How do I find out if a company name already exists in my state?
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There are 3 ways to find out if a company name already exists in your state:\n\n1. Go to your State Department website (search for "starting a business in [state]"). Some states now offer fictitious name database inquiry online. For example, in Florida, the Department of State Division of Corporations allows users to query the fictitious name database http://www.sunbiz.org/corpweb/inquiry/ficinam.html. \n\n2. Go to the website and if the above tool is not available, call them. DC, for example, does not have an online tool so their website gives a number you can call. Check if they can do this over the phone for you.\n\n3. Or you can go to your county office and have them check the availability of the trade name you want. In Virginia, this takes only 15 minutes or even less.
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Put name in at Google.com and see if name comes up. If you know the town you go to switchboard.com to get the number.
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Are you talking about the name of a business?  If so, it's not specific to Jacksonville, but you can check with the Florida Secretary of State (website below) for businesses registered under that name.
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You can look up the company information at the Utah Secretary of State.  See link below.  Go to searches, and type in name of company.  That search is free.  If you pay $1.00, you can get information on the principals -- and then Google their names (in quotes) to see what comes up.\n\nHaving said that, if you can't get a hold of them now, what are the odds you'll be able to get a hold of them after you give them your money?  Doesn't that speak for itself?
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You can do a title search.  More than likely, that will only get you a business name.  If you are looking for the name of the actual owners, hire a private investigator.
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I've seen sites that search state by state. Do a search for "unclaimed funds"
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No, there is no such company.\n\nI checked in two business databases and that company is not registered. (I looked in Hoover's and in the Business & Company Resource Center)\n\nIf they offered you anything, forget about it, because they (or he or she) is illegitimate.
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Try this http://www.whitepages.com or http://www.yellowbook.com those websites you can search for the company name of whom you are looking for and get their number that way.
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Check with the Secretary of State for the state that the business is located in.  http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/businessnames.html  This page links to pages (some outdated links), but you want to see the Secretary of State filings.  Usually you can track down who owns a business, and where they receive legal notices (the legal agent).  Often this is the owner.
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You are able to search on their website.  Just enter your firend's last and first name to check.
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The Better Business Bureau is a great place to check into a company's background.  You can see if people have logged complaints against the company in the past.  Use the link below to go to their website.  Unfortunately, if a company is new, it may not have been reported yet.  \n\nMy rule of thumb is the old adage that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is :)
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if you google the name of the state in which you live along with the phrase "division of corporations", you should get some links to a state government site where you can look up the corporation by name. (if you don't know the exact corporate name, it will usually come up with a list of similar names, and you can probably pick out the one you're looking for).\n\nIt will usually list the date the business was incorporated (keep in mind that a business could have been in existence prior to actually incorporating, but the Div. of Corp. site should give you the date the business was officially incorporated).\n\nIt should also tell you if the corporation is still "active" or not. (Corporations must pay annual fees to the state in order to keep their status active).\n\nGood luck
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Yes you are able to obtain this information. First you must figure out which state this company is incorporated in, then you visit the Secretary of State's Webpage for the state that said compay is incorporated in. There should be a search tool on the webpage and then you just type in the name of the corporation, everything you need to know comes up on the page.
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Check the secretary of state's website for wahtever state you think it was in.  Many of them maintain databases on corporate filings online now.   I've done this for other companies and it works fairly well, assuming you know either a.) what state they were incorporated in, or b.) in which state they had their principle place of business.
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I have searched several business databases and these companies are not even registered as such.\n\nIt is doubtful that tou will find any information on these "companies," because they are 99% likely to be fake.
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no but the internet can\n\nstart by doing city searches white and yellow pages in the city where you think the company might be
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There are hundreds of similar businesses.  Do you have ANY additional info?