Oklahoma Secretary of State Business Search
Tags: secretaryofstate, oklahomasecrtaryofst
Published: 2021-11-23 13:30:49

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title: Oklahoma Secretary of State Business Search
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Welcome to the page that is going to talk all about the Oklahoma Secretary of State business search. First point. Should Secretary of State be capitalized? I do not know.

The Oklahoma Secretary of State entity search will allow you to search for LLCs, corporations, partnerships, or any other entity that is registered with the state of Oklahoma. Here is the [official search page](https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx).

If you want a way to search for a business in any state, please feel free to use our [verify a business tool here](https://cobaltintelligence.com/verify-a-business), free of charge. It looks a little like this. It allows you to also easily copy and download the data.

[![cobalt intelligence verify a business free search tool](https://i0.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-9.png?resize=640%2C464&ssl=1)](https://i0.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-9.png?ssl=1)

## Oklahoma Secretary of State Entity Search

[![oklahoma secretary of state business search, advanced](https://i2.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-10.png?resize=640%2C459&ssl=1)](https://i2.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-10.png?ssl=1)

Using the Oklahoma Secretary of State business search The advanced search may not look as fancy as other states but it does allow to do quite a bit, including search by active status, check business name availability, and search by individual name.

Making my search for “pizza” with active businesses only took 2.32 seconds. Not too bad. Here’s the list.

[![ok secretary of state business search results](https://i0.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-11.png?resize=640%2C847&ssl=1)](https://i0.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-11.png?ssl=1)

Classic information here. Entity type, status, and registered agent. I find it interesting here that it has a “Name Type” field. I’m not sure what that means. I haven’t ever seen it return anything other than “Tradename”.

Clicking the filing number takes us into the details page. It is one of the more sparse details page.

[![Oklahoma business details from the Secretary of State](https://i2.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-12.png?resize=640%2C478&ssl=1)](https://i2.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-12.png?ssl=1)

This business is supposedly active but you can see above it has an “OTC Suspension”. I believe this means that the business is currently active and in good status with the Oklahoma Secretary of State but is not in good shape with the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

## Order Documents?

I clicked in to order documents to see what it would take. It asked for my name and email address and then the documents I wanted. Looks like they charge per document. Ouch.

![Oklahoma Secretary of State charges for filed documents](https://i2.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-13.png?resize=640%2C257&ssl=1)

Does something with a charge quality as public under the Freedom of Information Act? I don’t know. I’m sure it started as an administration fee but with this kind of thing being easily fully automated, I wonder how applicable it is.

## Search by Person Name Weirdness

Searching by person name is an interesting one in Oklahoma. You can do it but the person’s name isn’t visible on the details page. So you end up with a situation like this:

[![Oklahoma Secretary of State business search by person name](https://i1.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-14.png?resize=640%2C283&ssl=1)](https://i1.wp.com/cobaltintelligence.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-14.png?ssl=1)

The owner/officer of this company is “Rosa Anguiano Garcia” but that name doesn’t show up anywhere on the details page. You can see the registered agent name but it is definitely not Rosa.

## Extra Credit

So you can find out businesses owned by an individual but if you are looking at that same business later, you will not know that they own that business. Registered agent is sometimes the primary officer/owner but it certainly does not have to be.

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](https://cobaltintelligence.com/secretary-of-state).

Want know how to do some web scraping of the Oklahoma Secretary of State, here’s a helpful video.

<iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MHvNFVhFlMk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

And if you are looking to learn how to get newly registered businesses with the state of Oklahoma, here it is:

<iframe loading="lazy" title="Getting newly registered businesses in Oklahoma" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7W1423DIJ2Q?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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