How to search Arizona business entities online

Search options

The Business Center search page offers several approaches to find an entity:

• Business Name — three sub-modes: Starts With, Contains, or Exact Match. "Contains" is the broadest search and most useful when you don't know the full legal name.
• Business ID — the ACC-assigned entity number; returns a single record
• Statutory Agent Name — finds all entities a specific agent represents
• Principal Name — links individuals to the entities on which they appear

No prefixes need to be stripped from names or IDs before searching. Optional Domicile and Address Type filters can further narrow results.

What search results show

Each result in the list displays the Business ID, entity name, entity type (domestic LLC, domestic for-profit corporation, etc.), current status, domicile state, and statutory agent name and address. Selecting an entity opens its full detail record, which includes formation date, a Document History tab with filed documents, and contact information for the statutory agent.

Accessing filed documents

Documents filed from approximately 2007 to present are freely viewable on the Document History tab — no account required. An earlier digitization effort (funded through a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant) added records from 1900 through 1980, which are also accessible at no charge through the same tab.

Records from approximately 1981 through 2006 are on microfilm and have not been digitized. Requesting copies from that period requires a Records Request Form submission. Fee schedules differ by entity type: corporation copies cost $0.50 per page uncertified, or $5.00 plus $0.50 per page certified. LLC copies cost $5.00 plus $0.50 per page whether certified or uncertified. Expedited certified copies run $40 (corporations) to $50 (LLCs), plus $0.50 per page.

Two key differences from other states

Arizona LLCs do not file annual reports. No ongoing annual or biennial report obligation exists — the LLC fee schedule has no annual report line item. Corporations (for-profit) do file annual reports at $45 per year; nonprofits at $10.

Arizona also requires newspaper publication of formation documents for both corporations and LLCs, based on the county of the statutory agent's address — not on entity type. The ACC mails a notice after filing if publication is required. Businesses with a statutory agent in Maricopa or Pima county are exempt, because the ACC posts the notice on its own database instead.

Certificates of Good Standing

Good standing certificates can be ordered online through the Arizona Business Center. Online delivery is instant at $45; standard processing (7–10 business days) costs $10. Both are ordered from the entity's detail page while logged in with an ACC account.