Florida LLC status check
What keeps a Florida 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 Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz).
Check your Florida status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)). 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 Florida, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.
What Florida requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Annual Report | Annual Report |
| How often | Annual | Annual |
| When it’s due | File between January 1 and May 1 each year (2026: by 11:59 PM EST Friday May 1). Mailed payments must be postmarked by May 1. | File between January 1 and May 1 each year (2026: by 11:59 PM EST Friday May 1). Mailed payments must be postmarked by May 1. |
| State fee | $138.75 (online or mail); $538.75 if received after May 1 | $150 (online or mail); $550 if received after May 1 |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
$400 late fee after May 1. Entities that haven't filed by the third Friday in September are administratively dissolved (or revoked, if foreign) at close of business on the fourth Friday in September.
Getting back in good standing
Reinstatement — state fee LLC $100 plus $138.75 per report year owed; profit corporation $600 plus $150 per report year owed. Filed on Sunbiz; returns the entity to active status. Dissolved more than one calendar year: allow 2-3 business days for a name availability check.
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 Florida LLC Annual Report due?
File between January 1 and May 1 each year (2026: by 11:59 PM EST Friday May 1). Mailed payments must be postmarked by May 1. The state fee is $138.75 (online or mail); $538.75 if received after May 1.
How do I reinstate a Florida LLC?
Florida calls it Reinstatement. The state fee is LLC $100 plus $138.75 per report year owed; profit corporation $600 plus $150 per report year owed. Filed on Sunbiz; returns the entity to active status. Dissolved more than one calendar year: allow 2-3 business days for a name availability check.
What happens if I miss the Florida filing deadline?
$400 late fee after May 1. Entities that haven't filed by the third Friday in September are administratively dissolved (or revoked, if foreign) at close of business on the fourth Friday in September.
How do I check if my Florida LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)'s business entity search (https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName) 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 Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/manage-business/efile/annual-report/
- https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/
- https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/corporate-fees/
- https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/manage-business/efile/reinstatement/
- https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByName
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