Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division

Alabama business entity search

Office facts, status meanings and filing rules for Alabama. The steps below show how to search Alabama's official registry.

Federal filings only here. Alabama registry records are on the official site.

Alabama registry at a glance

Registry agency: Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Office: Secretary of State Wes Allen, since 2023; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Phone: 334-242-5324; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Address: 770 Washington Avenue, Suite 580, Montgomery, AL 36104; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Mailing address: PO Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103-5616; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Official search: Business Entity Records →; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Registry number: Entity ID. 9 digits. The office switched from a 6-digit to a 9-digit Entity ID, so older numbers now show 3 leading zeros.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06

How to search the Alabama registry

The Business Entity Records searches by entity name, entity number, officer, agent, or incorporator, formation month and year and filter by entity type, place of formation (county), and status.

Open the Business Entity Records page on the Alabama Secretary of State site.
Choose a search option: entity name, entity number, or officer, agent, or incorporator.
Enter the name and, if you want, narrow by entity type, county of formation, or status.
Run the search and open the entity from the results list.
Check the status, entity ID, registered agent, and filed documents on the entity detail page.

Open the official Alabama search →

Three numbers, three agencies

Asking for the wrong number is a common reason a search comes back empty.

Federal EIN: Internal Revenue Service; Identifies the business for federal tax. It is the same number in every state.; Source: irs.gov
Entity ID: Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division; Identifies the entity's record in the Alabama registry. 9 digits. The office switched from a 6-digit to a 9-digit Entity ID, so older numbers now show 3 leading zeros.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Alabama Department of Revenue account number (including a Business Privilege Tax account number): Alabama Department of Revenue; The Business Privilege Tax return asks for the federal EIN and uses a separate BPT account number only when no EIN will be assigned. The Secretary of State's 9-digit Entity ID is a different number used only in its records.; Source: revenue.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06

What a Alabama status means

Exists: The entity is on record and has not been dissolved, cancelled, merged, or withdrawn.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Dissolved: The entity's existence has ended by dissolution.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Cancelled: The filing or registration has been cancelled.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Merged: The entity merged into another entity.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Consolidated: The entity was combined with others into a new entity.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Revoked: The state revoked the entity's authority or registration.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06
Withdrawn: A foreign entity withdrew its registration to do business in Alabama.; Source: arc-sos.state.al.us · checked 2026-10-06

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation: $200 (Certificate of Formation, Secretary of State fee); Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Corporation formation: $200 (domestic for-profit Certificate of Formation); Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual filing: Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report (Form CPT or Form PPT); Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, LLC: No separate Secretary of State fee. The annual report is part of the Business Privilege Tax return filed with the Department of Revenue.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, corporation: $10 annual report fee for business corporations, collected by the Department of Revenue for the Secretary of State with the Business Privilege Tax return; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
When it is due: Filed no later than the entity's corresponding federal income tax return is due.; Source: revenue.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Filed with: Alabama Department of Revenue. The Secretary of State says corporations no longer file an annual report with its office.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Business Privilege Tax: Alabama Department of Revenue. Due with the corresponding federal income tax return; payment is due by the original due date. Computed on taxable Alabama net worth at $0.25 to $1.75 per $1,000. For taxable year 2026, a taxpayer that would owe only the $100 minimum has no filing requirement. The maximum is $15,000 for most entities.; Source: revenue.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Note: A Certificate of Name Reservation ($25) is required before filing formation documents. Foreign registration is $150. Fee schedule last revised August 23, 2023.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06

As published by the Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division, checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Alabama

Registered agent: Alabama entities name a registered agent and registered office, and a change of agent or office is a $100 filing with the Secretary of State.; Source: sos.alabama.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Name availability: Check whether a name is available in Alabama →
Business forms and fees: Official Alabama business forms and fees →

Alabama businesses on file

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATIONEIN 63-0589368
ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION (FKA HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION)EIN 63-0860407
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANYEIN 20-8579133
INTERGRAPH CORPORATIONEIN 63-0573222
BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.EIN 63-0798460
PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONEIN 59-2740308
TRUBRIDGE, INC.EIN 74-3032373
CONTINENTAL GLOBAL MATERIAL HANDLINGEIN 34-1603197
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTEEIN 63-0288868
HIBBETT, INC.EIN 20-8159608
LIFELINE CHILDRENS SERVICES INCEIN 63-0896878
WIREGRASS REHABILITATION CENTER INCEIN 63-0523650
AMRIDGE UNIVERSITY INCEIN 23-7034324
AUTOMATION PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.EIN 63-1016128
MCWANE, INC.EIN 63-0139000
DYNETICS, INC.EIN 63-0670881
SOUTHERN FOODSERVICE MGT., INC.EIN 63-0315905
PIGGLY WIGGLY ALABAMA DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.EIN 63-0393676
WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.EIN 63-0970812
UNITED BANCORPORATION OF ALABAMA, INC.EIN 63-0833573
LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.EIN 13-3115216
Walter Energy, Inc.EIN 13-3429953
RUSSELL CORPEIN 63-0180720
Legacy Vulcan Corp.EIN 63-0366371

All 117 Alabama businesses on file →

Sources

A fact that could not be confirmed on an official page is left out.

https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entitieschecked 2026-10-06
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sos-office/biographychecked 2026-10-06
https://arc-sos.state.al.us/CGI/corpname.mbr/inputchecked 2026-10-06
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/government-records/business-entity-recordschecked 2026-10-06
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/form-files/FeeSchedule.pdfchecked 2026-10-06
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities/llcschecked 2026-10-06
https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/26quickrefcptpptinst.pdfchecked 2026-10-06