How to find who owns an LLC in Delaware

1. What the free search returns

The entity search says the free information is the entity name, file number, incorporation or formation date, and the registered agent's name, address, phone number, and residency. Anything more, including status or document copies, costs a fee. Results include active and inactive entities and are not an indication of current status. The Division says the data is real time as of the date of the search.

An exact search uses quotation marks around the name. The same page prohibits data mining and automated tools.

The LLC owner guide is the general method. Delaware is the case where the formation state often gives you less than the property state.

2. What the certificate of formation must contain

6 Del. C. 18-201(a) requires three things: the name of the limited liability company, the address of the registered office and the name and address of the registered agent, and any other matters the members determine to include. Because members are optional content, a certificate that names only the company and the agent still satisfies the section.

The agent fields are contact for service. They are not a statement that the agent is a member. Phone number and residency, which the free search does show, are agent details. See is the registered agent the owner before you call that number as if it were the owner's.

3. How to run the search

1. Copy the name from the deed, including the comma and the LLC ending.
2. Open the name search. For an exact match, put the name in quotation marks and complete the check the page requires.
3. Record the file number, the formation date, and the agent name, address, phone, and residency. Record that the result is not a current-status finding.
4. If you need status or a copy, the Division says that information costs a fee. Order it from the Division rather than assuming a third-party profile is the file.
5. If the LLC is on a deed outside Delaware, open the property state's registry. A foreign registration there can name people Delaware does not. The Texas, Florida, and California guides say what those states actually publish.

4. What you still do not have

You do not have a member list, a manager list, or a share of ownership. You also do not have current status from the free rows. Inactive entities appear in the same results. Paying for a status or a copy still does not add member names unless the document the members chose to file happens to include them.

The person who signed the deed, and the title printed under that signature, is evidence from the land records. It is still not the operating agreement, which Delaware does not publish in this search.

5. Where to go after the file number

Keep the Delaware file number on the property row so a later search is the same company. The LLC research worksheet has a column for that.

Locate Next follows the same limit: a Delaware filing that names only an agent cannot be turned into an owner. The LLC owner lookup page says some state sources do not list managers or members, and that a missing source is held for review rather than reported as "not found." The Locate Next home page is the product, not a Delaware lookup.

Common questions

Sources

1. Delaware Division of Corporations, entity name search. Checked October 22, 2026.
2. 6 Del. C. 18-201, certificate of formation. Checked October 22, 2026.
3. Delaware Division of Corporations. Checked October 22, 2026.

This page is general information, not legal advice.