Alabama: business records and regulators
Where to look a business up in Alabama, where to search the UCC filings against it, and the offices that regulate banks, lenders and securities there.
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Alabama records and regulators
Business search
Look a business up in the state's register of businesses.
UCC search
Find the UCC filings against a business: the financing statements lenders file to record a lien on its assets, such as a blanket lien.
Banking and lending regulator
Oversees the banks the state charters. Check its site for the lender and broker licenses the state requires.
Securities regulator
The state office for securities offerings, brokers and investment advisers.
Find a lender in Alabama
Official lists of the lenders that work in Alabama. Each opens on its own site, filtered to Alabama where the list allows it.
SBA 504 lenders (Certified Development Companies) (opens in a new tab)
The nonprofit lenders that make SBA 504 loans for property and big equipment, from the SBA's own list, filtered to the state.
SBA microloan lenders (opens in a new tab)
Nonprofit lenders that make SBA microloans of up to $50,000, from the SBA's own list, filtered to the state.
SBA Lender Match (opens in a new tab)
The SBA's own matching tool: you answer a few questions about your business on its site, and two business days later it gives you a list of the lenders interested; some may contact you. It is not a loan application. What you type goes to the SBA and those lenders, not to us.
Certified CDFIs (community lenders) (opens in a new tab)
The CDFI Fund's list of every certified community development financial institution (CDFI): loan funds, banks and credit unions. Download the list and sort it by the State column.
The FDIC's BankFind: search for the banks with offices in the state.
Credit unions (opens in a new tab)
The NCUA's credit union locator. Credit unions lend to their members, so check who can join.
Before you sign with any lender, check it is licensed: see the banking and lending regulator above, and Check a lender or platform. A few national lenders and platforms are named, with how they were chosen, in the provider directory.
State rules for Alabama on our route pages
- Business line of credit: On a loan of $2,000 or more, the parties can agree any rate, and no one who owes the debt, a guarantor included, can rely on the usury laws. Alabama's consumer rules against unconscionable terms still apply. Below $2,000, a written contract may charge at most 8% a year, unless another law allows more. A lender that is not a bank, savings and loan association or credit union needs a small loan license from the state to charge more than the law otherwise allows on a loan of less than $1,500. (Code of Alabama 8-8-5: loans, credit sales, etc., of $2,000 or more; Code of Alabama 8-8-1: maximum rates of interest, generally; Code of Alabama 5-18-4: Alabama Small Loan Act, license required; exemptions)
- Equipment loans and finance agreements: On a loan of $2,000 or more, the parties can agree any rate, and no one who owes the debt, a guarantor included, can rely on the usury laws. Alabama's consumer rules against unconscionable terms still apply. Below $2,000, a written contract may charge at most 8% a year, unless another law allows more. A lender that is not a bank, savings and loan association or credit union needs a small loan license from the state to charge more than the law otherwise allows on a loan of less than $1,500. (Code of Alabama 8-8-5: loans, credit sales, etc., of $2,000 or more; Code of Alabama 8-8-1: maximum rates of interest, generally; Code of Alabama 5-18-4: Alabama Small Loan Act, license required; exemptions)
- Online business loans: On a loan of $2,000 or more, the parties can agree any rate, and no one who owes the debt, a guarantor included, can rely on the usury laws. Alabama's consumer rules against unconscionable terms still apply. Below $2,000, a written contract may charge at most 8% a year, unless another law allows more. A lender that is not a bank, savings and loan association or credit union needs a small loan license from the state to charge more than the law otherwise allows on a loan of less than $1,500. (Code of Alabama 8-8-5: loans, credit sales, etc., of $2,000 or more; Code of Alabama 8-8-1: maximum rates of interest, generally; Code of Alabama 5-18-4: Alabama Small Loan Act, license required; exemptions)
Sources
- Alabama Secretary of State: Business Entity Records (search by entity name, number, or officer, agent or incorporator) · checked October 20, 2026
- Alabama Secretary of State: UCC Records (UCC search options: by debtor name, filing number or date) · checked October 20, 2026
- Alabama State Banking Department: home page · checked October 20, 2026
- Alabama Securities Commission: home page · checked October 20, 2026