Delaware LLC status check
What keeps a Delaware 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 Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations.
Check your Delaware status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations). 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 Delaware, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.
What Delaware requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | None required | Annual Franchise Tax Report |
| How often | - | Annual |
| When it’s due | No annual report. Instead an annual LLC tax is due on or before June 1 for the prior year. | Report and franchise tax due on or before March 1 each year. |
| State fee | Not published | $50 filing fee (non-exempt domestic corporations; $25 exempt) |
| Annual tax tied to standing | Annual LLC tax $400, due June 1 (raised from $300 by HB 400, signed May 21, 2026; LLC tax change effective Jan 1, 2026). | Franchise tax due March 1; minimum $175 (Authorized Shares method) or $400 (Assumed Par Value Capital method). |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
Corp: $200 penalty if report not filed by March 1, plus 1.5%/month interest; charter becomes void after 1 year of unpaid tax/unfiled report. LLC: $200 penalty plus 1.5%/month interest; not in good standing when tax unpaid; certificate canceled if tax unpaid 3 years.
Getting back in good standing
Revival (Certificate of Revival for LLCs; Certificate of Renewal/Revival for corporations). Must pay all back taxes, penalties and interest plus the filing fee. Corporations should contact the Franchise Tax section (302-739-3073) before filing.
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
Does a Delaware LLC have to file an annual report?
No annual report is required for LLCs in Delaware according to Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations. Delaware's free name search does not show standing; status requires a paid Certificate of Status. The DE Tax FAQ page still says $300 for LLCs, but the tax instructions page and HB 400 say $400. Figures are for domestic entities.
How do I reinstate a Delaware LLC?
Delaware calls it Revival (Certificate of Revival for LLCs; Certificate of Renewal/Revival for corporations). Must pay all back taxes, penalties and interest plus the filing fee. Corporations should contact the Franchise Tax section (302-739-3073) before filing.
What happens if I miss the Delaware filing deadline?
Corp: $200 penalty if report not filed by March 1, plus 1.5%/month interest; charter becomes void after 1 year of unpaid tax/unfiled report. LLC: $200 penalty plus 1.5%/month interest; not in good standing when tax unpaid; certificate canceled if tax unpaid 3 years.
How do I check if my Delaware LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations's business entity search (https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/namesearch.aspx) 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 Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://corp.delaware.gov/paytaxes/
- https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/
- https://corp.delaware.gov/alt-entitytaxinstructions/
- https://corp.delaware.gov/taxfaq/
- https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/143069
- https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=143069&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB400
- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc11/index.html
- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c005/index.html
- https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/ecorp/entitysearch/namesearch.aspx
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