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How VerifyBiz checks a verify a business
Quick answer. To verify a business, match its legal name to a secretary of state file number and read the status. Reviews, a polished site, and a social profile can be copied. The file number is the fact you can re-open.
Proof is a file number
Online business verification fails when people stop at the homepage. Open the state search, search the legal name, and read the detail page. Copy the number. If several entities share the name, use the state and the number the customer gave you, not the first hit.
A professional license is a different verification. A contractor can be a valid LLC and still lack a license. Check the license board when the work requires one. We keep that as its own step so the entity result is not mistaken for a license.
VerifyBiz reviewed these verify a business notes on 2026-10-13. A fee or a portal path is cited only when the linked office page is the source. verifybiz.io does not outrank that office.