Verify any Rhode Island business in seconds.
Rhode Island SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official RI SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Rhode Island lookup
- Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Rhode Island files business entities
Rhode Island's Corporations Division at business.sos.ri.gov runs a CorpWeb ASP.NET portal with no captcha — refreshingly direct. Rhode Island is the smallest US state by area but has more registered entities per square mile than any other state.
Official portal: Rhode Island Department of State (Corporations Division) ↗
How DBAs work in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Fictitious Business Name filings happen at the city or town clerk — Rhode Island's 5 counties have NO county government (they're geographic designations only). With 39 municipalities, sole-proprietor DBA lookups are a per-town affair. The SOS CorpWeb covers entity-level filings only.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Rhode Island
Rhode Island LLCs owe a $50 annual report fee due between February 1 and May 1. Missed reports incur a $25 late penalty and 'Revoked' status after a year delinquent; a revoked RI entity cannot sue, defend lawsuits, or transact business. Reinstatement requires paying all back fees plus a reinstatement filing.
Practical Rhode Island reference
Filing fees: $150 LLC formation fee + $50 annual report (due February 1 - May 1)
Officer visibility: Officers, members, and resident agents are visible on the public detail page. The portal also supports officer/individual name searches, which is useful for owner-graph queries.
Rhode Island DBA / assumed-name search
Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island DBA search →✓ Rhode Island is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Rhode Island SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island business now
Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Rhode Island SOS data, pulled in real time.
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