Verify any District of Columbia business in seconds.
District of Columbia SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official DC SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a District of Columbia lookup
- District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia files business entities
Washington DC has no Secretary of State; entity filings run through the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (formerly DCRA). The CorpOnline portal requires a free DC.gov account login to search — one of the few US business registries that gates lookups behind authentication.
Official portal: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (CorpOnline) ↗
How DBAs work in District of Columbia
DC files Trade Names at the same CorpOnline portal — no county or ward-level filing layer exists, since DC has no counties. Trade Name registration is required for any business operating under a name different from the legal entity name or the owner's surname.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in District of Columbia
DC LLCs file a Biennial Report (every 2 years) costing $300 — among the higher recurring fees in the country. DC also requires a separate Basic Business License from the legal-entity registration, with category-specific endorsements and license fees — a common surprise for out-of-state filers. A 'Revoked' entity in DC cannot legally operate or maintain a business license.
Practical District of Columbia reference
Filing fees: $220 LLC formation fee + $300 biennial report (every 2 years)
Officer visibility: Officer and member data is visible on the CorpOnline detail page after login. There is no public guest search — every lookup requires creating a free DC.gov account first.
District of Columbia county DBA registries
We've indexed 1 District of Columbia county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any District of Columbia address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
Open the District of Columbia county registry →⚠ District of Columbia is a manual-assist state (for now)
District of Columbia's SOS portal has bot protection we haven't fully re-cracked yet, so we don't auto-scrape it today. We open the official DC portal in a new tab on every search and merge the document you download into the final verification file. Everything else (USDOT, OFAC, county DBA lookup) still runs automatically.
Verify a District of Columbia business now
Paste a company name above — your first three lookups are free. No card, no signup, just real District of Columbia SOS data in seconds.
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