Arkansas LLC status check

What keeps a Arkansas LLC or corporation in good standing, what happens if a filing is missed, and how to check your status yourself. Taken from the official rules published by Arkansas Secretary of State, Business & Commercial Services Division.

Check your Arkansas status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Arkansas Secretary of State, Business & Commercial Services Division). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.

The way a lender sees it: a lender’s system doesn’t just read your status — it matches your exact legal name, your filing, your domain and your email against each other. Run the same checks below.

Free check: what a lender’s system sees

Standing in Arkansas, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.

Legal business name

Entity type

Or open the full check.

What Arkansas requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Franchise Tax Report	Annual Franchise Tax Report
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	Report and tax due on or before May 1 each year (covers the prior calendar year). No extensions.	Report and tax due on or before May 1 each year (covers the prior calendar year). No extensions.
State fee	$150 (flat franchise tax for all LLCs); can be filed online	0.3% of Arkansas capital stock, minimum $150 ($300 minimum for corporations without authorized stock)
Annual tax tied to standing	Arkansas franchise tax: $150 per year for LLCs, filed with the Secretary of State.	Arkansas franchise tax: 0.3% of Arkansas capital stock, $150 minimum, filed with the Secretary of State.

Arkansas has no separate annual report for LLCs/corporations; the franchise tax report filed with the Secretary of State (not Dept of Revenue) serves that role. Revocation timeline comes from a 2013 SOS newsletter; verify before publishing as current.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

$25 late filing penalty plus interest of 0.0274% per day. Per a 2013 Secretary of State publication, if the tax goes unpaid through December 31, the charter is revoked.

Getting back in good standing

Current reinstatement process/fee not confirmed from an official source. Bringing a revoked entity back to good standing requires paying back franchise taxes.

Why lenders check this before anyone reads your application

An automated know-your-business check compares what you put on an application against the state’s record. A status that isn’t active and in good standing, or a legal name that differs from your filing by a comma or a suffix, is a common silent reason for a decline.

Fixing your status costs nothing beyond the state’s own fees; you don’t need to pay anyone to do it for you.

Common questions

When is the Arkansas LLC Annual Franchise Tax Report due?

Report and tax due on or before May 1 each year (covers the prior calendar year). No extensions. The state fee is $150 (flat franchise tax for all LLCs); can be filed online.

How do I reinstate a Arkansas LLC?

Current reinstatement process/fee not confirmed from an official source. Bringing a revoked entity back to good standing requires paying back franchise taxes.

What happens if I miss the Arkansas filing deadline?

$25 late filing penalty plus interest of 0.0274% per day. Per a 2013 Secretary of State publication, if the tax goes unpaid through December 31, the charter is revoked.

How do I check if my Arkansas LLC is in good standing?

Search your exact registered name on Arkansas Secretary of State, Business & Commercial Services Division's business entity search (https://sos-corp-search.ark.org/corps) and read the status field. To see what a lender's verification system sees - status, exact legal-name match, domain and business email - run Peak Discounters' free fundability check.

Sources

Fees and deadlines change. Always confirm on Arkansas Secretary of State, Business & Commercial Services Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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