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Colorado Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division

Colorado business entity search

Look up a Colorado business by name, entity ID, or EIN. The Secretary of State's own registry file is searched here, alongside federal filings.

Free search. No account required.Colorado registry: 3,114,254 registrations (all registrations, every status), records as of 2026-10-07.

Colorado registry at a glance

Registry agency
Colorado Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division
Office
Secretary of State Jena Griswold
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Phone
303-894-2200 (toll free 1-855-428-3555)
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Address
1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver, CO 80290
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Mailing address
1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver, CO 80290 (address mail to the attention of the program)
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Hours
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Registry number
ID number. 11 digits beginning with a 4-digit year (for example 20268181736 for a 2026 record). Records entered before the current system carry a 1987 prefix.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06

What this page can tell you

Registry status, entity ID, entity type, formation date, principal address, and registered agent, from the Colorado Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division open-data file (every status, active and ended), plus the EIN and federal filings where they exist.

Source: Colorado Secretary of State business entities file (data.colorado.gov) · records as of 2026-10-07.

What only the state can tell you

Filing history, certificates of good standing, and anything filed since the file date. Delinquent means the entity exists but has not filed its periodic report; the file keeps it apart from Good Standing.

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
ID number
Colorado Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division
Identifies the entity's record in the Colorado registry. 11 digits beginning with a 4-digit year (for example 20268181736 for a 2026 record). Records entered before the current system carry a 1987 prefix.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
State tax account number
The state's tax agency
Issued separately for state taxes. It is not the EIN and not the registry number.

What a Colorado status means

Good Standing
The entity has filed its periodic reports on time and keeps a registered agent on file.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Noncompliant
The entity missed its periodic report due date or has no registered agent on file, including when no new agent is appointed within 30 days of a resignation.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Delinquent
The entity stayed Noncompliant for 60 days without filing the required report or agent change.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Voluntarily Dissolved
The entity filed to end its existence.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Administratively Dissolved
The Secretary of State dissolved the entity.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Judicially Dissolved
A court dissolved the entity.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Withdrawn
A foreign entity withdrew its authority to do business in Colorado.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Revoked
The entity's authority or registration was revoked.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Exists
An entity type that has no good-standing test is on record.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Merged
The entity merged into another entity.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Converted
The entity converted into another entity type or jurisdiction.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Fees and annual filings

LLC formation
$50 (Articles of Organization, online)
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Corporation formation
$50 (Articles of Incorporation, online)
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual filing
Periodic Report
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, LLC
$25 Periodic Report
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Annual fee, corporation
$25 Periodic Report
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
When it is due
Filed every year. Each entity has a periodic report month shown on its Summary page. The report can be filed from two months before that month and is due by the last day of the second month after it (for a January report month, by March 31).
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Late filing
$50 late filing penalty. The status becomes Noncompliant after the due date and Delinquent after 60 more days.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Filed with
Colorado Secretary of State, online through the Business Database Search
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Note
Most business filings are online only. A late periodic report adds a $50 penalty. Expedited service within 3 business days is an extra $150.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06

As published by the Colorado Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division, checked 2026-10-06. Fees change, and the official schedule decides.

Forming or running a business in Colorado

Registered agent
An entity without a registered agent on file becomes Noncompliant, and a new agent must be appointed within 30 days of a resignation.
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Name availability
Check whether a name is available in Colorado →
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06
Business forms and fees
Official Colorado business forms and fees →
Source: coloradosos.gov · checked 2026-10-06

Colorado businesses on file

Sources

A fact that could not be confirmed on an official page is left out.

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