Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division

Washington business entity search

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

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

Washington registry at a glance

Registry agency	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division
Office	Secretary of State: Steve Hobbs
Phone	360-725-0377
Address	243 Israel Rd SE, Tumwater, WA 98501 (same-day counter service; an in-person office also operates in Cheney)
Mailing address	PO Box 40234, Olympia, WA 98504-0234
Hours	Chat and phone 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday (Pacific); Tumwater counter 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday
Official search	Corporations and Charities Filing System search
Registry number	Unified Business Identifier (UBI). 9 digits. The same UBI identifies the business with the Department of Revenue, the Business Licensing Service and the Secretary of State.

How to search the Washington registry

The Corporations and Charities Filing System search searches by business name, UBI number and registered agent and principal names (advanced search).

Open the CCFS search at ccfs.sos.wa.gov.
Type the business name or the 9-digit UBI number.
Use the advanced options to narrow by entity type, status or agent if the list is long, then search.
Open the business to see its status, expiration date, registered agent, governors and filing history.
Order a Certificate of Existence ($20) if you need official proof that the entity is active.

Open the official Washington 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.
Unified Business Identifier (UBI)	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division	Identifies the entity's record in the state registry. 9 digits. The same UBI identifies the business with the Department of Revenue, the Business Licensing Service and the Secretary of State.
Unified Business Identifier (UBI)	Washington Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service	Washington uses one UBI for both the tax account and the Secretary of State registration, so the state tax ID and the registry number are the same number; it is not the federal EIN.

What a Washington status means

Status	What it means
Active	The entity is registered and its annual report is current.
Delinquent	The annual report was not filed by the expiration date; administrative dissolution may follow.
Administratively dissolved (terminated)	The Secretary of State ended the entity for a statutory failure such as not filing an annual report or not keeping a registered agent; a reinstatement filing returns it to active status.
Voluntarily dissolved	The entity's governing persons chose to dissolve it.

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation	$180 (original filing)
Corporation formation	$180 (original filing)
Annual filing	Annual Report
Annual fee, LLC	$70 ($95 with the delinquency fee)
Annual fee, corporation	$70 ($95 with the delinquency fee)
When it is due	Due by the last day of the month in which the business was formed or registered; it can be filed up to 180 days early, and the state mails and emails a notice 60 days before.
Late filing	A late report carries a $25 delinquency fee ($95 total); missing the expiration date makes the entity delinquent and can lead to administrative dissolution.
Filed with	Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division, online through CCFS
Business and occupation (B&O) tax	Washington Department of Revenue. Washington has no corporate income tax; most businesses pay the B&O tax, a gross receipts tax.

Foreign registration is $180. Initial report $10. Reinstatement is $140 plus all missed annual report fees. Expedited service adds $100 per entity; same-day service adds $150.

As published by the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division, checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Washington

Every entity keeps a registered agent at a Washington office address during business hours; failing to keep one is a ground for administrative dissolution.

Washington businesses on file

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

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.EIN 52-0812977
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANYEIN 93-0557988
STARBUCKS CORPORATIONEIN 91-1325671
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESEIN 91-1223280
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONEIN 91-1144442
NORDSTROM, INC.EIN 91-0515058
T-MOBILE USA, INC.EIN 91-1983600
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANYEIN 91-0470860
ALASKA AIRLINES, INC.EIN 92-0009235
PACCAR INCEIN 91-0351110
EXPEDIA, INC.EIN 91-1996083
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.EIN 91-1069248
TRUEBLUE, INC.EIN 91-1287341
ZILLOW GROUP, INC.EIN 20-2000033
F5, INC.EIN 91-1714307
CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATIONEIN 20-3594554
ITRON, INC.EIN 91-1011792
AVISTA CORPORATIONEIN 91-0462470
ZUMIEZ INCEIN 91-1040022
POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATIONEIN 82-0156045
ZONES, LLCEIN 91-1431894
ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONEIN 27-0907024
APPTIO, INC.EIN 26-1175252
WATCHGUARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.EIN 91-1712427

All 202 Washington 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.