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 Pennsylvania?

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

Does VerifySOS show Pennsylvania business owners and officers?

Where Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Secretary of State business search free?

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

PA · Secretary of State

Verify any Pennsylvania business in seconds.

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

What you get with a Pennsylvania lookup

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

How Pennsylvania files business entities

Pennsylvania's PENN File portal replaced the legacy paper-based corporation registry in 2022 — one of the most recent state SOS modernizations. The state also publishes official entity data on Socrata at data.pa.gov, which is the cleaner channel for programmatic verification (and includes party_type for owner-graph extraction).

Official portal: Pennsylvania Department of State (PENN File) ↗

How DBAs work in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania files Fictitious Name Registrations at the state Department of State exclusively — PA Dept of State has been the sole DBA registry since the 1980s, displacing the older county filing layer. Note that Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) and Philadelphia County also maintain their own optional county-level Fictitious Name records, but the state-level filing is the legally-binding one.

Credit-underwriting gotchas in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania LLCs pay NO annual report fee — but starting in 2025, an annual report requirement was added with a $7 fee for LLCs (much lower than most states). Previously, PA only required a 'decennial report' (every 10 years) for entities that hadn't otherwise filed during the decade. This shift means PA entities that previously sat dormant for years now face new compliance obligations.

Practical Pennsylvania reference

Filing fees: $125 LLC formation fee + $7 annual report (new as of 2025; previously a decennial report only)

Officer visibility: Officers, members, and registered agents are visible on the PENN File detail page. The data.pa.gov dataset publishes the same data with party_type tags (Governor, President, Partner, Treasurer, etc.) — a free officer-extraction signal available via Socrata API.

Pennsylvania DBA / assumed-name search

We've indexed 6 Pennsylvania county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania DBA search →

✓ Pennsylvania is covered

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

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

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