Verify any Arizona business in seconds.
Arizona SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official AZ SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Arizona lookup
- Arizona SOS entity record — name, status, entity type, formation date, registered agent + address, principal office, and officers/managers where the state exposes them.
- USDOT / FMCSA carrier verification — for trucking deals, we pull the carrier's authority status, MC#, fleet size, MCS-150 history, and BASIC scores. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — every search runs the company name against the Treasury sanctions list. Clear-result PDFs are signed.
- DBA / Fictitious Name registries — surfaces the county/town clerk where this entity would file a DBA in Arizona, plus the statewide registry when one exists.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Arizona files business entities
Arizona is one of only a handful of states where corporations and LLCs file with the Corporation Commission rather than the Secretary of State. The Commission is an elected body, dating to the 1912 state constitution.
Official portal: Arizona Corporation Commission ↗
How DBAs work in Arizona
Arizona files Trade Names (DBAs) at the Secretary of State separately from the Corporation Commission — a confusing two-agency split. Trade Name registration is OPTIONAL in Arizona; an entity can operate under any DBA without filing, which limits the value of trade-name lookups for verification purposes.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Arizona
Arizona requires LLC formation to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of formation within 60 days of approval, EXCEPT in Maricopa and Pima counties (which are exempt). Missed publication makes the LLC subject to administrative dissolution. Corporations also owe annual reports; LLCs do NOT — a rare carve-out among the 50 states.
Practical Arizona reference
Filing fees: $50 LLC formation fee, no annual report for LLCs (corporations pay a $45 annual report)
Officer visibility: Officer/member data IS visible on the public Corporation Commission detail page, including 'Former Name' history — useful for catching renamed shell entities. The search portal uses an image CAPTCHA on every submit.
Arizona county DBA registries
We've indexed 9 Arizona county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any Arizona address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
Open the Arizona county registry →✓ Arizona is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Arizona SOS record for you automatically — no manual lookup, no PDF upload. AZ sits behind a slower portal (or a captcha we solve on your behalf), so results typically land in under a minute rather than instantly. USDOT, OFAC, and county DBA lookups run automatically alongside it.
Verify a Arizona business now
Paste a company name above — your first three lookups are free. No card, no signup, just real Arizona SOS data in seconds.
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