Verify a business, its liens and its lawsuits in one search
A status check tells you a business exists. Entitylight also shows who holds a lien on it and who is suing it, then alerts you when that changes after you lend.
- 20 free lookups
- Set up in minutes
- Browser or API
- Secretary of State records
- 48 states + DC
- Secretary of State records
- UCC filings
- 30 states + DC
- UCC filings
- Miami-Dade, Broward and New York
- 3 court systems
- Miami-Dade, Broward and New York
- OFAC and other sanctions lists
- 20 lists
- OFAC and other sanctions lists
Sample report. Business and party names are made up.
The risk isn't on the Secretary of State page
Liens are filed with the UCC registry and lawsuits with the courts. Checking them by hand means a separate search on a separate site, for every application.
One search before you lend. Alerts after.
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Search a business
Enter a business name and state. One search covers the state record, UCC filings and court cases.
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Get every record in one report
Registration, liens and lawsuits come back together in one report, with every source accounted for.
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Get alerted after you lend
Add the business to your watchlist. Entitylight re-checks it on your schedule and flags new liens, new lawsuits and status changes.
Make the full check standard on every application
Registration, liens and lawsuits in one search, for every business you review.
One report instead of five searches
Business verification
Confirm the business is registered, active and who is behind it.
UCC liens
See who holds a lien on the business and which filings are still active.
Lawsuits
Find cases filed against the business in Miami-Dade, Broward and New York courts.
Sanctions and connections
Run an OFAC screening on the business or its owners, and find other businesses tied to the same people or address.
Where Entitylight searches
Every report also shows which sources were searched for that business, so you always know what you're looking at.
- Secretary of State records48 states and DCStatus, entity type, formation date, registered agent, addresses, officers and filing history
- UCC filings30 states and DCSecured parties, filing and lapse dates, and which filings are active
- Court casesMiami-Dade County, Broward County and New York StatePlaintiffs, case type, filing date and status
- Sanctions screeningOFAC and 19 other sanctions, exclusion and PEP listsPossible matches, each with a match score and the lists it's on
- Related businessesUp to 15 statesOther businesses that share an officer, registered agent or address
- MonitoringState records, UCC filings and court casesNew liens, new lawsuits and changes to the state record
Live in minutes, in the browser or through the API
Start searching in the app today. When you're ready, the same lookups run from your own systems.
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Create an account
Sign up with your work email and start searching in the browser right away.
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Create an API key
Make a key for each system from the Developers page.
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Send your first lookup
Build against test lookups that return sample results, then switch to live.
The same report as the app
State record, UCC filings, court cases and coverage, as structured JSON.
Webhooks
Know when a lookup completes or a monitored business changes.
POST /v1/lookups { "businessName": "Harbor Point Seafood LLC", "state": "FL" }
{
"status": "completed",
"business": {
"legalName": "HARBOR POINT SEAFOOD LLC",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"formationDate": "2017-03-06",
"registeredAgent": "DANIEL REYES"
},
"uccSummary": { "filingsRead": 3, "activeFilings": 2 },
"uccFilings": [
{
"securedPartyName": "MERIDIAN ROW CAPITAL LLC",
"filingDate": "2026-06-03",
"status": "ACTIVE"
}
],
"courtCases": [
{
"court": "Supreme Court, Kings County",
"plaintiffs": ["MERIDIAN ROW CAPITAL LLC"],
"status": "Active"
}
],
"coverage": {
"browardCourts": { "status": "failed", "reason": "unavailable" }
}
}What lenders ask before they start
What does a lookup include?
The business's Secretary of State record, its UCC filings, and court cases in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and New York, in one report.
Which states do you cover?
Secretary of State records in 48 states and DC, UCC filings in 30 states and DC, and court cases in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and New York. Every report shows which sources were searched for that business.
What if several businesses have the same name?
Entitylight shows the matching registrations so you can choose the right one before the report runs.
What happens when a source is unavailable?
The report marks that source as unavailable instead of showing an empty result, so a missing record is never mistaken for a clean one. Lookups where no source could be searched aren't charged.
How does monitoring work?
Add a business to your watchlist and choose how often to check it, from daily to every 30 days. Each check is compared with the last, and new UCC filings, new lawsuits and state record changes are flagged.
What counts as a lookup?
Each business lookup, monitoring check, UCC search, business search and OFAC screening counts as one. Checks that fail aren't charged.
Is there an API?
Yes. Every search is available through the API, with webhooks and a test mode for building your integration.
Do you provide a risk score?
No. Entitylight returns the records as filed, so your team can apply its own credit policy.
How do I get started?
Create an account with your work email. Your first 20 lookups are free.
Run your first business check free
See the registration, liens and lawsuits behind the next business you review, before you decide.
- 20 free lookups to start
- Search in the browser today, add the API when you're ready
- Monitoring and alerts on the businesses you lend to