Idaho Secretary of State Business Search

The Idaho Secretary of State business search is a great search that has many different search options. You can search for any kind of registered business entity, such as LLC, corporations, or partnerships.

Plus, it’s where I live. Home sweet home!

Here is the official search page.

If you want a way to search for a business in any state, please feel free to use our verify a business tool here, free of charge. It looks a little like this. It allows you to also easily copy and download the data.

While it is not required to be registered with the ID Secretary of State to do smaller business before you do anything like open a business checking account or get a business loan, you must register with the state. Because it is public you can find business owner information for any business registered in the state of Idaho.

I rate it 8 out of 10

Pros

• Search by registered agent
• Search by filing date range
• Can view filed documents
• Can search by active status

Cons

• One of the few states that doesn’t allow you to search by entity id
• Can’t search by officer

Idaho Secretary of State Entity Search

Here it is. Of course, I searched for “pizza”. The results came back very fast at .160 seconds. Here’s what the results look like:

All the normal, helpful stuff like Business name, status, filing date, and agent. I’m not sure the different between “Active-Current” and “Active-Good Standing”. Both of those sound good.

Selecting a business opens a side panel with the details of the business.

It doesn’t list officer information but other than that all relevant information is there.

Now, let’s try the agent search.

Okay, it’s the same. The registered agent won’t always be the officer but it’s kind of close if you’re looking to search by owner.

Document information looks like this:

If you were desperate to find officer information you could get it from the “Initial Filing” or “Annual Report”. Annual reports look like they track owner change.

And that’s Idaho’s Secretary of State business search.

Extra Credit

For all of my power users out there. You can access any of this business data via API. This can be handy for things like:

• Business verification
• KYC/KYB (know your business) anti-money laundering
• Business credit check
• Finding business owner information

It’s as simple as this:

let url = `https://apigateway.cobaltintelligence.com/v1/search?searchQuery=${encodeURIComponent(businessName)}&state=${state}`;

const axiosResponse = await axios.get(url, {
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': this.apiKey
    }
});

return axiosResponse.data;

Get a free Secretary of State API key here.

For more technical Idaho scraping tutorials, check it:

• Idaho Secretary of State business data via API
• Jordan Scrapes Secretary of States: Idaho

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