Maine Business Entity Search
Find a registered business through Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions. Use the official link below, then check the search options and name rules for Maine.
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Maine search options and record coverage
Maine Interactive Corporate Services searches business and nonprofit corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, LLPs, marks, and filed documents by entity name or charter number. The record provides basic public information, registered agent or clerk and office, filing history, certificates, and document-order options. Annual Reports Online is a separate workflow using the charter number or subscriber account. Maine also publishes commercial registered-agent listings.
Checking a business name in Maine
Maine applies entity-specific distinguishability rules and requires statutory designators. LLC names must use an allowed limited-liability designator; corporations must satisfy Title 13-C naming rules. A name accepted in the Corporate Search is not a trademark clearance and punctuation, capitalization, spacing, or a generic suffix should not be assumed to cure a confusing conflict. Reserved names expire under the applicable form and do not grant marketplace rights.
Maine name reservations
Maine LLC name reservation uses MLLC-1 and costs $20.00. The form requires an LLC designator such as Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, LLC, or an allowed abbreviation; the reservation duration should be read from the current form because the accessible extract did not state one universal period. Corporation registered-name charges can be $20 per month under Title 13-C, while nonprofit reservation uses a separate $5.00 fee.
DBA, trade names, and fictitious names
Maine uses assumed or fictitious-name statements for entities that conduct business under a name different from the legal name; foreign entities may use a fictitious-name filing when their legal name is unavailable. Start at https://www.maine.gov/sos/corporations-commissions/corporations-business-services and the Interactive Corporate Services portal. The reviewed 2026 pages did not expose one universal DBA fee for all entity types, so use the applicable form and fee schedule.
What do you need after the search?
- Official proof of standing — find certificate fees and ordering instructions.
- A missed report or inactive registration — check deadlines and reinstatement rules.
- A new business registration — compare Maine formation and filing fees.