Maine: business records and regulators
Where to look a business up in Maine, where to search the UCC filings against it, and the offices that regulate banks, lenders and securities there.
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Maine 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.
Maine Secretary of State: Search for a Uniform Commercial Code Filing (opens in a new tab)
The office's UCC Interactive Search also offers a free, "unofficial" debtor name search that finds name variations of active filings and of filings up to a year past their lapse date.
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 Maine
Official lists of the lenders that work in Maine. Each opens on its own site, filtered to Maine 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 Maine on our route pages
- Business line of credit: Outside consumer credit, the parties can agree any finance charge, unless another law sets a limit for that kind of credit. Maine's supervised lender license covers only consumer loans, to individuals mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. (Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-601: finance charge for other credit transactions; Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 1-301: definitions (consumer loan, supervised loan); Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-301: authority to make or service supervised loans)
- Equipment loans and finance agreements: Outside consumer credit, the parties can agree any finance charge, unless another law sets a limit for that kind of credit. Maine's supervised lender license covers only consumer loans, to individuals mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. (Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-601: finance charge for other credit transactions; Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 1-301: definitions (consumer loan, supervised loan); Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-301: authority to make or service supervised loans)
- Online business loans: Outside consumer credit, the parties can agree any finance charge, unless another law sets a limit for that kind of credit. Maine's supervised lender license covers only consumer loans, to individuals mainly for personal, family or household purposes, not business loans. (Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-601: finance charge for other credit transactions; Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 1-301: definitions (consumer loan, supervised loan); Maine Revised Statutes title 9-A, section 2-301: authority to make or service supervised loans)
Sources
- Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations: Search Corporate Names · checked October 20, 2026
- Maine Secretary of State: Search for a Uniform Commercial Code Filing (UCC Interactive Search) · checked October 20, 2026
- Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions: home page · checked October 20, 2026
- Maine Office of Securities: home page · checked October 20, 2026