1) Private Organization
A "Private Organization" means a non-governmental legal entity (whether ownership interests are privately held or publicly traded). An example of a Private Organization is an incorporated company.
You can easily establish whether or not you are an incorporated company by searching national and state corporation databases.
- USA companies need to search their local state databases
- Non USA based companies should search their country's corporation database
- Company Registration section also contains links to searchable business databases
USA - State Corporation Databases
Choose the state where your company is located
- Alabama Corporations Search
- Alaska Corporation Search
- Ariz. Corp. Comm. -- Corporations Division
- Arkansas Entity Search
- California Business Search
- Colorado Corporations
- Connecticut Corporation Search
- Delaware Corporations
- Florida Division of Corporations
- Georgia Corporate Database
- Hawaii Corporation Search
- Idaho Corporations
- Illinois Corporate Search
- Indiana Business Entity Name Search
- Iowa Corporations
- Kansas Business Entity Search
- Kentucky Corporation Search
- Louisiana Corporations Database
- Maine Corporation Search
- Maryland Corporations
- Massachusetts Corporations Division
- Michigan Corporation Search
- Minnesota Corporation Search
- Mississippi Corporation Search
- Missouri Corporation Search
- Montana Business Entity Search
- Nebraska Corporation Inquiry
- Nevada Corporation Search
- New Hampshire Corporation Search
- New Jersey Corporations
- New Mexico Corporations
- New York Corporation Search
- North Carolina Corporations Search
- North Dakota Corporations
- Ohio Corporations
- Oklahoma Corporation Search
- Oregon State Corporation Division
- Pennsylvania Corporations
- South Carolina Business Filings
- South Dakota Corporations
- Tennessee Corporations
- Texas Corporations
- Utah Business Entity Search
- Vermont Database Searches
- Virginia State Corporation Commission - Office of the Clerk
- Washington State - Corporations
- West Virginia Corporations
- Wisconsin Corporate Records
- Wyoming Corporations Search
- District of Columbia
2) Business Entity
A "Business Entity" encompasses the following:
- General partnerships
- Unincorporated associations
- Joint ventures
- Sole proprietorships
3) Government Entity
A "Government Entity" is a government-operated legal entity, agency, department, ministry, or smilar element of the government of a country, or political subdivision within such country (such as a state, province, city, county, etc.).
Rest of World - Country Corporation Databases
Choose the country where your company is located
- UK Companies
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Canada - Nova Scotia
- Canada - Quebec
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Middle East
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Russia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
Company Registration