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Registered agent search, by state and province

A registered agent search is a lookup of the agent of record for a company in a US state or Canadian province. Every company on a US or Canadian register names an agent of record — the office and address served with legal notice and process — and the register files that name with the registration. Netstate reads those secretary of state filings, on each register's own cadence. Pick a state or province to find its registered agents and the companies each one serves.

Agents of record at a glance

53 registers with records
102,245,153
companies naming an agent of record
53
registers with agents on file
Largest registerstop 12 by companies with an agent
  1. Florida12,634,95812%
  2. California8,808,9898.6%
  3. Texas7,391,1627.2%
  4. Delaware5,690,0165.6%
  5. New York4,771,0624.7%
  6. Georgia4,154,0444.1%
  7. Illinois3,437,1863.4%
  8. Michigan3,324,8413.3%
  9. Ohio3,229,9093.2%
  10. Colorado2,998,0372.9%
  11. North Carolina2,513,3292.5%
  12. Arizona2,344,5912.3%
  13. 41 more registers40,947,02940%
Largest registers
Itemcompanies with an agentShare
Florida12,634,95812%
California8,808,9898.6%
Texas7,391,1627.2%
Delaware5,690,0165.6%
New York4,771,0624.7%
Georgia4,154,0444.1%
Illinois3,437,1863.4%
Michigan3,324,8413.3%
Ohio3,229,9093.2%
Colorado2,998,0372.9%
North Carolina2,513,3292.5%
Arizona2,344,5912.3%
By countryshare of all records
By countryUnited States: 102,171,295 companies with an agent (100%)Canada: 73,858 companies with an agent (<0.1%)100%United States
  1. United States102,171,295100%
  2. Canada73,858<0.1%
By country
Itemcompanies with an agentShare
United States102,171,295100%
Canada73,858<0.1%

Counts are companies with an agent of record on file; each bar links to that register's agent index.

Jurisdictions

53 registers
Alabama1,094,670Alaska151,849Arizona2,344,591Arkansas776,874California8,808,989Colorado2,998,037Connecticut1,247,490Delaware5,690,016District of Columbia827,959Florida12,634,958Georgia4,154,044Hawaii466,544Idaho681,599Illinois3,437,186Indiana1,818,960Iowa802,452Kansas851,354Kentucky1,244,787Louisiana1,651,519Maine378,585Maryland2,143,735Massachusetts1,280,311Michigan3,324,841Minnesota806,254Mississippi955,117Missouri2,176,310Montana680,642Nebraska496,293Nevada1,640,627New Hampshire443,277New Jersey3New Mexico698,591New York4,771,062North Carolina2,513,329North Dakota283,009Nova Scotia73,858Ohio3,229,909Oklahoma1,398,403Oregon1,444,837Pennsylvania1,288,776Puerto Rico348,089Rhode Island358,536South Carolina1,580,758South Dakota292,832Tennessee1,288,517Texas7,391,162Utah1,523,731Vermont261,835Virginia2,110,596Washington1,976,934West Virginia422,296Wisconsin1,536,404Wyoming1,441,816

Registered agent lookup, from the source filings

Open a state to search every registered agent on that secretary of state register and find the business and corporation filings each one serves. Results carry the agent's name, filing address and the client companies tied to it — the recipient of record for lawsuits, legal notice and service of process — so a single lookup ties an agent to the entities it covers. A registered agent can be an individual or a professional service; the agent must be reachable at that address during business hours to accept documents. Data comes straight from the public register, not a reseller.

Why the registered agent matters

Most states require every business entity to name and maintain a registered agent to stay in good standing; lapse it and a court matter can proceed without a defense. Some owners use a service and list the service address for privacy instead of their own. Public detail varies by register — a record may show domestic-versus-foreign status, the business address, or an owner or trade name — so a registered agent lookup doubles as a way to check where service of process should go and review the filing tied to the entity.

Counts are companies with an agent of record on file, read from the register records. Agent names are shown as the registries file them; filing variants of the same agent are merged under one page.