Indiana LLC status check

What keeps a Indiana 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 Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division.

Check your Indiana status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Indiana Secretary of State, Business 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 Indiana, 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

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What Indiana requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Business Entity Report	Business Entity Report
How often	Biennial	Biennial
When it’s due	For-profit entities file every other year, due in the anniversary month of the entity's original creation. May be filed up to 90 days early.	Same as LLCs: for-profit corporations file every other year, due in the anniversary month of creation; may file up to 90 days early.
State fee	$31 online; $50 by mail (Secretary of State). Statute (IC 23-0.5-9) sets the base fee at $20 electronic / $50 paper.	$31 online; $50 by mail (Secretary of State). Statute base fee $20 electronic / $50 paper.

Indiana's report is BIENNIAL for for-profit entities (nonprofits file annually) and is called a Business Entity Report, not an annual report. Online fee conflict: SOS says $31, statute says $20 (difference likely an online processing fee, not confirmed).

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

The office sends at least four reminders. After a report is five months overdue, the entity is administratively dissolved (domestic) or its authority revoked (foreign).

Getting back in good standing

Application for Reinstatement — state fee $20 electronic / $30 paper (statutory fee, IC 23-0.5-9); SOS page does not list a fee. Available if less than 5 years have passed since administrative dissolution. After 5 years the entity cannot be revived, though some affairs may be wound up under IC 23-0.5-6-2.

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 Indiana LLC Business Entity Report due?

For-profit entities file every other year, due in the anniversary month of the entity's original creation. May be filed up to 90 days early. The state fee is $31 online; $50 by mail (Secretary of State). Statute (IC 23-0.5-9) sets the base fee at $20 electronic / $50 paper..

How do I reinstate a Indiana LLC?

Indiana calls it Application for Reinstatement. The state fee is $20 electronic / $30 paper (statutory fee, IC 23-0.5-9); SOS page does not list a fee. Available if less than 5 years have passed since administrative dissolution. After 5 years the entity cannot be revived, though some affairs may be wound up under IC 23-0.5-6-2.

What happens if I miss the Indiana filing deadline?

The office sends at least four reminders. After a report is five months overdue, the entity is administratively dissolved (domestic) or its authority revoked (foreign).

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

Search your exact registered name on Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division's business entity search (https://bsd.sos.in.gov/publicbusinesssearch) 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 Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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