Search Alaska LLC, Corporation & Entity Records
The official Alaska business entity search is maintained by the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing within the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
Alaska does not use a Secretary of State business registry. Use the state Corporations Database to check an entity name, entity number, status, officials, registered agent, filing history and biennial-report information.
Fastest method: search by Entity Name and use Contains when you are unsure of the exact registered wording. If you already know the Alaska Entity Number, use that for the cleanest match.
Important Alaska distinction: an entity registration and an Alaska Business License are separate records. A corporation or LLC can appear in the Corporations Database while its business-license status must be checked in the separate licensing search.
How to Use the Alaska Business Entity Search
Alaska’s Corporations Database has a simple main search. Start broad and narrow the result only when necessary.
- Open the Search Corporations Database.
- Enter the Alaska Entity Number if you already have it, or enter the business name.
- For a name search, choose Contains when you know only part of the name or Starts With when you know how the registered name begins.
- Leave Current Only unchecked when you also need dissolved, revoked, expired or historical records.
- Open the matching Entity Number from the results.
- Compare the legal name, status, entity type, home state, agent and officials before relying on the record.
Search Alaska Corporate Officials or Registered Agents
Alaska provides separate official searches for people and registered agents. This is useful when you know a person’s name but not the legal entity name.
Corporate Officials Search
The official search accepts an Entity Number, an official’s last name or entity name, and a first name. Starts With, Contains and Current Only options are available.
Search Alaska corporate officials
- Enter the person’s last name or the entity name.
- Add a first name if too many results appear.
- Use Contains for broader research.
- Open the associated entity record before assuming the person is still a current official.
Registered Agent Search
The Agents search accepts an Entity Number, agent’s last or entity name, and first name, with Starts With, Contains and Current Only options.
Search Alaska registered agents
- Enter the agent’s last name or registered agent company name.
- Add a first name when needed.
- Open each linked entity separately.
- Do not treat the agent as the owner merely because the agent appears on the record.
What an Alaska Entity Detail Page Shows
The detail page is much more useful than the search-result row. It can help confirm identity, standing, ownership information reported to the state and filing history.
Entity information
- Legal name and other recorded names
- Entity type
- Alaska Entity Number
- Current status
- Alaska formed date
- Home state for foreign entities
- Next biennial report due date
- Mailing and physical addresses
People and filing history
- Registered agent name and addresses
- Officials and their reported titles
- Reported ownership percentages when shown
- Creation filing
- Initial and biennial reports
- Agent or official changes
- Amendments and other filed documents
Alaska Entity Registration Is Not the Same as a Business License
This is one of the most important Alaska-specific distinctions. The Corporations Section handles entities such as LLCs and corporations, while the Business Licensing Section handles the separate Alaska Business License.
| Record | What it tells you | Official search |
|---|---|---|
| Corporations Database | Entity name, number, type, status, agent, officials, filing dates and corporate documents. | Search entities |
| Alaska Business License | Business-license number, business name, owner information, city, line of business and license status. | Search business licenses |
Alaska law generally requires a business license for the privilege of engaging in business in the state. The regular state business-license fee is currently $50 per year or $100 for two years.
- Search the entity record first.
- Copy the Alaska Entity Number.
- Open the separate Business License Search.
- Compare the business name and entity number where applicable.
- If the activity is professionally regulated, check the separate professional-license database as well.
How to Check an Alaska Business Name Before Filing
Alaska uses a distinguishable name standard. A simple “no exact match” search is not enough to guarantee that the state will accept the name.
Differences based only on entity identifiers, punctuation, capitalization, spacing or common connecting words may not make two names distinguishable.
- Search the exact proposed name.
- Search only its strongest key words.
- Search singular and plural versions.
- Remove LLC, Inc., Corp., Company and other entity identifiers.
- Review Alaska’s official distinguishability rules before filing.
Name reservation
Alaska allows a business or corporation name to be reserved for 120 days.
Current fee: $25.
Business name registration / DBA
A qualifying business can register a business name for exclusive rights for five years. A business license is required first.
Current fee: $25.
An entity already registered under its legal name generally needs a separate business-name registration only when operating under a different DBA name.
Alaska Initial & Biennial Report Deadlines
Alaska’s reporting schedule is unusual because the filing year follows the even/odd year in which the entity was originally registered.
Initial report
Domestic Alaska LLCs, business corporations, professional corporations and nonprofit corporations may have an Initial Report due within six months after the entity is created. The filing is currently free. Foreign entities do not file an Alaska Initial Report.
Biennial reports
| Entity category | Due date | Domestic fee | Foreign fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| For-profit corporation, professional corporation, LLC, LLP | January 2 every second year | $100 | $200 |
| Nonprofit / religious corporation | July 2 every second year | $25 | $25 where applicable |
| Cooperative corporation | July 2 every second year | $100 | $100 |
If the entity was registered in an even-numbered year, its biennial reports follow even-numbered years. If registered in an odd-numbered year, reports follow odd-numbered years.
Open Alaska Biennial Report instructions.
- Check your entity detail page for the next report due date.
- Choose either online filing or hardcopy filing—do not submit both.
- For online filing, select the Biennial Report option under the correct entity type.
- Review the information carefully before payment.
- Online filings post immediately; hardcopy filings normally take about 10–15 business days and may take longer during reporting periods.
Limited partnerships and Cooperative Electric & Telephone entity types are currently listed by Alaska as not filing biennial reports with the Corporations Section.
Filed Documents, Copies & Certificate of Good Standing
Before paying for copies, open the entity detail page. Alaska says most documents on record can be viewed and printed online immediately at no charge when a Click to View link is available.
| Service | Current fee | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Online filed document | Free when viewable online | Researching articles, reports, amendments and other filings shown on the entity record. |
| Hardcopy of one document | $10 per document | When the document is not available online or a paper copy is needed. |
| Entire entity file | $30 up to 50 pages, then $1 per additional page | When a broader historical corporate file is required. |
| Certified copy | $5 certification fee in addition to copy fee | When the receiving party requires a state-certified copy. |
| Apostille | $25 in addition to copy fee | For qualifying corporation documents that require an Alaska apostille for use in another country. |
| Certificate of Compliance / Good Standing | $10 | When a bank, lender, vendor, government agency or transaction asks for formal good-standing proof. |
Open official Alaska copy instructions or order a Certificate of Compliance / Good Standing.
- Search the entity and confirm it is the correct record.
- Check whether a biennial report is due.
- Check whether the officials shown are current.
- Check the registered agent information.
- Correct outstanding issues before ordering the certificate if necessary.
What Non-Compliant, Involuntarily Dissolved or Revoked Means
Non-Compliant
Alaska says this status means the entity has fallen out of compliance with required filings.
Common issues include an overdue biennial report or incomplete, invalid or outdated registered-agent information.
Involuntarily Dissolved / Revoked
Domestic entities can become involuntarily dissolved after unresolved non-compliance. Foreign entities can be revoked, meaning their authority to transact business in Alaska has ceased.
- Open the entity detail page.
- Check the next biennial-report due date.
- Check whether registered-agent information is complete and current.
- File overdue reports when applicable.
- Use the correct Statement of Change if the registered-agent record needs correction.
Most eligible domestic business corporations, cooperative corporations, professional corporations, LLCs and LLPs may seek reinstatement when the involuntary dissolution occurred less than two years ago.
Alaska Registered-Agent Rules
Every registered domestic or foreign entity must continuously maintain an eligible registered agent in Alaska.
- The agent must maintain an actual Alaska location where service can be received.
- An individual registered agent must be a full-time Alaska resident.
- A corporation authorized to transact business in Alaska may qualify as an agent.
- LLCs, LLPs and LPs do not qualify as registered-agent entities under Alaska’s general rules.
- A business entity cannot act as its own registered agent.
- A virtual address, mail-forwarding service or location where the agent is not physically present does not satisfy the state’s published requirement.
Alaska Business Search Troubleshooting
| Problem | Best next step |
|---|---|
| No matching entity | Use Contains and remove LLC, Inc., punctuation and extra descriptive words. |
| Too many names | Compare Entity Number, entity type, status, home state, registered agent and physical address. |
| Need an older company | Do not use Current Only. Historical dissolved, revoked or expired records may otherwise be excluded. |
| Only know a person’s name | Use the separate Corporate Officials Search. |
| Only know the registered agent | Use Alaska’s separate Registered Agents Search. |
| Biennial report gives an error | Check entity status and registered-agent information. Non-compliant, dissolved or revoked entities may not be able to file the report online. |
| Business license not found | Use the separate Alaska Business License Search rather than the Corporations Database. |
| Mailed filing does not appear yet | Allow normal hardcopy processing time—generally 10–15 business days, with longer times possible during reporting periods. |
Alaska Corporations Section Contact Information
When contacting the Corporations Section about a specific entity, Alaska asks users to include the Entity Name and Entity Number, when available, in the email subject line. Do not email filings, payments or confidential payment information.
Juneau
Corporations phone: 907-465-2550
Email: corporations@alaska.gov
Physical address:
State Office Building
333 Willoughby Avenue, 9th Floor
Juneau, AK 99801-1770
USPS mailing address:
P.O. Box 110806
Juneau, AK 99811-0806
Anchorage
Phone: 907-269-8160
Mailing / physical address:
550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 1500
Anchorage, AK 99501-3567
Published office hours:
Monday–Friday
8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Official Alaska Business Entity Resources
Main public lookup for Alaska registered entities.
Search officials by name or entity number.
Search Alaska registered-agent records.
Separate lookup for general Alaska business-license status.
Official filing dates, online/hardcopy instructions and report guidance.
Current formation, report, agent-change, certificate and entity-specific fees.
Official $10 good-standing certificate service.
Free online document viewing plus hardcopy, certified-copy and apostille instructions.
Eligibility, Alaska-address and compliance requirements for registered agents.
Rules for reinstatement and re-filing after dissolution or revocation.
Alaska Business Entity Search FAQ
1. Is the Alaska business entity search free?
Yes. Alaska’s Search Corporations Database is a public lookup for registered entities. You can search without paying a filing or certificate fee.
2. Which agency operates the Alaska business entity search?
The registry is operated by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Alaska does not use a Secretary of State business registry.
3. Can I search Alaska businesses by an officer or registered agent?
Yes. Alaska provides separate Corporate Officials and Registered Agents searches in addition to the main entity-name and entity-number database.
4. What information appears on an Alaska entity detail page?
The record can include the legal name, entity type, entity number, status, formed date, home state, next biennial report due date, addresses, registered agent, officials and filed documents.
5. Is an Alaska entity registration the same as an Alaska Business License?
No. Entity registration is handled through the Corporations Section. Alaska Business Licenses are separate records maintained by the Business Licensing Section and have their own search.
6. How do I check whether an Alaska business name is available?
Search the Corporations Database using the exact proposed name and key-word variations, then review Alaska’s distinguishable-name rules. The state makes the final name determination when the filing or reservation is reviewed.
7. When is an Alaska LLC biennial report due and what does it cost?
LLCs generally file by January 2 every second year, following the even or odd year in which the entity was registered. The current biennial-report fee is $100 for a domestic LLC and $200 for a foreign LLC.
8. How much is an Alaska Certificate of Good Standing?
Alaska calls the document a Certificate of Compliance, and the Corporations Section states that it serves as a Certificate of Good Standing. The current online fee is $10.
9. What does Non-Compliant mean on an Alaska business record?
It means the entity has fallen out of compliance with required state filings. Common issues include overdue biennial reports or incomplete or invalid registered-agent information.
10. Who can be an Alaska registered agent?
An Alaska registered agent can generally be an individual who is a full-time Alaska resident or an authorized domestic or foreign corporation. LLCs, LLPs and LPs generally cannot serve as registered-agent entities, and the registered agent must maintain a real Alaska location where service can be received.
Best Way to Verify an Alaska Business
Start with the Corporations Database and save the exact Alaska Entity Number. Review status, agent, officials, addresses, next report date and filing history before relying on a similar business name.
Then check the separate Alaska Business License record when business-license status matters. Use official copies or a $10 Certificate of Compliance only when a bank, lender, government agency, contract or other recipient requires formal proof.
Editorial review: Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing entity search, officials/agents databases, business-license search, corporation forms and fees, biennial-report guidance, certificate/copy services, name rules, registered-agent requirements and contact details were reviewed October 16, 2026. This independent informational website is not a State of Alaska agency and does not provide legal, tax or licensing advice.