Verify any Florida business in seconds.
Florida SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official FL SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Florida lookup
- Florida 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 and MCS-150 history, plus the FMCSA SAFER snapshot. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — optional: add it to your search to check the company name against the Treasury sanctions list.
- DBA / Fictitious Name finder — a separate tool that points you to the county/town clerk's own search (or the statewide registry) where a DBA is filed in Florida.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Florida files business entities
Florida's Sunbiz.org has been the same domain since 1996 — one of the longest-running state SOS web addresses in the country. Sunbiz processes tens of millions of queries per year and is the most-used state business registry by traffic volume.
Official portal: Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) ↗
How DBAs work in Florida
Florida files Fictitious Names at the state level through Sunbiz — no county-level DBA filing exists in Florida. A single Sunbiz search returns both entity records and fictitious-name registrations, making Florida one of the easiest states for complete DBA discovery.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Florida
Florida requires annual reports by May 1; missing the deadline triggers a $400 late fee — the steepest in the Southeast. After September 30 of a missed year, the entity is administratively dissolved and must pay $600 in cumulative fees to reinstate. Sunbiz status flips quickly on missed reports, so a current 'Active' status is more reliable than in most states.
Practical Florida reference
Filing fees: $125 LLC formation fee + $138.75 annual report (due by May 1)
Officer visibility: Officers, directors, members, and registered agents are all visible on the public Sunbiz detail page. Sunbiz also offers a free officer/registered-agent name search, which surfaces every entity tied to a given individual — a strong owner-graph tool.
Florida DBA / assumed-name search
Florida keeps its assumed-name filings in a statewide registry rather than at the county clerk. A DBA is only a trade name — it carries no owner and no status, which is why it belongs next to the entity record above, not instead of it.
Open the Florida DBA search →✓ Florida is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Florida SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Florida publishes them on the free public record, on every plan. USDOT/FMCSA carrier records run alongside it, and you can add an OFAC screen.
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