Florida Business Search
About Florida Business Search
Quick answer. A Florida business search can mean the Division of Corporations entity index, a fictitious-name filing, or a city or county business tax receipt. Those are different offices. This site keeps them apart and links the official desk for each.
What this site is for
Sunbiz, run by the Department of State at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz, is the entity and fictitious-name index. A florida sos business search in that sense starts at search.sunbiz.org. It shows formations and registered fictitious names. It does not show a Miami business tax receipt.
Local business tax, still called an occupational license by many people, is imposed by counties and cities. The receipt number and the expiration live on that local portal. A state professional license, when the trade needs one, is a third file at the licensing board.
County pages on this site point at the local portal we have on file for that county. Confirm the fee and the current URL on that portal before you pay. Statewide entity status stays on Sunbiz.
What we will not pretend to be
Florida Business Search is not the Department of State and does not issue business tax receipts.
Mail and the form reach hello@floridabusinesssearch.us. Ordering a certificate, filing an annual report, or changing an agent happens on the official portal, not here.