How to find out who owns an LLC or company in New Jersey
New Jersey formation and NJ-REG tax and employer registration are separate steps; formation does not prove tax registration or active trading.
Short answer: Search the entity through the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services business records service. The public record gives you the registered agent and registered office free; officer and member detail sits in the paid business entity status report.
Formation and NJ-REG are separate steps
New Jersey requires formation or authorization first, followed by NJ-REG tax and employer registration when applicable. A formation record alone does not prove that tax registration is complete or that the company is trading.
How to search
- Open the business name search at the Division of Revenue.
- Search by business name or entity ID.
- The free result gives status, formation date, registered agent and registered office.
- For officers and members, order the business entity status report — this one is paid.
The free-versus-paid split
New Jersey is one of the states where the useful detail sits behind a fee. Free gets you existence and an agent. Paid gets you the people. If you only need one company, it’s a few dollars. If you need a hundred a week, it stops being viable, which is the honest reason products like ours exist.
The commuter belt behaves differently
Bergen, Hudson and Essex counties sit in New York’s economic orbit and their formation mix reflects it. Most people working New Jersey treat the northeast corner as a separate territory from the rest of the state.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find the owner of an LLC in NJ?
The free business name search shows the registered agent and formation details. Member and officer names sit in the paid business entity status report from the Division of Revenue. If the agent is the owner’s own name and address — common for small NJ LLCs — the free search may be enough.
Does New Jersey disclose LLC members publicly?
Not on the free record. Member and officer names are available only through the paid status report. See which states publish LLC member names for the states that put members on the free public record.
Is the NJ business entity status report worth it?
For one company, yes — it’s a few dollars and names the people. At volume the per-report cost stops making sense, which is when a parsed feed becomes the cheaper route.
If you need this at scale
For available collected records, with coverage and fields confirmed before activation, see New Jersey formation data.
Filing requirements checked October 3, 2026. Official NJ guidance. Registry roles and reporting requirements vary by entity type and do not establish beneficial ownership.
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