Verify any Georgia business in seconds.
Georgia SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official GA SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Georgia lookup
- Georgia 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 Georgia.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Georgia files business entities
Georgia's Corporations Division migrated to an e-corp portal at ecorp.sos.ga.gov in 2021, replacing the legacy paper-and-fax system. The new platform supports online filing for nearly every entity action — formation, annual registration, dissolution.
Official portal: Georgia Corporations Division (Secretary of State) ↗
How DBAs work in Georgia
Georgia uses a mixed model: Trade Names file at the county Superior Court Clerk's office, while entity-level filings sit with the Secretary of State. There is no statewide Trade Name registry, so verifying an applicant's DBA generally requires querying the specific county where they operate.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Georgia
Georgia LLCs owe a $50 annual registration fee due April 1. The Corporations Division applies an automatic $25 late fee after the deadline; entities that don't file for 2 consecutive years are administratively dissolved. The portal also still asks for a 'CEO' field on LLC annual registrations even though LLCs don't formally have CEOs — a retrofit from the legacy corporate form that confuses some filers.
Practical Georgia reference
Filing fees: $100 online ($110 paper) LLC formation fee + $50 annual registration (due April 1)
Officer visibility: Officers, registered agents, and managers are visible on the public e-corp detail page. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs at no charge.
Georgia DBA / assumed-name search
We've indexed 16 Georgia county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Georgia address and we'll tell you exactly which county clerk to search, and whether that search is free — Pro deep-links straight to each one's search form, no landing pages, no clicking around.
Open the Georgia DBA search →✓ Georgia is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Georgia SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Georgia publishes them on the free public record, on every plan. USDOT/FMCSA carrier records run alongside it, and you can add an OFAC screen.
Verify a Georgia business now
Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Georgia SOS data, pulled in real time.
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