Massachusetts LLC status check
What keeps a Massachusetts 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 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division.
Check your Massachusetts status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations 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 Massachusetts, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.
What Massachusetts requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Annual Report | Annual Report |
| How often | Annual | Annual |
| When it’s due | On or before the anniversary date of the filing of the LLC's original certificate of organization (950 CMR 112.14). | Within 2 1/2 months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year (M.G.L. c.156D §16.22). |
| State fee | $500 (set by statute, M.G.L. c.156C §12(d)); the Division's fee page lists no separate online or late amount for LLCs. | $100 if filed electronically; $125 on paper; $150 if not filed on time. |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
Corporations: late annual report fee is $150. LLCs: no late fee listed; if an LLC fails to file for two consecutive years, the Division sends written notice and administratively dissolves it if the problem is not corrected within 90 days of the notice (950 CMR 112.20).
Getting back in good standing
Reinstatement following Administrative Dissolution (corporations may also file an Application for Revival) — state fee $100 (LLC and corporation reinstatement; corporate Application for Revival also $100), plus past-due reports and fees. An administratively dissolved LLC may apply for reinstatement at any time; it becomes effective on the date the Division approves (950 CMR 112.21).
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 Massachusetts LLC Annual Report due?
On or before the anniversary date of the filing of the LLC's original certificate of organization (950 CMR 112.14). The state fee is $500 (set by statute, M.G.L. c.156C §12(d)); the Division's fee page lists no separate online or late amount for LLCs..
How do I reinstate a Massachusetts LLC?
Massachusetts calls it Reinstatement following Administrative Dissolution (corporations may also file an Application for Revival). The state fee is $100 (LLC and corporation reinstatement; corporate Application for Revival also $100), plus past-due reports and fees. An administratively dissolved LLC may apply for reinstatement at any time; it becomes effective on the date the Division approves (950 CMR 112.21).
What happens if I miss the Massachusetts filing deadline?
Corporations: late annual report fee is $150. LLCs: no late fee listed; if an LLC fails to file for two consecutive years, the Division sends written notice and administratively dissolves it if the problem is not corrected within 90 days of the notice (950 CMR 112.20).
How do I check if my Massachusetts LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division's business entity search (https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.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 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/general-information/corporations-filing-fees.htm
- https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/download/950_cmr_112_limited_liability_companies.pdf
- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156C/Section12
- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156D/Section16.22
- https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/corporations.htm
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