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Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau, Corporations Division

Michigan business entity search

Look up a Michigan corporation, LLC, or nonprofit. Federal filings are searched on this page. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau, Corporations Division keeps the state registry, and the steps below show how to search it.

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

Michigan registry at a glance

Registry agency	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau, Corporations Division
Phone	517-241-6470
Address	2407 N. Grand River Ave., Lansing, MI 48906
Mailing address	LARA, Corporations Division, P.O. Box 30054, Lansing, MI 48909
Hours	Phone line Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Official search	MiBusiness Registry Portal, Business Search
Registry number	Entity ID# (file number). 9 digits beginning with 80, for example 801010099

How to search the Michigan registry

The MiBusiness Registry Portal, Business Search searches by business name and file number (Entity ID#).

Open Business Search on the MiBusiness Registry Portal; a short automated security check may run first.
Type the business name or file number in the search box and press Enter.
Read the results table for filing date, status, annual report standing, entity type, Entity ID#, agent and the next annual report due date.
Check the Matched Names line, since the search also matches former names.
Select an entity to open its record; filing documents or ordering certificates requires a portal login.

Open the official Michigan search

Three numbers, three agencies

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

Number	Issued by	What it identifies
Federal EIN	Internal Revenue Service	Identifies the business for federal tax. It is the same number in every state.
Entity ID# (file number)	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau, Corporations Division	Identifies the entity's record in the state registry. 9 digits beginning with 80, for example 801010099
Michigan Department of Treasury business tax account	Michigan Department of Treasury	The Corporations Division assigns its own 9-digit Entity ID; Treasury handles state tax registration and tax clearances. Neither number is the federal EIN issued by the IRS.

What a Michigan status means

Status	What it means
Active	The entity exists on the Corporations Division record.
Dissolved - Certificate of Dissolution	The entity ended itself by filing a certificate of dissolution.
AR Standing: Good	Required annual reports or statements are filed.
AR Standing: Not Good	Annual filings are missed; an LLC must file a Certificate of Restoration of Good Standing with the past-due statements before it can dissolve.

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation	$50 (Articles of Organization, form 700)
Corporation formation	$60 total for up to 60,000 authorized shares: $10 non-refundable filing fee plus a $50 organization fee (form 500)
Annual filing	Annual Report (corporations) / Annual Statement (LLCs)
Annual fee, LLC	$25 annual statement ($75 for a PLLC)
Annual fee, corporation	$25 if on time, rising to $35 (May 16 to 31), $45 (June), $55 (July), $65 (August) and $75 from September 1
When it is due	Profit corporations file by May 15; LLCs file an annual statement by February 15, starting the year after formation, except LLCs formed after September 30 skip the next February 15.
Late filing	Corporation fees step up from $25 to a $75 maximum. A PLLC owes a $50 late fee after February 15. A corporation that misses two years of reports can be dissolved, and all annual filings are online only.
Filed with	LARA Corporations Division, online through the MiBusiness Registry Portal

The corporation organization fee rises with authorized shares, for example $100 for 60,001 to 1,000,000 shares. Expedited service runs from $50 (24-hour formation) to $1,000 (1-hour).

As published by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau, Corporations Division, checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Michigan

The public search shows a resident agent for every profit and nonprofit entity on file.

Michigan businesses on file

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

KELLY SERVICES, INC.EIN 38-1510762
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONEIN 38-1490038
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANYEIN 38-1093240
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATIONEIN 35-1443425
DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF MICHIGANEIN 38-1791480
FORD MOTOR COMPANYEIN 38-0549190
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANYEIN 38-1285128
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION C/O THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANYEIN 13-1421730
SPARTANNASH COMPANYEIN 38-0593940
LA PETITE ACADEMY, INC.EIN 43-1243221
UFP INDUSTRIES, INCEIN 38-1465835
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.EIN 22-3086739
ALLY FINANCIAL INC.EIN 38-0572512
MERITOR, INC.EIN 38-3354643
MILLERKNOLL, INC.EIN 38-0837640
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATEDEIN 38-0751137
LEAR CORPORATIONEIN 13-3386776
VISTEON CORPORATIONEIN 38-3519512
GENTEX CORPORATIONEIN 38-2030505
COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.EIN 34-0549970
KNOLL, INC.EIN 13-3873847
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATIONEIN 38-1999511
STEFANINIEIN 38-2774613
NEOGEN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESEIN 38-2367843

All 264 Michigan 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.