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Illinois business search

Look up a Illinois business on its state record and see its UCC filings and court cases in the same report. Entitylight reads the record from the Illinois Secretary of State, with names as filed.

Create a free account to see the report. Your first 20 lookups are free.

Sample data. Business and party names are made up.

Where Illinois business records are kept

Illinois keeps its business registrations with the Illinois Secretary of State. You can look up one business at a time on the Illinois Secretary of State's public business search.

Entitylight reads the same record in every Illinois lookup and puts it next to the business's UCC filings and court cases, so you don't need a second search on a second site.

What a Illinois lookup shows

State record
The status, entity type, formation date, registered agent and addresses the state publishes, with officers where the state lists them.
State page screenshot
A link to a screenshot of the state's page, taken when the lookup ran, where one is available.
UCC filings
Filings from the Illinois Secretary of State, with secured parties, dates and which liens are active.
Court cases
Cases in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and New York State courts, searched in every lookup.
Related businesses
Find other Illinois businesses by officer, registered agent or address.

Illinois UCC filings

Every Illinois lookup includes the business's UCC filings. See how Illinois UCC search works.

Questions about Illinois business search

Where are Illinois business records kept?

Illinois keeps its business registrations with the Illinois Secretary of State. Entitylight reads that record in every Illinois lookup.

What if several Illinois businesses share a 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 much does a lookup cost?

Your first 20 lookups are free. Paid plans start at $299 a month for 400 lookups, and every plan includes full reports, monitoring and the API.

Run your first business check free

See the registration, liens and lawsuits behind the next business you review, before you decide.

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  • Search in the browser today, add the API when you're ready
  • Monitoring and alerts on the businesses you lend to