North Carolina Business Registrations

The Secretary of State has the duty to ensure uniform compliance with the statutes governing the creation of business entities, record the information required to be kept as a public record, and provide that information to the public. The Business Registration Division acts in an administrative capacity to such duties. Each Business Corporation, Limited Liability Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Limited Liability Limited Partnership is required to file an annual report with the Secretary of State.

The structrue of a business entity is determined by many factors, from management structure to tax codes. The following lists different types of business organizations: Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership, Business Corporation (C-Corp), Business Corporation (S-Corp), Nonprofit Corporation, Limited Liability Company, Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Partnership (RLLP), and Professional Corporations or LLCs.

This dataset includes newly registered, suspended and dissolved business entities in North Carolina. The information for each entity includes legal entity name, SOS identifier, entity status, citizenship, state of incorporation, annual report due date, registered agent, officer address, company officials, etc.