MN business lookup: the official register, verified

The official source for Minnesota business entity search

Every listing on this page is an official government register: coverage is evidenced by the register's own pages, never asserted. Ordering is a printed rule, not a rating: registers with a verified official fee first, then by verified-fact count, then by name.

MN Secretary of State business search: name, file number and status

Minnesota's register warns filers in its own words that everything filed is public data viewable online, names and addresses included; read that warning before using a home address on a filing.

In the MN Secretary of State business search, name is the usual starting key; the record answers whether the entity exists, its current status, file number and agent of record, and the register is also where certificates and copies are ordered when a bank or counterparty needs the office's formal statement rather than your screenshot. Use the official link in the table; it is the government's own site, not a reseller.

No certificate fee for Minnesota is verified from an official public page yet, so this page shows that absence instead of an estimate. The official site linked above carries the current figure; when we can verify it verbatim from a government page it joins the table with its source and date.

Searches for this page also arrive as "Minnesota business search", "Minnesota corporation search", "Minnesota entity search"; same register, same record, same evidence standard.

Questions people ask

Is the Minnesota business entity search free?

The official search is the government's own tool and the facts we verified about access are quoted in the table above. Fees appear for certificates and copies rather than the lookup itself, and this page quotes them only where an official source publishes the figure.

Who runs the Minnesota SOS business search?

Minnesota Secretary of State, in Saint Paul. The table above links its official search directly and every quoted fact names its official source with the date we checked.

How do I get a certificate of good standing in Minnesota?

Order it from the official register linked above once the free search shows the entity active; our certificate guide explains who asks for one and what registers charge where the figure is published.

Does the Minnesota register show a company's FEIN?

No. The FEIN, or federal employer identification number, is issued by the IRS rather than the state, so the Minnesota record gives the entity's file number and not its FEIN, and no FEIN lookup by company name is public. Our EIN lookup page sets out where the number does appear, chiefly on the cover of SEC filings.

Can I run an MN Sec of State business name search?

Yes. The Minnesota Secretary of State's own page offers to 'Look up business information, file an amendment or renewal, and order copies or a certificate', and a business name is the usual way in.