Nebraska Secretary of State – NE SOS Business Search

Nebraska Secretary of State Corporate and Business Division
Address: P.O. Box 94608, Lincoln, NE 68509-4608
Telephone: 1(402) 471-4079
Fax: 1(402) 471-3666
Website: www.sos.nebraska.gov
E-Mail: sos.nebraska.gov/contact

Lookup a Business Entity

Step 1 – Start

To look up a business entity (Corporation, LLC, or Limited Partnership in Nebraska, you must first go to the Secretary of State’s Website. You will have the option to look up by Name or Account Number and type in the required reCaptcha. Remember if you choose the Name option to incorporate as many terms as possible to lower the amount of results the database will return on the Results Page (See Below).

Step 2 – Choose Your Entity

As you can see from the sample page above, the Secretary of State will provide you with a preview of the entities that matched your selection by showing their Name, Account Number, Type, and Status. Click on the yellow ‘Details’ button on the right-hand side of the page in order to view all the information on file with the Secretary of State (See Sample Record Below).

Step 3 – Retrieve Information

You have now reached the completion of your search and may view all the following information for free including the business’s Name, Account ID, Principal Office Address, Registered Agent Info (Name and Address), Nature of Business, Type, Date Filed, Status, Officers (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, etc.), and the option to purchase images of previously filed documents as well as obtain Certificates of Good Standing.

Step 4 – Steps to form your new Business in Nebraska

• Business name availability search (above)
• Internet domain availability search for website and email.
• Choose your entity type (LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, Partnership, or Non-Profit Org)
• Obtain IRS EIN Number (employer identification number).  Create New IRS EIN Number
• Create Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws that include describing the business purpose of the entity, naming the registered agent, directors, registered address, operating guidelines, dissolution provisions, and other information.
• Determine if the new entity requires any federal, state, or local business licenses.
• Determine payroll tax requirements.
• Determine federal, state, and local tax filing requirements.
• Establish the business physical and/or mailing address, phone number, voicemail, website, email address and business cards.