sunbiz.com
Sunbiz.com is not the main Florida business-record website people usually mean by “Sunbiz,” because the official service is run by the Florida Department of State at Sunbiz.org.
What is Sunbiz.com?
The exact Sunbiz.com domain currently shows almost no useful public content beyond an image and a privacy-related link.
That makes an important difference because searches for “Sunbiz” often lead people to information about Florida companies rather than this .com domain.
The official Florida system identifies itself as the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.
Its services are hosted across official Sunbiz.org pages, including business searches and electronic filing tools.
What can you find on the official Sunbiz website?
The official Sunbiz business search lets people search Florida public business records.
You can search by entity name, officer or registered agent, registered-agent name, trademark, FEI or EIN, document number, ZIP code, or street address.
This makes the database useful when you want to check the legal identity of a Florida business.
For example, a name search can show matching corporations and limited liability companies together with document numbers and current filing statuses.
You can also search for a person who appears as an officer or registered agent.
These tools can help connect a business name with the public information filed with Florida.
Can you start or manage a Florida business through Sunbiz?
Yes, the official system provides electronic filing services for common business tasks.
Its e-filing section includes annual reports, reinstatements, certificates of status, and certificate authentication.
Florida also provides forms for limited liability companies.
Those forms cover tasks such as creating an LLC, making amendments, changing a registered agent, dissolving an LLC, and handling certain mergers or conversions.
The Division explains that information entered into documents submitted to it can become available through the public-record website.
That point matters because people should think carefully before putting unnecessary personal information into a public business filing.
Can Sunbiz help you check whether a company is legitimate?
Sunbiz records are a useful starting point, but they should not be treated as proof that every claim made by a company is true.
An active Florida entity record mainly tells you that a particular legal entity appears in the state's corporate records with that filing status.
It does not automatically prove that the company has every professional license it may need.
It also does not tell you that a seller, contractor, or other business will provide good service.
The best use of Sunbiz is therefore identity checking.
Look at the exact legal name, entity status, document number, registered agent, and other available filings, then compare that information with what the business has told you.
What is a fictitious name on Sunbiz?
Florida also provides an online system for registering fictitious names.
A fictitious name is different from creating a corporation, LLC, or limited partnership, and Florida's filing page explicitly says fictitious-name registration is not required to form those entities.
This distinction helps explain why a brand name you see in public may not be identical to the legal company name behind it.
Searching both names can sometimes give you a clearer picture of a business.
Is Sunbiz.com the website you should use?
For Florida corporate records, filings, and entity searches, use the official Florida Department of State Sunbiz services rather than assuming Sunbiz.com is the government service.
The safest starting points are the official Florida Division of Corporations e-filing service and Sunbiz records search.
The difference between .com and .org is especially important here.
Sunbiz.com currently provides very little visible information, while Sunbiz.org and its related official subdomains contain Florida's Division of Corporations services and public business records.
So if your goal is to search a Florida company, verify its public filing, file an annual report, or find an official business form, the Florida government Sunbiz system is the relevant resource.