Vermont LLC status check
What keeps a Vermont 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 Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division.
Check your Vermont status
On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.
Statuses you may see there include: Inactive, Terminated.
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
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What Vermont requires to stay in good standing
| LLC | Corporation | |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | Annual Report | Annual Report |
| How often | Annual | Annual |
| When it’s due | Due within three months after the end of the company's fiscal year on record (11 V.S.A. § 4033). | Due within the first two and a half months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year on record. |
| State fee | $45 | $60 |
Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it
If a filing is missed
Failure to file the annual report ends good standing; by statute the LLC's articles or the corporation's charter terminate. The search shows the entity as inactive or terminated depending on how long it has been out of compliance. No separate late fee is listed.
Getting back in good standing
Reinstatement — state fee LLC: $35 per year missed, plus missed annual report fees; corporation: $50, plus missed annual report fees. Filed online. Reinstatement relates back to the termination date. An LLC loses its right to its name if the report is not filed within 5 years after it was due.
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 Vermont LLC Annual Report due?
Due within three months after the end of the company's fiscal year on record (11 V.S.A. § 4033). The state fee is $45.
How do I reinstate a Vermont LLC?
Vermont calls it Reinstatement. The state fee is LLC: $35 per year missed, plus missed annual report fees; corporation: $50, plus missed annual report fees. Filed online. Reinstatement relates back to the termination date. An LLC loses its right to its name if the report is not filed within 5 years after it was due.
What happens if I miss the Vermont filing deadline?
Failure to file the annual report ends good standing; by statute the LLC's articles or the corporation's charter terminate. The search shows the entity as inactive or terminated depending on how long it has been out of compliance. No separate late fee is listed.
How do I check if my Vermont LLC is in good standing?
Search your exact registered name on Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division's business entity search (https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/business/businesssearch) 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 Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.
- https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/annualbiennial-reports
- https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes
- https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/reinstatements
- http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/04033
- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/04034
- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/11A/014
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