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Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division

Oregon business entity search

Look up a Oregon business by name, registry number, or EIN. The Secretary of State's own registry file is searched here, alongside federal filings.

Free search. No account required.Oregon registry: 565,802 registrations (active entities only), records as of 2026-09-29.

Oregon registry at a glance

Registry agency
Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Office
Secretary of State Tobias Read
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Phone
503-986-2200
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Address
Public Service Building, 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 151, Salem, OR 97310
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Hours
Front desk (walk-ins) Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; phones Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Registry number
Registry number. Digits, a hyphen, then two check digits (for example 087399-14 for Nike, Inc.; newer numbers are seven digits before the hyphen, such as 1496294-95).
Source: egov.sos.state.or.us · checked 2026-10-06

What this page can tell you

Registry number, entity type, registry date, principal place of business, and registered agent, from the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division open-data file (active entities only), plus the EIN and federal filings where they exist.

Source: Oregon Secretary of State active businesses file (data.oregon.gov) · records as of 2026-09-29.

What only the state can tell you

Inactive and dissolved records, filing history, and anything filed since the file date. Oregon publishes active entities only, so an entity missing here may be inactive or dissolved; the official business search says which.

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
Registry number
Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Identifies the entity's record in the Oregon registry. Digits, a hyphen, then two check digits (for example 087399-14 for Nike, Inc.; newer numbers are seven digits before the hyphen, such as 1496294-95).
Source: egov.sos.state.or.us · checked 2026-10-06
Oregon Department of Revenue account / Business Identification Number (BIN)
Oregon Department of Revenue
State tax accounts are kept by the Department of Revenue and differ from both the federal EIN and the Secretary of State registry number.

What a Oregon status means

ACT (Active)
The registration is current on the Business Registry.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
INA (Inactive)
The registration is no longer active, for example after administrative dissolution for a missed annual report, voluntary dissolution or an expired assumed business name.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Administratively dissolved
The state dissolved the business for failure to file its annual report; it can reinstate within 5 years by paying a reinstatement fee and the missed annual fees.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation
$100 (Articles of Organization); foreign LLC $275
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Corporation formation
$100 (Articles of Incorporation); foreign corporation $275
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual filing
Annual Report / Renewal
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, LLC
$100 domestic; $275 foreign
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, corporation
$100 domestic; $275 foreign
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
When it is due
Due each year by the renewal due date (the registration anniversary); notices are mailed about 45 days before.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Late filing
The business is administratively dissolved for not filing; reinstatement within 5 years requires a reinstatement fee plus the missed annual fees.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Filed with
Secretary of State, Corporation Division (online renewal or by mail)
Corporate Activity Tax (CAT)
Oregon Department of Revenue. Register within 30 days of reaching $750,000 in commercial activity for the year; the annual return is due by the 15th day of the fourth month after the tax year ends. Tax is $250 plus 0.57 percent of taxable Oregon commercial activity above $1 million; businesses expecting $5,000 or more must make estimated payments.
Source: oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Note
Changing the registered agent or address costs nothing. Nonprofit corporations pay $50. The published fee schedule is dated 07/13.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06

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

Forming or running a business in Oregon

Registered agent
Corporations and LLCs keep a registered agent on file, and the Business Registry search shows it.
Source: sos.oregon.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Name availability
Check whether a name is available in Oregon →
Business forms and fees
Official Oregon business forms and fees →

Oregon businesses on file

All 137 Oregon businesses on file →

Sources

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

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