How to Search by Business Name

  1. Press Search on the Main Navigation Bar.
  2. Choose a State from the drop down box.
  3. Choose Debtor Name Search from the drop down box.
  4. Press Continue to advance.
  5. To search for a business name, select the Organization radio button (required).
  6. Enter the business name or use a truncated search string. Using “excavat” as your search string, FICOSO Online will expand your truncated search to include “excavating,” “excavators” and “excavation” etc.
  7. FICOSO Online ignores uppercase, lowercase, spaces and punctuation.
  8. FICOSO Online ignores special characters not in A-Z, a-z, or 0-9.
  9. Do not enter business endings. Use of business endings (Corp., LP., Company, Incorporated etc.) in a search string can cause search results to be overly narrow. Leave these indicators out of your search string in order to reveal name variations.
  10. FICOSO Online ignores noise words. If you enter a noise word in your search string, it will drop it and reveal findings with and without the noise word.
  11. Search results will include both matching organizations and individuals regardless of if searching by Organization or Individual.

List of Noise Words

  • and
  • the
  • of

It is best to omit noise words from your search string. If you enter them, be sure to include a space before and after the noise word. Although FICOSO Online ignores spaces, it cannot recognize the noise word unless it stands alone surrounded by spaces.

For example

Target Name: Bank of Sacramento
Search string “bank of sac” would locate:

  • Bank of Sacramento
  • Bank of Sacramento Valley

Search string “bankofsac” would locate:

  • NOTHING!
  1. Use the Wildcard (*). The wildcard replaces characters for a broader search result, and more than one can be used in a search string. Wildcards cannot be used at the beginning of a search string.

For example

Target Name: Cascade Mountain Inn

Good

Search string “cascademount” would locate:

  • cascade mountain
  • cascade mountain inn
  • cascade mountains inn & suites

Better

Search string “cascad*mount” would locate:

  • cascade mountain
  • cascade mountain inn
  • cascade mountains inn & suites
  • cascades mountain inn

Best

Search string “cascad*m*t* would locate:

  • cascade mountain
  • cascade mountain inn
  • cascade mountains inn & suites
  • cascades mountain inn
  • cascading mountains inn
  • cascade mt. inn
  • cascade mtn. inn
  • cascades mtn. inn
How to Search for Business Names