New Hampshire LLC status check
What keeps a New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division.
Check your New Hampshire status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.
Statuses you may see there include: Not in Good Standing, Administratively Dissolved, Administratively Suspended.
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 New Hampshire, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.
What New Hampshire requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Annual Report | Annual Report |
| How often | Annual | Annual |
| When it’s due | Due by April 1 of each year following the year of registration. | Due by April 1 of each year following the year of registration. |
| State fee | $100 filing fee (RSA 304-C:191); NH QuickStart online adds a $2 handling charge ($102 total). | $100 filing fee; NH QuickStart online adds a $2 handling charge ($102 total). |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
A $50 late fee applies to reports received after April 1 and cannot be waived. A domestic entity that misses April 1 becomes Not in Good Standing. After two consecutive years without filing, a domestic entity is Administratively Dissolved; a foreign entity is Administratively Suspended.
Getting back in good standing
Reinstatement — state fee LLC: $135 (late reinstatement $500) per RSA 304-C:191. The corporation fee was not confirmed.. An administratively dissolved LLC can apply within 3 years of dissolution (RSA 304-C:138). If the application arrives more than 120 days after the dissolution notice, it needs a NH Department of Revenue Administration certificate.
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 New Hampshire LLC Annual Report due?
Due by April 1 of each year following the year of registration. The state fee is $100 filing fee (RSA 304-C:191); NH QuickStart online adds a $2 handling charge ($102 total)..
How do I reinstate a New Hampshire LLC?
New Hampshire calls it Reinstatement. The state fee is LLC: $135 (late reinstatement $500) per RSA 304-C:191. The corporation fee was not confirmed.. An administratively dissolved LLC can apply within 3 years of dissolution (RSA 304-C:138). If the application arrives more than 120 days after the dissolution notice, it needs a NH Department of Revenue Administration certificate.
What happens if I miss the New Hampshire filing deadline?
A $50 late fee applies to reports received after April 1 and cannot be waived. A domestic entity that misses April 1 becomes Not in Good Standing. After two consecutive years without filing, a domestic entity is Administratively Dissolved; a foreign entity is Administratively Suspended.
How do I check if my New Hampshire LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division's business entity search (https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire/) 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 New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporations-0/business-faqs
- https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporations-0/forms-and-fees/limited-liability-companies
- https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Home/FillingFee
- https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-191.htm
- https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-138.htm
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