Connecticut LLC status check
What keeps a Connecticut 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 Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division.
Check your Connecticut status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.
Statuses you may see there include: Active, Forfeited, Revoked.
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 Connecticut, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.
What Connecticut requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Annual Report | Annual Report |
| How often | Annual | Annual |
| When it’s due | Between January 1 and March 31 each year (per SOTS fee schedule and 2021 SOTS release). Your exact next due date is shown in your business.ct.gov account. | By the last day of the anniversary month of formation; may be filed up to one month early. |
| State fee | $80 (filed online) | $150 (filed online), domestic stock corporation |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
No late fee is listed. An overdue entity cannot get a Certificate of Legal Existence (good standing). SOTS may administratively dissolve an entity more than one year in default; the dissolved business is 'Forfeited' (foreign: 'Revoked').
Getting back in good standing
Certificate of Reinstatement — state fee LLC $120 (includes annual report); domestic stock corporation $300 (includes annual report). Filed online at business.ct.gov. No deadline stated, but SOTS urges prompt filing so the name is not taken. Foreign entities must re-register instead.
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 Connecticut LLC Annual Report due?
Between January 1 and March 31 each year (per SOTS fee schedule and 2021 SOTS release). Your exact next due date is shown in your business.ct.gov account. The state fee is $80 (filed online).
How do I reinstate a Connecticut LLC?
Connecticut calls it Certificate of Reinstatement. The state fee is LLC $120 (includes annual report); domestic stock corporation $300 (includes annual report). Filed online at business.ct.gov. No deadline stated, but SOTS urges prompt filing so the name is not taken. Foreign entities must re-register instead.
What happens if I miss the Connecticut filing deadline?
No late fee is listed. An overdue entity cannot get a Certificate of Legal Existence (good standing). SOTS may administratively dissolve an entity more than one year in default; the dissolved business is 'Forfeited' (foreign: 'Revoked').
How do I check if my Connecticut LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division's business entity search (https://service.ct.gov/business/s/onlinebusinesssearch) 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 Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://business.ct.gov/knowledge-base/articles/domestic-annual-report-forms-and-fees
- https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/business-services/bsd-forms/llc-2017/annual-report-frequently-asked-questions.pdf
- https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/business-services/bsd-forms/fee-schedule-revised-712020.pdf
- https://portal.ct.gov/sots/press-releases/previous-years/2021-press-releases/secretary-of-the-state-merrill-reminds-businesses-they-can-file-annual-reports-directly-at
- https://business.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/Business-Services/BSD-Forms/Combined_Reinstatement_and_Annual_Report/Combined-Reinstatement-and-Annual-Report-Form-LLC-Rev09-2022.pdf
- https://portal.ct.gov/sots/business-services/certificate-of-dissolution-or-revocation
- https://business.ct.gov/knowledge-base/articles/annual-report/overdue-annual-report
- https://portal.ct.gov/DRS/DRS-Forms/Current-Year-Forms/Business-Entity-Tax-Return
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