How to search Indiana business entities online

What the search covers

The database covers all entity types on file with the Secretary of State's Business Services Division. Domestic types include for-profit corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLCs, series LLCs, master LLCs, professional corporations, benefit corporations, agricultural cooperatives, business trusts, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. Foreign versions of most domestic types are also searchable. Name reservations and registered commercial agents appear as separate record types.

Search options

The portal supports several approaches:

• Business Name — three sub-modes: Contains, Starts With, or Exact Match
• Business ID — the SOS-assigned identifier; single-record lookup
• Filing Number — specific filing document lookup
• Registered Agent Name
• Incorporator or Governing Person Name — officer, director, member, or manager

An Advanced search adds filters for entity type, status, name type, street address, city, and zip code.

Free certified copies

Indiana provides free certified copies of business entity filings directly from the public search — one of the more generous policies among state registries. No account is required to download these. If a standard database search doesn't turn up a record, you can request a Due and Diligent Search — a manual search of microfilm and historic archives — using the Information Request Form at INBiz; this process takes 10-15 business days.

Certificate of Existence

Certificates of Existence — Indiana's current name for what used to be called a Certificate of Good Standing — are ordered at inbiz.in.gov — Certificate of Existence. A standard certificate and a long-form certificate (which lists all documents filed for the business) are both available; the long-form is requested using the Information Request Form.

Biennial reports

Indiana entities file biennial business entity reports — every two years — rather than annual reports. The report is due by the end of the anniversary month of the entity's formation. Filing costs $32 online or $50 by paper for for-profit entities, and $22 online or $20 by paper for nonprofits. The INBiz portal links directly to the DOR and DWD registration flows, so tax registration and employer account setup can be started from the same session as the SOS filing.