Set 1 is live. Secretary of State (SOS) names run from the start of the file through E and T Ventures LLC, business ID 1294239. Letters F through Z are not in the business file. IRS exempt organizations are included for the whole alphabet. This is not a list of city or county licenses. A repeated address is often a filing office, not a shop.
SOS = Secretary of State, the Mississippi office that registers businesses and keeps their filings. IRS = Internal Revenue Service. EIN = the IRS tax ID number.
Each business shows its SOS status as a colored label with an icon:
- Green check: active, in good standing
- Amber !: still exists, but the SOS sent a dissolution notice
- Red X: dissolved, revoked, withdrawn, merged or otherwise ended
- Gray ?: no status, or not an operating business
All SOS statuses and abbreviations explained
Every SOS status in this file
- Active: Good standingSOS code: Good
- Active on the Secretary of State (SOS) rolls. Good standing generally means the annual report is filed and state fees and taxes are paid (Miss. Code § 79-4-1.28).
- Warning: Notice: may be dissolved (annual report)SOS code: IntentToDissolveAnnualReport
- The SOS sent notice that the entity can be dissolved because its annual report is missing. It has 60 days from the notice to fix this (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.20, 79-4-14.21).
- Warning: Notice: may be dissolved (registered agent)SOS code: IntentToDissolveRegisteredAgent
- The SOS sent notice that the entity can be dissolved because it has no registered agent in Mississippi, or did not report a change of agent. It has 60 days to fix this (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.20, 79-4-14.21).
- Warning: Notice: may be dissolved (annual report and registered agent)SOS code: IntentToDissolveAnnualReport_RegisteredAgent
- The SOS sent notice for two reasons: missing annual report and a registered agent problem. It has 60 days to fix both (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.20, 79-4-14.21).
- Warning: Notice: may be dissolved (tax)SOS code: IntentToDissolveTax
- The SOS sent notice that the entity can be dissolved because franchise tax or penalties are more than 60 days unpaid. It has 60 days to fix this (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.20, 79-4-14.21).
- Ended: DissolvedSOS code: Dissolved
- Dissolved. It may only wind up its affairs. This can be voluntary (the owners filed articles of dissolution) or done by the SOS; the SOS file does not say which (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.05, 79-4-14.21).
- Ended: Administratively dissolvedSOS code: AdministrativelyDissolved
- Dissolved by the SOS for not meeting a legal duty, such as an annual report more than 60 days late, unpaid franchise tax, or no registered agent. The owners can apply to reinstate it (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-14.20 to 79-4-14.22; SOS Business FAQ).
- Ended: RevokedSOS code: Revoked
- The SOS revoked an out-of-state entity's permission to do business in Mississippi, for example for a missing annual report, unpaid tax or no registered agent (Miss. Code §§ 79-4-15.30, 79-4-15.31).
- Ended: WithdrawnSOS code: Withdrawn
- An out-of-state entity filed to leave Mississippi and no longer has permission to do business here (Miss. Code § 79-4-15.20).
- Ended: MergedSOS code: Merged
- Merged into another entity. Its separate existence ended; the surviving entity carries on its rights and debts (Miss. Code § 79-4-11.07).
- Ended: Withdrawn by mergerSOS code: WithdrawnByMerger
- Shown as-is from the SOS file. The SOS does not publish a definition for this status. (not defined by the SOS)
- Ended: CancelledSOS code: Cancelled
- Shown as-is from the SOS file. The SOS does not publish a definition for this status. (not defined by the SOS)
- Ended: InactiveSOS code: InActive
- Shown as-is from the SOS file. The SOS does not publish a definition for this status. (not defined by the SOS)
- Ended: ExpiredSOS code: Expired
- Shown as-is from the SOS file. The SOS does not publish a definition for this status. (not defined by the SOS)
- Unknown: Name reservedSOS code: NameReserved
- Only a business name is reserved, for 180 days (renewable once). It is not an operating business (Miss. Code § 79-4-4.02).
- Unknown: Status not statedSOS code: Undefined
- The SOS file gives no status for this record.
Abbreviations and terms
- SOS
- Secretary of State. In Mississippi, the state office that registers businesses and nonprofits, keeps their filings (annual reports, dissolutions, mergers) and runs the campaign finance filing portal.
- Business ID
- The number the SOS gives each registered business. Use it to look the business up on the SOS Business Search.
- Registered agent
- The person or company a business names to receive legal papers in Mississippi. Every registered business must have one.
- Annual report
- The yearly filing a business makes with the SOS. Corporations and LLCs file by April 15; nonprofits by May 15 (SOS Business FAQ).
- LLC
- Limited Liability Company.
- IRS
- Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax agency. It keeps the list of tax-exempt organizations shown in this search.
- EIN
- Employer Identification Number, the 9-digit federal tax ID the IRS gives an organization (written 12-3456789).
Sources: Mississippi Business Corporation Act (Miss. Code Title 79, Ch. 4) and the Mississippi SOS Business FAQ. The SOS does not publish a list of status definitions; statuses marked "not defined by the SOS" are shown exactly as they appear in the SOS file. Check any business on the SOS Business Search.