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Maine Business Entity Search

Find a Maine LLC or corporation in the Maine Secretary of State's records, and read what its status means.

Maine only answers searches on its own site. Search opens the official Maine search in a new tab and copies your search term, so you can paste it into the business name field there.

Maine at a glance

  • LLC filing fee $175 Source, checked 2026-10-26
  • Corporation filing fee $145 Source, checked 2026-10-26
  • Annual Report $85, every year Source, checked 2026-10-26
  • Name reservation $20, held 120 days, not renewable Source, checked 2026-10-26
  • Certificate of Existence (Good Standing) $30 Source, checked 2026-10-26

About Maine business records

Domestic annual reports cost $85 and foreign ones $150, both due June 1. Copies of filings cost $3 per image, and bulk corporate data is sold monthly through InforME, the Maine.gov portal operator.

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Division of Corporations keeps these records; many people call its search ICRS.

What Maine calls the registered agent, the person or company that accepts legal papers for the business: Registered Agent (commercial or noncommercial); older corporation records say Clerk. (source, checked 2026-10-26)

Statuses you may see in Maine

StatusWhat it means
Good StandingThe entity has met its statutory filing requirements with the Secretary of State; the office does not review the business itself.

Source, checked 2026-10-26. Words other states use are in the business entity status guide.

Questions

Is this the official Maine business search?
No. This is an independent site, not run by or affiliated with the Maine Secretary of State. The search itself runs on the state's own site (Interactive Corporate Services), which this page links to.
What is ICRS?
ICRS is what many people call the Maine Secretary of State's online business records. The official search linked on this page, Interactive Corporate Services, is part of the same system.
How do I check if a business name is available in Maine?
Search the Corporate Name Search by keyword, using % as a wildcard; it checks legal names, former names, assumed names and registered marks at once. A name that is too close to an existing one needs an Application for the Use of an Indistinguishable Name.

More about a Maine business

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