Business Database Search is the state business-entity register operated by the Colorado Secretary of State — Business Division. It covers domestic and foreign corporations, LLCs, LPs, LLPs and nonprofit corporations, PLUS trade names and trademarks, all in one combined index. Quick search accepts 'business name, trademark, trade name, ID or document number'. Filed document images are viewable without charge.
Domain Rating is a dated Ahrefs snapshot of domain authority. PetroHrys Score is an independent editorial assessment of the directory’s practical business value. They are separate measurements and are never combined. Domain Rating values are dated historical Ahrefs snapshots. New measurements are not collected because the Research Center does not depend on mandatory authenticated APIs. Domain Rating is a third-party metric produced by their respective providers, not by PetroHrys.com. Each recorded value carries its provider and the date it was measured, and describes the domain that was measured rather than one page on it. No source has been consulted for authority score, estimated traffic and referring domains, so they are not published for any record.
Business Database Search can be searched free of charge and without an account, directly from the Colorado Secretary of State — Business Division.
Filed document images are published free — the entity record exposes a "Filing history and documents" link at no charge — so a filing can be read, not merely confirmed to exist.
A single Business Database Search query reaches more than the entity register: it is also a public filing database — the entity record links "Filing history and documents" at no charge.
The Colorado Secretary of State — Business Division is the statutory source for Colorado, so an entry exists because a filing was made — not because anyone submitted a listing.
Limitations
It does not prove state or federal tax compliance, does not prove the entity holds any professional, occupational, contractor or municipal licence, does not prove the entity is trading, and does not prove solvency or creditworthiness.
Free images are not certified output: Colorado still charges for certified copies and certificates of status.
Submission guidance
Records are created through incorporation, registration, filing, or statutory processes.
Submission difficulty
Unknown
Typical listing quality
High
Typical approval time
Unknown
Review process
Unknown
Best for
Confirming that an entity is registered in Colorado and reading its recorded status
Reading the filings themselves, which Colorado publishes at no charge
Tracing an entity's filing history rather than only its current record
Not recommended for
Confirming good standing, licensing or tax compliance — this register does not establish any of them
Federal-level verification, which uses separate systems
Preparation checklist
No checklist recorded yet.
Common mistakes
No common mistakes recorded yet.
Establishing required submission assets requires submitting a listing and observing the result. That has not been done for any directory in this dataset, so it is not published rather than estimated.
What this directory accepts
Startups
Yes
SaaS products
Unknown
Enterprises
Yes
Agencies
Unknown
Freelancers
Unknown
Local businesses
Unknown
Developer tools
Unknown
Open-source projects
Unknown
Non-profits
Unknown
AI products
Unknown
Mobile apps
Unknown
Ecommerce stores
Unknown
Recommended industries
Entities registered in Colorado
How the PetroHrys Score was reached
Editorial trust 15%
9 / 10How far the entries a directory publishes can be relied on as accurate.
Business usefulness 15%
9 / 10How much practical use a listing there is to the business being listed.
Verification quality 12%
8 / 10How thoroughly the directory establishes that an entry is genuine before publishing it.
Platform reputation 10%
7 / 10How the platform is regarded in its field. Deliberately not a popularity, traffic or recognition measure.
Spam resistance 10%
10 / 10How well the directory keeps low-quality and promotional entries out.
Industry importance 10%
8 / 10How central the directory is to its sector, independently of how useful one listing is.
Long-term stability 10%
9 / 10How likely the directory is to still exist, and to still carry the entry, years from now.
Submission quality 8%
6 / 10What the submission process asks for and how workable it is for the business submitting.
Transparency 5%
9 / 10How openly the directory states its rules, costs and criteria.
Moderation quality 5%
7 / 10How the directory maintains entries after publication.
The PetroHrys Score is a first-party editorial assessment, not a third-party
authority metric. It is the weighted sum of the ten factors above, divided by ten, so the number
on this page is reproducible from the values shown. Each factor is scored from 0 to 10 by a human reviewer and weighted as shown. The definitions describe what was weighed, not a rubric: no threshold or formula maps a directory onto a value, and two reviewers could reach different numbers. The score is reproducible from the factors shown on every record, but it is an editorial judgement, not a measurement.