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Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Corporations Section)

Alaska business entity search

Office facts, status meanings and filing rules for Alaska. The steps below show how to search Alaska's official registry.

Federal filings only here. Alaska registry records are on the official site.

Alaska registry at a glance

Registry agency
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Corporations Section)
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Phone
(907) 465-2550
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Address
333 Willoughby Ave, 9th Floor, State Office Building, Juneau, AK 99801-1770
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Mailing address
P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Official search
Search Corporations Database →
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Registry number
Entity number

How to search the Alaska registry

The Search Corporations Database searches by entity number, entity name (starts with or contains) and current names only.

  1. Open Search Corporations Database on the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing site.Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
  2. Enter the entity number, or enter the entity name and choose Starts With or Contains.Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
  3. Select Search and complete the prompt the site may show before it returns results.Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
  4. Open the entity to see its Entity Details, including status, registered agent, and officials.Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
  5. Check the next biennial report due date listed in the Entity Details.Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Open the official Alaska search →

Three numbers, three agencies

Asking for the wrong number is a common reason a search comes back empty.

Federal EIN
Internal Revenue Service
Identifies the business for federal tax. It is the same number in every state.
Source: irs.gov
Entity number
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Corporations Section)
Identifies the entity's record in the Alaska registry.
Alaska business license number
Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Business Licensing Section
Alaska has no statewide sales tax account, so the number most businesses carry is the state business license number. It is separate from the Corporations Section entity number and from the federal EIN issued by the IRS.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

What a Alaska status means

Good Standing
The division's term for an entity in compliance: biennial reports filed and fees paid, registered agent and officials kept current.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Involuntarily Dissolved
The state dissolved a domestic entity for not meeting its filing requirements, such as the biennial report.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Revoked
The state revoked a foreign entity's authority to transact business in Alaska for not meeting its filing requirements.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation
$250 (Articles of Organization)
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Corporation formation
$250 (Articles of Incorporation)
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual filing
Biennial Report
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, LLC
$100 biennial report for a domestic LLC every two years ($137.50 with the late fee); $200 for a foreign LLC ($247.50 late)
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, corporation
$100 biennial report for a domestic business corporation every two years ($137.50 with the late fee); $200 for a foreign corporation; $25 for a nonprofit
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
When it is due
For-profit corporations, LLCs, and LLPs: due January 2 of every even-numbered year if formed in an even-numbered year, or every odd-numbered year if formed in an odd-numbered year; filing opens October 2 of the prior year. Nonprofit, cooperative, and religious corporations: due July 2 on the same even/odd rule.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Late filing
Reports postmarked after February 1 (August 1 for nonprofits) pay a late fee: $137.50 total instead of $100 for a domestic for-profit entity, $247.50 instead of $200 for a foreign one. Not filing can lead to involuntary dissolution or revocation.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Filed with
Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Corporations Section
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Note
Alaska requires a biennial report, not an annual one. A free Initial Report is due within 6 months of forming a domestic corporation or LLC to list owners and officers.
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

As published by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (Corporations Section), checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Alaska

Registered agent
To stay in good standing an entity must maintain a registered agent and report any change on a Statement of Change ($25).
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Name availability
Check whether a name is available in Alaska →
Source: commerce.alaska.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Alaska businesses on file

Sources

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