OR · 566,852 records · measured 2026-10-02
Oregon Business Search: Check an LLC or Assumed Business Name
A free oregon business search that reads the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division’s own published data — 566,852 records — and tells you whether the name you want is already on record under Oregon’s name rule.
The Oregon registry behind the check
- Dataset
- Active Businesses - ALL — Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division
- Size
- 566,852 active registrations (1,580,777 rows: one per address or associated name (principal place of business, registered agent, mailing address, authorized representative))
- Last updated
- 2026-09-29 · Weekly
- What it contains
- Every active registration with the Corporation Division — LLCs, corporations, nonprofits, cooperatives and assumed business names — with registry number, type, registry date and a link to the official record.
- What it leaves out
- Inactive and dissolved entities, and reserved names.
- Terms
- Published on Oregon’s open data portal (no license stated in the dataset)
| Type | Records | Holds a name? |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic limited liability companies | 298,708 | Yes |
| Assumed business names (DBAs) | 116,601 | Yes |
| Domestic business corporations | 45,983 | Yes |
| Foreign limited liability companies | 33,566 | Yes |
| Domestic nonprofit corporations | 31,956 | Yes |
| Foreign business corporations | 27,065 | Yes |
Oregon’s name rule: when is a name “distinguishable”?
“A limited liability company name must be distinguishable upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from any other limited liability company name, corporate name, professional corporate name, nonprofit corporate name, cooperative name, limited partnership name, business trust name, reserved name, registered corporate name or assumed business name of active record with the office.”
— ORS 63.094(4) (2025 edition), read 2026-10-02.
- Records that hold a name: Anything “of active record” — assumed business names (DBAs) included. The statute does not list which differences make a name distinguishable, so the check treats designators, punctuation and articles as no difference.
- What an LLC name must include: “Limited liability company”, “L.L.C.” or “LLC” — and it may not contain “corporation”, “Inc.”, “limited partnership”, “Ltd.” or “LLP”. (ORS 63.094(1)–(2))
- Holding a name before you file: a name reservation lasts 120 days (ORS 63.097(2)).
Confirm with the official Oregon search
The SealForms check is a heuristic reading of public data, not legal advice and not a name approval. The Secretary of State decides when you file.
After the name check
Write down who owns the Oregon LLC and how it is run: the Oregon LLC operating agreement cites the state’s LLC act, and this table shows whether Oregon requires one.
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