Louisiana: business records and regulators
Where to look a business up in Louisiana, where to search the UCC filings against it, and the offices that regulate banks, lenders and securities there.
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Louisiana 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.
Louisiana Secretary of State: Search for Financing Statements (opens in a new tab)
A certified search of the UCC records is asked for in writing from a Clerk of Court office ($30 per debtor name). The Secretary of State also sells a yearly subscription to the UCC database ($400).
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 Louisiana
Official lists of the lenders that work in Louisiana. Each opens on its own site, filtered to Louisiana 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 Louisiana on our route pages
- Business line of credit: A company, or anyone borrowing for a business or a farm, can agree any rate of interest and cannot plead usury afterward. But if you default on a fixed-rate loan, the lender cannot raise the rate above 18% a year (21% on loans over $250,000) or 3 percentage points over the original rate, whichever is higher, unless you agree in writing after the default. Louisiana's lender license, under its Consumer Credit Law, covers only loans mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. Its loan broker rules likewise cover only brokers of consumer loans (and some home loans), not business loans. (Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3509: rate of interest for commercial, business or agricultural loans; rate upon default; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516: definitions (consumer loan); Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3557: authority to make consumer loans; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3572.1: loan broker defined (consumer loans))
- Equipment loans and finance agreements: A company, or anyone borrowing for a business or a farm, can agree any rate of interest and cannot plead usury afterward. But if you default on a fixed-rate loan, the lender cannot raise the rate above 18% a year (21% on loans over $250,000) or 3 percentage points over the original rate, whichever is higher, unless you agree in writing after the default. Louisiana's lender license, under its Consumer Credit Law, covers only loans mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. Its loan broker rules likewise cover only brokers of consumer loans (and some home loans), not business loans. (Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3509: rate of interest for commercial, business or agricultural loans; rate upon default; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516: definitions (consumer loan); Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3557: authority to make consumer loans; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3572.1: loan broker defined (consumer loans))
- Online business loans: A company, or anyone borrowing for a business or a farm, can agree any rate of interest and cannot plead usury afterward. But if you default on a fixed-rate loan, the lender cannot raise the rate above 18% a year (21% on loans over $250,000) or 3 percentage points over the original rate, whichever is higher, unless you agree in writing after the default. Louisiana's lender license, under its Consumer Credit Law, covers only loans mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. Its loan broker rules likewise cover only brokers of consumer loans (and some home loans), not business loans. (Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3509: rate of interest for commercial, business or agricultural loans; rate upon default; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516: definitions (consumer loan); Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3557: authority to make consumer loans; Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3572.1: loan broker defined (consumer loans))
Sources
- Louisiana Secretary of State: Search Business Filings · checked October 20, 2026
- Louisiana Secretary of State: Search for Louisiana Business Filings (search by entity name, charter number or trade name) · checked October 20, 2026
- Louisiana Secretary of State: Search for Financing Statements · checked October 20, 2026
- Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions: home page (depository, non-depository, securities and consumer) · checked October 20, 2026