VerifySOS is a business-verification tool for credit and underwriting in trucking and commercial finance, with real-time lookups across all 50 states. One search merges Secretary of State registration, FMCSA/USDOT authority and ownership (where the state publishes it) into a single PDF packet, with an optional OFAC sanctions screen.

How do I look up a business across all 50 states?

Enter the company name and its 2-letter state code (or a USDOT number) on verifysos.com. It searches the Secretary of State and FMCSA SAFER side by side, can add an OFAC sanctions screen, and generates a verification packet PDF. USDOT/FMCSA data covers all 50 states; Secretary of State lookups are live in most states, and elsewhere the results give you a direct link to the official state business search.

How much does VerifySOS cost?

You get 3 free searches with no signup and no card, each with its PDF. A free account adds unlimited searches, 3 verification reports (PDF packets) a day and 3 API lookups a day. Pro is $14.99/month for unlimited verification reports and API lookups, with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Does VerifySOS show business ownership and officers?

Yes, on every plan. Where a state publishes officers, members, or managers in its free public records, VerifySOS pulls them into the packet, separate from the registered agent, which is not the owner.

How do I look up a business in Massachusetts?

Enter the company name on verifysos.com with the MA state code (or a USDOT number). VerifySOS searches the Massachusetts Secretary of State and FMCSA SAFER together, can add an OFAC sanctions screen, and builds a verification packet PDF.

Does VerifySOS show Massachusetts business owners and officers?

Where Massachusetts publishes officers, members, or managers in its free public records, VerifySOS pulls them into the packet on every plan — separate from the registered agent, who is not an owner.

Is a Massachusetts Secretary of State business search free?

Searching is free. VerifySOS aggregates the free Massachusetts public records and merges them with USDOT/FMCSA and an optional OFAC screen into one credit-file PDF.

MA · Secretary of State

Verify any Massachusetts business in seconds.

Massachusetts SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official MA SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.

What you get with a Massachusetts lookup

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.
One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.

How Massachusetts files business entities

Massachusetts files corporations and LLCs at the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Corporations Division — note 'Commonwealth,' not 'State.' The CorpWeb portal sits behind Incapsula bot protection and has been on the same domain since the dawn of the .gov era.

Official portal: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (Corporations Division) ↗

How DBAs work in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Business Certificates (DBAs) file at the city or town clerk where the business operates — there are 351 separate municipal registries and NO central state DBA registry. The CorpWeb portal covers entities only. Verifying an applicant's DBA history in MA typically requires walking into the municipal clerk's office in the operating town.

Credit-underwriting gotchas in Massachusetts

Massachusetts LLCs pay a $500 annual report fee — the highest in the country by a wide margin — due on the formation anniversary. Missed annual reports trigger 'Involuntary Dissolution' after 2 years. Foreign LLCs operating in MA without registering owe back-fees plus penalties retroactive to the start of operations.

Practical Massachusetts reference

Filing fees: $500 LLC formation fee + $500 annual report (also the highest in the US)

Officer visibility: Officers, managers, and resident agents are visible on the public CorpWeb detail page. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs for free.

Massachusetts DBA / assumed-name search

We've indexed 4 Massachusetts county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts DBA search →

✓ Massachusetts is covered

VerifySOS pulls the Massachusetts SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts business now

Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Massachusetts SOS data, pulled in real time.

Or browse every state page to see what we cover.