New Hampshire: business records and regulators
Where to look a business up in New Hampshire, where to search the UCC filings against it, and the offices that regulate banks, lenders and securities there.
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New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire Secretary of State: UCC and Statutory Liens (opens in a new tab)
UCC searches are ordered through the office's QuickStart online service, which needs an account.
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 New Hampshire
Official lists of the lenders that work in New Hampshire. Each opens on its own site, filtered to New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire on our route pages
- Business line of credit: On business transactions New Hampshire's statute sets 10% a year only where no other rate is agreed in writing, and sets no ceiling on a rate agreed in writing. New Hampshire's small loan license covers only loans of $10,000 or less for personal, family or household use, not business loans. (New Hampshire Revised Statutes 336:1: rate of interest; New Hampshire Revised Statutes 399-A:1 and 399-A:2: small loans, definitions and license required)
- Equipment loans and finance agreements: On business transactions New Hampshire's statute sets 10% a year only where no other rate is agreed in writing, and sets no ceiling on a rate agreed in writing. New Hampshire's small loan license covers only loans of $10,000 or less for personal, family or household use, not business loans. (New Hampshire Revised Statutes 336:1: rate of interest; New Hampshire Revised Statutes 399-A:1 and 399-A:2: small loans, definitions and license required)
- Online business loans: On business transactions New Hampshire's statute sets 10% a year only where no other rate is agreed in writing, and sets no ceiling on a rate agreed in writing. New Hampshire's small loan license covers only loans of $10,000 or less for personal, family or household use, not business loans. (New Hampshire Revised Statutes 336:1: rate of interest; New Hampshire Revised Statutes 399-A:1 and 399-A:2: small loans, definitions and license required)
Sources
- New Hampshire Secretary of State: home page (Corporations: Business Search) · checked October 20, 2026
- New Hampshire Secretary of State: UCC and Statutory Liens · checked October 20, 2026
- New Hampshire Banking Department: home page (consumer credit licensees and registrants; banks and credit unions) · checked October 20, 2026
- New Hampshire Secretary of State: Securities Regulation (Bureau of Securities Regulation) · checked October 20, 2026