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 Tennessee?

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

Does VerifySOS show Tennessee business owners and officers?

Where Tennessee 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 Tennessee Secretary of State business search free?

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

TN · Secretary of State

Verify any Tennessee business in seconds.

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

What you get with a Tennessee lookup

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

How Tennessee files business entities

Tennessee's SOS portal at tnbear.tn.gov has one of the more memorable URLs in the country — 'bear' is short for 'Business Entity Annual Report.' The portal is ASP.NET fronted by AWS WAF, blocking data-center traffic; residential routing is required for any programmatic access.

Official portal: Tennessee Secretary of State (TNBear) ↗

How DBAs work in Tennessee

Tennessee files Assumed Names at the county Register of Deeds (sometimes the county clerk, depending on county). Tennessee was also the first state to allow LLCs to elect 'series' status, letting one parent LLC hold multiple sub-entities with separate liability shields — series elections complicate ownership graphs and need careful unwinding.

Credit-underwriting gotchas in Tennessee

Tennessee LLCs face a minimum $300 annual report fee that SCALES with the number of LLC members — $300 for the first 6 members, plus $50 per additional member up to a $3,000 maximum. This is the only state with a member-count-based annual fee. Missed reports trigger 'Administratively Dissolved' status after the second consecutive missed filing. Tennessee also has a franchise-and-excise tax administered by the Department of Revenue, billed separately.

Practical Tennessee reference

Filing fees: $300 LLC formation fee minimum (scales with member count) + $300 annual report minimum (also scales)

Officer visibility: Officers, members, and registered agents are visible on the public detail page after the WAF gate clears. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs.

Tennessee DBA / assumed-name search

We've indexed 11 Tennessee county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Tennessee 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 Tennessee DBA search →

✓ Tennessee is covered

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

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

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