Verify any Minnesota business in seconds.
Minnesota SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official MN SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Minnesota lookup
- Minnesota 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 Minnesota.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Minnesota files business entities
Minnesota's SOS portal at mblsportal.sos.mn.gov is clean, free, and updates entity status nightly. Minnesota also publishes the data on an open-data feed, making bulk verification straightforward.
Official portal: Minnesota Secretary of State (Business Filings) ↗
How DBAs work in Minnesota
Minnesota files Assumed Names (DBAs) at the state SOS only — no county-level filing layer. The standard business-filings search returns Assumed Names alongside corporations and LLCs when you select the appropriate filing type filter.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Minnesota
Minnesota requires an annual renewal — but the renewal itself has NO fee unless the entity is delinquent (then it's $25 plus reinstatement). Missing the renewal triggers a relatively forgiving administrative-dissolution process: dissolved Minnesota LLCs can be reinstated for years after dissolution by paying all back fees, which makes the registry unusually messy for historical lookups.
Practical Minnesota reference
Filing fees: $155 online ($135 paper) LLC formation fee + $0 annual renewal (free if timely)
Officer visibility: Officers, managers, and registered agents are visible on the public detail page. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs.
Minnesota DBA / assumed-name search
Minnesota 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 Minnesota DBA search →✓ Minnesota is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Minnesota SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Minnesota 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 Minnesota business now
Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Minnesota SOS data, pulled in real time.
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