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Oregon
Secretary of State
Kate Brown


Government Databases

Government agencies are responsible for administering a variety of programs related to business activity in Oregon.  As a public service, we have assembled a list of the most commonly requested Oregon business databases that are available to search over the Internet.  Click on a link to search other government agency databases by business name.

Secretary of State Business Name Search
 Business Name Search

Construction Contractor Name Search
https://ccbed.ccb.state.or.us/ccb_frames/consumer_info/ccb_index.htm

Department of Justice Business Complaints
http://www.filinginoregon.com/business/business_complaints.htm

Department of Justice Charity Search
http://www.doj.state.or.us/cgi-bin/charigroup_db_query.pl

Employment Department Business Name Search
 http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/DoQuery?itemid=00000021

Landscape Contractor Name Search
http://www.oregonlcb.com/contractorsearch/contractorsearch.aspx

Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Search
http://www4.cbs.state.or.us/ex/wcd/cov/search/index.cfm

Other Databases

Accountancy, Oregon Board of
http://boahost.com/egovlicsearch.lasso

Agriculture, Oregon Department of
http://www.oda.state.or.us/dbs/search.lasso

Appraisers, Oregon Board of Real Estate
http://oregonaclb.org/aclb_prod/index.php

Architect Firm License Search
http://www.orbae.com/search-licensees

Automotive Dealers (Current/Valid Dealers)
http://dmv.odot.state.or.us/cf/dlrsliclkup/Search/index.cfm?fuseaction=Entry&DealerStatus=Current
The dealer has the authority to conduct business and perform activities as an agent of DMV.

Better Business Bureaus Information System Search
http://search.bbb.org/search.html

Banks - Head Offices:
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/dfcs/banks_trusts/direct.html

Consumer Finance Search by Name
http://www4.cbs.state.or.us/ex/dfcs/dfcslic/consumer_finance/

Credit Unions - Head Offices
http://www.oregondfcs.org/credit_unions.html

Economic & Community Development, Oregon
http://www.oregon.gov/OBDD/index.shtml

GuideStar (National nonprofit database)
http://www2.guidestar.org

Insurance Company Search
http://www4.cbs.state.or.us/ex/ins/inslic/company/index.cfm

Investment Advisor Search
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/imd/database/lear/adviser_search_name.htm

Mortgage Lenders Search
http://www4.cbs.state.or.us/ex/dfcs/dfcslic/mortgage_lender/search/index.cfm

Real Estate Agency
http://outside.rea.state.or.us/weblookup/

Securities & Exchange Commission Database
 http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

Uniform Commercial Code Search
http://filinginoregon.com/uccsearch/index.htm

Contact Corporation Division

Open 8 AM - 5 PM, Mon - Fri
(503) 986-2200
corporation.division@state.or.us
255 Capitol St NE, Ste 151
Salem, OR 97310-1327