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Tennessee · State Record Search Guide

Tennessee business search, the report that counts heads.

Tennessee’s registry at the Secretary of State prices its LLC report like a headcount: $300 minimum, plus $50 for every member past six, up to $3,000, due the first day of the fourth month after fiscal year end, April 1 for most. Corporations pay $20 for the same privilege, one of the strangest gaps in American filing. The record shows who budgeted for it.

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Checking a name for your new company? We search the state record properly, with the near-misses that cause rejections.

Doors into the same record

Search the way that matches what you already know

1 · By entity name

Drop the designator: "Acme Holdings" returns more than "Acme Holdings LLC". The state search matches from the start of the name, so lead with the first word, and remember sound-alike spellings are separate records. Have us run the name check →

2 · By control number

Tennessee assigns a permanent control number at filing. An exact-match search on it pulls one record with its report history, which shows instantly whether a company keeps up with one of the country’s priciest LLC reports. Verify an exact entity with us →

3 · Through the registered agent

Every Tennessee entity names a registered agent on the public record, which is how process servers, and the curious, find companies. It is also why founders who value privacy put a professional agent there instead of themselves. See how agents appear on the record →

4 · What the record shows you

Status, principal address, registered agent, and the filing history, including the original formation documents. Public, free, and current, which is exactly why counterparties will read yours before they sign.

Price by headcount

Three hundred to start, fifty a head after six

ACTIVECurrent on the annual report, due the first day of the fourth month after fiscal year end, April 1 for calendar-year companies.
REPORT PAST DUEThe deadline passed unfiled. Tennessee allows roughly two months before dissolution grounds attach, and the record shows the slip meanwhile.
ADMIN DISSOLVED / REVOKEDThe grace ran out: domestic entities dissolve, foreign ones lose authority. Reinstatement settles the missed reports first.
VOL. DISSOLVEDClosed on purpose, history preserved on the record for exactly this kind of reading.
ASSUMED NAMETennessee assumed names register on the same record, so one company is often one entity plus several names. Match the legal name on the contract.

The LLC annual report is $300 minimum, rising $50 per member beyond six to a $3,000 cap, due the first day of the fourth month after fiscal year end, April 1 for most companies. Corporations pay $20. Roughly two months past due, dissolution or revocation grounds attach. Budget the report like a bill, because Tennessee wrote it like one.

The search is step one

What you found decides what you do next

Your name is taken

Clear so far is not the same as available. Run a proper availability check covering Tennessee entities and assumed names, then file the Tennessee LLC while it is clean.

Your company shows Past Due

File the report before the two-month grace becomes dissolution grounds, then put your fiscal-year deadline on a calendar that watches itself.

You are vetting a counterparty

Match the legal name on your contract to the record exactly, confirm standing the day you sign, and read the filing history. For anything with money on it, order a certificate of standing, the state-sealed version of "they are real."

The invoice that grew with the company

They added partners, the state added fifties

Nashville firm partners reviewing the annual report invoice as their partnership grows
At six members the report was $300 and we called it the price of Tennessee. Then we brought in three partners and the next April cost $450, which nobody had modeled. Now every new member’s paperwork includes one extra line: fifty more dollars, every year, forever. In Tennessee, growth files an amendment to your budget.
Consulting firm partners, NashvilleModels the report cost before every new admission
Cost modeledApril budgetedPartners informed

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Is "Music City Fabrication" taken in Tennessee?

One active match in Franklin and an assumed name registered to a Memphis shop. Tennessee checks distinguishability against both, so a proper availability check reads the whole record before you commit. Trademark screening included.

Why is my Tennessee LLC report $400 when my friend pays $300?

Headcount: the report is $300 through six members, then $50 for each additional one, capped at $3,000. Your extra hundred means eight members on record. It is the only state that prices reports this way, and I track both the deadline and the projected cost as your membership changes.

When is my report due if my fiscal year ends in June?

October 1: the first day of the fourth month after your fiscal year end. April 1 applies only to calendar-year companies, which is why copying a neighbor’s deadline goes wrong here. I calculate yours from the fiscal year on record and keep it on the calendar.
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Frequently asked

Tennessee Business Search questions.

What is the Tennessee Secretary of State business search?

It is the public Tennessee database where anyone can look up a registered entity’s name, status, registered agent, and filing history. You use it to check name availability, confirm standing, or research a company. We run Tennessee searches for you and interpret what the results mean for your plans.

How do I search for a business in Tennessee?

You search the Tennessee record online by name or by the entity’s control number. Results show status and basic details but not everything, ownership is often private. We run the Tennessee search and explain what it does and does not reveal about a given entity.

Can I check if a business name is available in Tennessee?

Yes, the search is the first step: you look for existing Tennessee entities and assumed names that are the same or confusingly close, though availability finally depends on the state’s naming rules, so a quick search is not a guarantee. We do a proper Tennessee availability check before you commit to a name and branding.

How do I confirm a company is in good standing in Tennessee?

The record shows a status, and for official confirmation third parties want a Certificate of Existence. We can pull the Tennessee status and order that certificate when you need authoritative proof for a deal or lender.

How much is the Tennessee annual report?

For an LLC, $300 minimum, plus $50 per member beyond six, capped at $3,000, due the first day of the fourth month after fiscal year end, April 1 for calendar-year companies. Corporations pay $20. Roughly two months past due, dissolution grounds attach. We budget it, file it, and recalculate when membership changes.

Why can’t I find my own business in the Tennessee search?

Common reasons: it was just filed and not yet indexed, the name is slightly different, or a missed report ran past the grace and dissolution dropped the entity from default results. We check the Tennessee record, confirm your status, and fix anything, like a lapse needing reinstatement, that is keeping you from appearing correctly.

How do I find out who owns an LLC in Tennessee?

Sometimes you can, sometimes you cannot. Tennessee filings list a registered agent and whoever signs, and the report reflects member count, but the members themselves do not all have to appear, so true owners can stay off the public record. If privacy matters for your own filing, that structure plus identity & privacy is how founders stay unlisted.

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