Illinois LLC status check

What keeps a Illinois 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 Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services.

Check your Illinois status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services). 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 Illinois, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.

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What Illinois requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1)	Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05)
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	Before the first day of the LLC's anniversary month (the month it was organized). A pre-filled report is mailed to the registered agent about 45 days before the due date.	Not published
State fee	$75 (a payment processor fee is added when filing online)	Not published
Annual tax tied to standing	Not published	Illinois franchise tax, based on paid-in capital, is paid with the annual report.

Sources: Illinois Secretary of State, Guide for Organizing Domestic Limited Liability Companies (C 334.14, Feb 2024) and Guide for Organizing Domestic Corporations (C 179.30, Feb 2024). The corporation annual report fee and due date are not stated in the corporation guide; check ilsos.gov.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

LLCs: not filed by the due date puts the company in delinquent status; not filed within 60 days adds penalty status and a $100 late-filing penalty; not filed within 120 days of delinquency leads to administrative dissolution.

Getting back in good standing

Application for Reinstatement (LLC-35.40; corporations BCA-12.45) — state fee $200 for LLCs plus $100 for each year of delinquency after the first; $200 for corporations plus franchise taxes, penalties and interest. All missed annual reports (up to six years) and fees must be filed with the reinstatement. LLCs can file online.

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 Illinois LLC Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) due?

Before the first day of the LLC's anniversary month (the month it was organized). A pre-filled report is mailed to the registered agent about 45 days before the due date. The state fee is $75 (a payment processor fee is added when filing online).

How do I reinstate a Illinois LLC?

Illinois calls it Application for Reinstatement (LLC-35.40; corporations BCA-12.45). The state fee is $200 for LLCs plus $100 for each year of delinquency after the first; $200 for corporations plus franchise taxes, penalties and interest. All missed annual reports (up to six years) and fees must be filed with the reinstatement. LLCs can file online.

What happens if I miss the Illinois filing deadline?

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

Search your exact registered name on Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services's business entity search (https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch/) 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 Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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