NJ business lookup: the official register, verified

The official source for New Jersey 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.

Before you run an NJ SOS business search

New Jersey's register lives with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services under the Treasury, not a Secretary of State, and it splits searching registered records from checking name availability into two distinct tools.

What a lookup answers: whether the entity exists and its current status, its file number, and its agent of record; 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 New Jersey 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.

Questions people ask

Is the New Jersey 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.

Is the NJ SOS business search run by the Secretary of State?

No. New Jersey's business register is kept by the New Jersey Division of Revenue (DORES), in Trenton, not a Secretary of State office. 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 New Jersey?

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.

Can I run a business name search in NJ before forming an LLC?

Yes. The Division of Revenue's search reads 'the existing registered business database for any entity that matches the search criteria', so an LLC or company name search in NJ shows what is already on file under a name before you file.