Verify any Virginia business in seconds.
Virginia SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official VA SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Virginia lookup
- Virginia 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 Virginia.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Virginia files business entities
Virginia files entities through the State Corporation Commission (SCC) — not the Secretary of State, which is unusual. The SCC's Clerk's Information System at cis.scc.virginia.gov is gated by a reCAPTCHA v3 invisible challenge plus an anti-forgery token on form POST, which makes scripted access harder than most.
Official portal: Virginia State Corporation Commission (Clerk's Information System) ↗
How DBAs work in Virginia
Virginia centralized DBA filings at the SCC effective January 1, 2020 — circuit court clerks no longer accept Fictitious Name filings. All Virginia trade-name registrations now flow through the SCC, making it one of the cleaner states for DBA discovery (after a confusing transition period).
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Virginia
Virginia LLCs owe a $50 annual registration fee due by the last day of the month of formation. Missed annual registrations trigger 'Termination of Existence' after 3 months past due — Virginia moves faster on termination than most states. Reinstating a terminated VA LLC requires paying all back fees plus a reinstatement filing, and the entity loses some statutory protections for the gap period.
Practical Virginia reference
Filing fees: $100 LLC formation fee + $50 annual registration
Officer visibility: Officers, members, and registered agents are visible on the public CIS detail page after the captcha clears. Filed documents are downloadable as PDFs.
Virginia DBA / assumed-name search
We've indexed 12 Virginia county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Virginia 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 Virginia DBA search →✓ Virginia is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Virginia SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Virginia publishes them on the free public record, on every plan. USDOT/FMCSA carrier records run alongside it, and you can add an OFAC screen.
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Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Virginia SOS data, pulled in real time.
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