Connecticut is a state where the search term and the system have drifted apart. The register moved to the state's business services platform, and the older CONCORD system that a decade of links and bookmarks point at is no longer where the lookup happens. Everything below is the one register, whichever of the half-dozen names people use for it brought you here.
One register, several names
The Secretary of the State runs a single online business search covering every entity registered in Connecticut. People reach it by asking for a business look up, a business lookup, a business entity search, an entity search, or the older CONCORD name, and all of those are the same database. The reason so many spellings persist is the platform change: search results and third-party pages still carry the old names long after the system behind them was replaced.
What the record returns
A Connecticut entity record shows the business name, the business identification number, the entity type, the status, the date of formation or registration, the principal office address, the registered agent with their address, and the annual report filing history. That last field is the most useful one for checking a counterparty, because Connecticut requires an annual report from every entity and the history shows plainly whether one has been filed.
Reading the status field
Connecticut statuses are more granular than a simple active or inactive. An entity can read active, or it can be administratively dissolved, revoked, withdrawn or merged out of existence, and each of those means something different for whether you can contract with it. An administratively dissolved entity may be reinstatable; a merged one no longer exists and the successor is the party to deal with. Read the exact word rather than treating anything other than active as the same thing.
Questions people ask about ct business look up
Is the CONCORD business search still used in Connecticut?
No. The Connecticut register moved to the state's business services platform. Links to the older CONCORD system no longer reach the current search.
What does a Connecticut business record show?
Name, business identification number, entity type, status, formation date, principal office, registered agent and the annual report filing history.
Does every Connecticut entity file an annual report?
Yes. Connecticut requires one from every registered entity, and the filing history on the record shows whether it has been filed.