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Louisiana Business Search

Look up any Louisiana company in the state's official business search.

Find any Louisiana LLC or corporation, check whether it is active, and see where to get proof of good standing.

Last updated November 5, 2026

Look up a Louisiana company

This is Louisiana’s own search, loaded from the state’s website. Any security check it shows comes from the state. It finds the company, not usually its EIN. Open it in a new tab.

What the Louisiana business search shows

The Louisiana Secretary of State commercial search finds a company by entity name, charter or registration number, officer or agent name. It finds a company by entity name, charter or registration number, officer or agent name. Use it to confirm a company exists and is active, not to get its federal number.

The Louisiana charter number

The Louisiana Secretary of State gives every company a charter number when it is formed. It identifies the company in state records, and it is not the company’s EIN.

Check if a Louisiana LLC is active

Search the company in the Louisiana business search and open its record. The status tells you whether the state counts the company as active. Words such as dissolved, revoked, forfeited, inactive or delinquent mean it is not in good standing, usually because an annual filing or fee was missed, and the company may need to be reinstated before it can do business there.

To prove a company is in good standing to a bank, a lender or another state, order a Certificate of Good Standing from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Our LLC status check reads the status from public data where a state publishes it.

Good to know in Louisiana

  • A Louisiana LLC is formed by filing two documents together, the Articles of Organization and an Initial Report. The Initial Report gives the registered office and agents and must include a notarized affidavit of acknowledgment and acceptance signed by each registered agent; if the members or managers are not named in it, a supplementary report follows once they are chosen.
  • Louisiana's constitution requires sales taxes levied by parishes, cities and other local governments to be collected by a single collector in each parish, not by the Department of Revenue. A Louisiana LLC that collects sales tax therefore holds a state account plus a local account number issued by the parish collector's office, and the Department of Revenue's Parish E-File system lets it file the state return and several parish returns from one site.
  • geauxBIZ is run jointly by the Secretary of State, the Department of Revenue and the Louisiana Workforce Commission, so one online registration can form the LLC, register for a Louisiana tax account number and apply for an unemployment insurance account number. The Department of Revenue's paper application for a Revenue Account Number asks for both the EIN and the Louisiana charter number, tying the state tax account to the Secretary of State record.

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Questions

How do I search for a business in Louisiana?

Use the Louisiana Secretary of State commercial search, which finds a company by entity name, charter or registration number, officer or agent name. Search by the main words of the name, without LLC or Inc, so small differences do not hide the company.

Does the Louisiana business search show a company's EIN?

Generally not. The EIN comes from the IRS, and Louisiana's business records are kept for the state's own purposes. A Form W-9 from the company is the reliable way to get it.

How do I check if a Louisiana LLC is active?

Search the company by name and open its record. The status shows whether Louisiana counts it as active. Words like dissolved, revoked, forfeited, inactive or delinquent mean it is not in good standing, often because an annual filing or fee was missed.

How do I get proof that a Louisiana company is in good standing?

Order a Certificate of Good Standing from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Banks, lenders and other states ask for it as proof the company exists and is current.

What is a Louisiana charter number?

It is the number the Louisiana Secretary of State gives a company when it is formed, and it identifies the company in state records. It is not the company's EIN, which comes from the IRS.

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