refine your search by adding the corporation type filter.

Once you have entered the required fields, click the button “Search”.

Method 2: Search by fictitious name

The next possibility is to search by entity fictitious name.

A fictitious name represents a “trade name” or alternative names that your company is authorized to do business in the state.

Method 3: Search by registered agent

The next option is to search using the registered agent’s name, city or state.

The registered agent is the person or entity who is designated to receive the service of process or legal documents on behalf of the business entity.

Method 4: Search by filing number 

The fourth search criterion is to do a search using your filing number.

A filing number is a unique number given to you by the state of Arkansas when filing a particular document.

Step 3: Search results 

Once you’ve performed your desired search, you will then be presented with the business entity search results.

If you did a search using corporation, LLC or entity name, you will see the following search results page:

The search results page presents to you the following information:

• Entity Name
• Entity City
• Entity State
• Entity Status

If there is a company or business having a name that matches your search query, you will see it on the search results page.

Step 4: Select entity 

If you have found a business matching your query or a business entity that you would like to get further information on, you should click on the hyperlinked business entity name from the search results page.

Step 5: Business entity information

To complete your business entity search in Arkansas, you’ll end up getting the business entity records or information made available publicly by the state.

The entity information page looks like this:

The business entity information you will extract is the following:

• Corporation Name
• Fictitious Name
• Filing Number
• Filing Type
• File under Act
• Status
• Principal Address
• Registered Agent
• Registered Agent Address
• Date Filed
• Officers
• Foreign Name
• Foreign Address
• State of Origin

Takeaways 

There you have it!

You have now performed an Arkansas Secretary of State Business Search?

Let’s look at a summary of the process.

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