Vermont Secretary of State

The Division of Corporations & Business Services

The Secretary of State's Division of Corporations & Business Services is the statewide registry for Business, Trademark, and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings.

Our division is divided into four sections:

1. Business Services

• Vermont Business Entity Formations
• Foreign (non-Vermont) Business Registrations
• Trade Name Registrations
• Business Entity and Trade Name Registration Updates and Renewals
• Business Entity and Trade Name Registration Endings
• Service of Process
• Copies and Certificates
• Database Searches and Downloads

2. UCC Lien Services

  

3. Other Services

• Trademark Registration
• Amusement Ride Operator Registration
• Telemarketer Registration
  
  

4. Records Services

• Online Database Searches and Downloads
• Hard-Copy Record Requests

Our division processes, on average, over 100,000 unique transactions per year.