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Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division

Alabama business entity search

Look up a Alabama corporation, LLC, or nonprofit. Federal filings are searched on this page. The Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division keeps the state registry, and the steps below show how to search it.

Federal filings searched here. The Alabama registry record is on the official site.

Alabama registry at a glance

Registry agencyAlabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
OfficeSecretary of State: Wes Allen, since 2023
Phone334-242-5324
Address770 Washington Avenue, Suite 580, Montgomery, AL 36104
Mailing addressPO Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103-5616
Hours8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central
Official searchBusiness Entity Records
Registry numberEntity ID. 9 digits. The office switched from a 6-digit to a 9-digit Entity ID, so older numbers now show 3 leading zeros.

How to search the Alabama registry

The Business Entity Records searches by entity name, entity number, officer, agent, or incorporator, formation month and year and filter by entity type, place of formation (county), and status.

  1. Open the Business Entity Records page on the Alabama Secretary of State site.
  2. Choose a search option: entity name, entity number, or officer, agent, or incorporator.
  3. Enter the name and, if you want, narrow by entity type, county of formation, or status.
  4. Run the search and open the entity from the results list.
  5. Check the status, entity ID, registered agent, and filed documents on the entity detail page.

Open the official Alabama search

Three numbers, three agencies

Asking for the wrong number is a common reason a search comes back empty.

NumberIssued byWhat it identifies
Federal EINInternal Revenue ServiceIdentifies the business for federal tax. It is the same number in every state.
Entity IDAlabama Secretary of State, Business Entities DivisionIdentifies the entity's record in the state registry. 9 digits. The office switched from a 6-digit to a 9-digit Entity ID, so older numbers now show 3 leading zeros.
Alabama Department of Revenue account number (including a Business Privilege Tax account number)Alabama Department of RevenueThe Business Privilege Tax return asks for the federal EIN and uses a separate BPT account number only when no EIN will be assigned. The Secretary of State's 9-digit Entity ID is a different number used only in its records.

What a Alabama status means

StatusWhat it means
ExistsThe entity is on record and has not been dissolved, cancelled, merged, or withdrawn.
DissolvedThe entity's existence has ended by dissolution.
CancelledThe filing or registration has been cancelled.
MergedThe entity merged into another entity.
ConsolidatedThe entity was combined with others into a new entity.
RevokedThe state revoked the entity's authority or registration.
WithdrawnA foreign entity withdrew its registration to do business in Alabama.

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation$200 (Certificate of Formation, Secretary of State fee)
Corporation formation$200 (domestic for-profit Certificate of Formation)
Annual filingBusiness Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report (Form CPT or Form PPT)
Annual fee, LLCNo separate Secretary of State fee. The annual report is part of the Business Privilege Tax return filed with the Department of Revenue.
Annual fee, corporation$10 annual report fee for business corporations, collected by the Department of Revenue for the Secretary of State with the Business Privilege Tax return
When it is dueFiled no later than the entity's corresponding federal income tax return is due.
Filed withAlabama Department of Revenue. The Secretary of State says corporations no longer file an annual report with its office.
Business Privilege TaxAlabama Department of Revenue. Due with the corresponding federal income tax return; payment is due by the original due date. Computed on taxable Alabama net worth at $0.25 to $1.75 per $1,000. For taxable year 2026, a taxpayer that would owe only the $100 minimum has no filing requirement. The maximum is $15,000 for most entities.

A Certificate of Name Reservation ($25) is required before filing formation documents. Foreign registration is $150. Fee schedule last revised August 23, 2023.

As published by the Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division, checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Alabama

Alabama entities name a registered agent and registered office, and a change of agent or office is a $100 filing with the Secretary of State.

Alabama businesses on file

The largest organizations with a Alabama address in the federal filings searched here, biggest first.

All 117 Alabama businesses on file

Sources

Facts on this page come from the official pages below, checked 2026-10-06. A fact that could not be confirmed on an official page is left out.

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