Florida Entity Search
Florida LLC lookup
Quick answer. A Florida LLC lookup uses the same Sunbiz index as a corporation search. Search the legal name or the document number, open the detail page, and confirm the status is active before you treat the company as qualified. Member names appear only if they were included on articles or an annual report.
Official office
Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
Phone: (850) 245-6052
The Centre of Tallahassee, 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303
The Sunbiz name search is online. Division phone lines are staffed on state business days.
Steps
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Search the name without the street address
Sunbiz indexes the entity name, not the storefront. “River and Pine LLC” is the query. The city belongs in your notes, not in the search box, unless it is part of the legal name.
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Prefer the document number when you have it
A sunbiz LLC search by document number avoids lookalike names. The number is on the filed articles, the annual-report notice, and the detail page. See how document numbers work.
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Check the entity type line
The detail page states whether the record is a Florida LLC, a foreign LLC, or another entity. A corporation that uses “company” in its name is not an LLC. The Florida LLC search is the type line, not the marketing name.
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Read authorized members and managers
Annual reports list the names and addresses the company chose to publish. If a person is not on the articles or a later report, Sunbiz will not invent them. A sunbiz LLC lookup is not a background check.
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Note the next annual-report date
Florida LLCs file an annual report every year. The annual report guide covers the May 1 late fee and the September dissolution date.
Name availability is a different question
People searching “is this LLC name free” want a yes or no. Sunbiz gives you the names already on file. If you find the exact name on an active record, it is taken. If you find nothing, you still have to meet Florida’s distinguishable-name rules, and you have not reserved the name until you file a reservation or the articles.
A florida llc name search also misses names that are only trademarks, only county registrations, or only in use in another state.
Foreign LLCs
An LLC formed in Delaware or elsewhere appears in a Florida LLC lookup only after it qualifies with the Division. Qualification has its own filing fee, listed on the fee schedule, and the Florida record will show the home state. The home-state file can hold details Florida never received.
Common mistakes
- Searching a nickname or a product brand and concluding the LLC was never formed.
- Reading a dissolved record’s last manager list as the people in charge today.
- Paying a third party for a “Florida LLC search” that only reprints Sunbiz.
Questions
Where is the sunbiz LLC registration record?
On the entity detail page after a name or document-number search. The articles of organization are in the filing history once the Division has imaged them.
What does sunbiz LLC lookup show for the registered agent?
The agent’s name and the Florida street address on file. Changing that agent is explained on the registered-agent page of this site and is filed with the Division, not by emailing this website.
How much is a Florida LLC annual report?
The Division’s annual-report page lists $138.75 for an LLC, with a $400 late fee if the report arrives after May 1. Check that page before you pay, because fees are set by the Division.