Corporation Search Information

The Iowa Secretary of State's Office maintains a database of information on every business which has incorporated in the state of Iowa. This includes information on over 200,000 corporations, over 500,000 officers of those corporations, over one million filings from those corporations, and additional information regarding stock, addresses, previous names, agents, etc.  Information is also maintained on trademarks registered with our office. All this information can be accessed from this web site.

When you enter a name to search for, certain refinements are made to that string. For instance, the noise words "THE" and "AN" are stripped off the front of the string, and words like "CORPORATION" or "INC" are stripped off the end. As another example, searching on a word like "SECOND" may return the corporation names "2ND RIVER, INC." as well as "SECOND HILLS CORPORATION". These refinements are done to help ensure that the corporate names you are searching for are found. 

If you know the corporation number assigned to the company by our office, you may enter that number instead.

Data on this web site is updated from the master database on a periodic basis. Searches will return a maximum of 600 results. For additional help or explanation, contact our Customer Service area at 515-281-5204.

Liability Statement: While the Iowa Secretary of State's Office makes all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of information contained on this website, it makes no representation or warranty as to the correctness or completeness of the information.