Verify any Louisiana business in seconds.
Louisiana SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official LA SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Louisiana lookup
- Louisiana 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 Louisiana.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Louisiana files business entities
Louisiana's Secretary of State runs two portals — geauxBIZ for filings and CoraWeb for the public commercial search. The state's legal system is based on French civil law rather than English common law, which affects everything from LLC structure to the use of 'parishes' instead of counties.
Official portal: Louisiana Secretary of State (geauxBIZ / CoraWeb) ↗
How DBAs work in Louisiana
Louisiana files Trade Names at the parish Clerk of Court in the parish where the business is located — and yes, Louisiana has parishes, not counties (a holdover from pre-1812 Catholic ecclesiastical structure). Each of the 64 parishes handles its own filings; there is no statewide Trade Name registry.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Louisiana
Louisiana LLCs owe no franchise tax, but corporations face one of the more complex franchise-tax schedules in the country, with a minimum of $110 and a sliding scale based on capital stock. LLCs file an annual report ($35) — missed reports trigger 'Not in Good Standing' status, then revocation after 3 years delinquent. The CoraWeb portal is reCAPTCHA-gated on every search.
Practical Louisiana reference
Filing fees: $100 LLC formation fee + $35 annual report
Officer visibility: Officers, members, agents, and managers are visible on the public CoraWeb detail page. Annual reports themselves are downloadable as PDFs.
Louisiana DBA / assumed-name search
We've indexed 11 Louisiana county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Louisiana 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 Louisiana DBA search →✓ Louisiana is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Louisiana SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Louisiana 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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Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Louisiana SOS data, pulled in real time.
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