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Pennsylvania SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — 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, MCS-150 history, and BASIC scores. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — every search runs the company name against the Treasury sanctions list. Clear-result PDFs are signed.
- DBA / Fictitious Name registries — surfaces the county/town clerk where this entity would file a DBA in Pennsylvania, plus the statewide registry when one exists.
- 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 county DBA registries
We've indexed 6 Pennsylvania county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any Pennsylvania address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
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VerifySOS pulls the Pennsylvania SOS record directly in real-time. Most PA lookups complete in seconds — no manual lookup, no PDF upload required. Owners/officers are included wherever Pennsylvania publishes them on the free public record.
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