Pennsylvania Business Search
About Pennsylvania Business Search
Quick answer. A Pennsylvania business search runs on the Department of State index at file.dos.pa.gov/search/business. Search the exact name or the entity number. Annual reports for most associations began in 2025 and are filed in that same system.
What this site is for
The Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations keeps corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and fictitious names. A pa sos business search and a pa corporation search are that index. Records are retrieved by exact name or entity number, not by officer name, EIN, or street address.
Act 122 of 2022 replaced the decennial report with an annual report, form DSCB:15-146. The Department says the fee is $7 for business corporations, LLCs, LPs, and LLPs, and $0 for nonprofits and nonprofit-purpose LPs or LLCs. Corporations file by June 30, LLCs by September 30, and limited partnerships, LLPs, business trusts, and professional associations by December 31.
Good standing language on the Department’s site is specific: limited liability entities are described as in good standing if they have not been dissolved, canceled, merged, withdrawn, or ended. A certificate or written search is a separate order. The free page is not automatically that certificate.
What we will not pretend to be
Pennsylvania Business Search is not the Department of State and cannot file an annual report for you.
Mail and the form reach hello@pennsylvaniabusinesssearch.us. Ordering a certificate, filing an annual report, or changing an agent happens on the official portal, not here.