How to Find Company Information in the State of New York

Information about New York companies (business and not for profit corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and other miscellaneous businesses) can be found at the following website of the NY Department of State, Division of Corporations:

https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/

The search tool, available in English, is easy and free to use, and the search can be done by entity name, Department of State company ID, Company’s assumed name (D/b/a) or Company’s assumed name ID.

The following information about a NY company are available to the public, at no charge:

• Entity Name, Type, Address and Assumed names (d/b/as) registered with the company
• Date of company formation/registration
• County
• Department of State ID
• Status (active, inactive or suspended)
• CEO name and address
• Number of shares issued

Other company information that are publicly available relates to

• State issued licensing (through, for instance, license specific websites such as the State Liquor Authority website https://lamp.sla.ny.gov),
• County/city specific business info, such as, for the City of New York, property tax information (https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/property.page) or land/building specific information (https://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/bsqpm01.jsp)
• Trademark or other IP information can be obtained federally at www.uspto.gov

Yes, information about litigation, including pending ones, can be found at the website https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/.

Copies of any documents (Certificates of Incorporation, Articles of Organization, Certificates of Amendment, etc.) filed with the New York State Division of Corporations can be obtained by submitting a written request to the New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231. The request can also be submitted via fax or also online at the https://www.businessexpress.ny.gov website. All the copies will be returned by mail, no copies will be provided online or via fax/email.

The fees are $5.00 for a plain copy of a document and $10.00 for a certified copy of any document. The fee can be paid by money order, MasterCard, Visa, or Amex.

A Certificate of Status (aka Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Existence) evidencing the existence of a business entity can be obtained following the same method described above. The fees to obtain such certificate are $25.

Expedited Process is available for all the documents mentioned above, at an additional fee:

$25.00 per document for processing within 24 hours $75.00 per document for processing within the same day $150.00 per document for processing within 2 hours