Florida's annual report costs $138.75 and is filed between January 1 and May 1 every year. Miss May 1 and a flat $400 late fee takes the total to $538.75, so the window is the whole game.
Florida LLC annual reports are due May 1 and cost $138.75 to file. See details below.
Filing the Florida annual report, with the state's own fee and deadline. Source: Florida Secretary of State.
Annual Report at a Glance
Due Date
May 1
Fee
$138.75
Filing Method
Online or mail
Late Penalty
$400 late fee; an unfiled report leads to administrative dissolution at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September
Sos Filing Url
https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/
How to File
1
Gather Required Information
Collect your LLC's current registered agent information, principal office address, manager or member details, your Division of Corporations document number, and your federal tax identification number before you start. Check your timing too: under Fla. Stat. 605.0212(3) the first annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the year following the calendar year in which your articles of organization became effective, so an LLC formed in 2026 owes nothing for 2026 and files its first report in the 2027 window.
2
Access the Florida Sunbiz Portal
Go to the Division of Corporations at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz and open the annual report e-filing page. Look your LLC up by document number or entity name to pull your report onto the screen. The filing window opens January 1 and closes May 1 each year.
3
Complete the Annual Report Form
Update any changes to your LLC's information including the principal and mailing addresses, the registered agent and registered office, and the manager or member details. Verify every field is current and accurate before you submit, because an amended annual report filed afterward costs an additional $50.
4
Pay the $138.75 Filing Fee
Submit payment online by credit card, debit card, or Sunbiz e-file account. If you would rather pay by check or money order, the system prints a payment voucher, and the Division requires that voucher and payment to be postmarked and mailed on or before May 1 to avoid the late fee. The report is not filed until the $138.75 is paid in full.
5
Print and Save Confirmation
Download and print your filing confirmation for your records. This serves as proof of compliance and should be kept with your LLC's important documents. Florida sells no expedited handling for LLC filings, so file early in the window rather than on the deadline.
Ready to file your annual report?
Go directly to the Florida Secretary of State portal.
This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state publishes about filing deadlines, fees, and the consequences of missing them, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you what your own company owes: the date turns on when and where you formed, states change these rules between our reviews, and in several states an entity-level tax falls due in a year when no report does. Confirm your own dates with the filing office named on this page before you rely on one here, because the penalty for missing a deadline can be administrative dissolution of the company.
Frequently Asked Questions
Filing after May 1 triggers a flat $400 late fee, so the report costs $538.75 instead of $138.75. Florida applies that penalty to limited liability companies by name and exempts only non-profit corporations, and there is no expedited or hardship option that buys it down. What happens next is a September deadline, not a 60-day clock: if the annual report has not been filed by the third Friday of September, the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September. For calendar year 2026 the last day to pay by check is September 18 and the credit card cutoff is 5:00 pm EST on September 25. Until the report is filed and all fees and penalties are paid, Fla. Stat. 605.0212(6) bars the LLC from maintaining or defending any action in a Florida court. Reinstating an administratively dissolved LLC costs a $100 reinstatement fee plus each year's $138.75 annual report fee, all payable at submission. File through the Division of Corporations at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz as soon as you notice, and set a reminder for the January 1 to May 1 window next year.
Florida LLC annual reports are filed with the Division of Corporations at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz. Open the annual report e-filing page, look your LLC up by document number or entity name, confirm or update the registered agent, the principal and mailing addresses, and the manager or member information, then pay the $138.75 fee. Paying online by credit or debit card completes the filing in minutes and gives you instant confirmation that the Department of State received it. If you would rather pay by check or money order, the system prints a payment voucher, and the Division requires that voucher and payment to be postmarked and mailed on or before May 1 to avoid the late fee. The window runs January 1 to May 1 each year, and your first report is due in the year following the calendar year your articles of organization became effective. Anything received after May 1 costs $538.75 rather than $138.75, because Florida adds a flat $400. Florida sells no expedited service for LLC filings, so file early in the window rather than on the deadline.
The Florida LLC annual report is $138.75, payable to the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. The fee is flat and does not scale with your LLC's size, revenue, or activity. It is due between January 1 and May 1, and the Division's own fee table lists the same report received after May 1 at $538.75, because a flat $400 late fee is added. That penalty applies to limited liability companies specifically; only non-profit corporations are exempt from it. An amended annual report filed later costs an additional $50. If the report is never filed, the LLC is administratively dissolved at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September, and reinstatement then costs a $100 reinstatement fee plus each year's $138.75 report fee, all due at submission. Since Florida sells no expedited service and offers no reduction, the only way to control this cost is to file inside the window. File at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz well before May 1.
Every Florida LLC files its annual report between January 1 and May 1 under Fla. Stat. 605.0212(3), and May 1 is the same date for every LLC. The first year is the exception worth knowing: your first annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the year following the calendar year in which your articles of organization became effective, so an LLC formed at any point in 2026 owes nothing for 2026 and files its first $138.75 report in the 2027 window. Missing May 1 does not dissolve the LLC that week. It adds a flat $400 late fee, taking the report to $538.75. Dissolution comes later in the year: if the report has not been filed by the third Friday of September, the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September, and until the report is filed and all fees and penalties are paid, Fla. Stat. 605.0212(6) bars the LLC from maintaining or defending a court action in Florida. **Next step:** file at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz in January, while the window is open and the fee is still $138.75.
No. Every LLC on the Division of Corporations register files an annual report each year, whether it is single-member, multi-member, or a foreign LLC authorized to transact business in Florida, and whether or not it did any business. Size, revenue, and activity make no difference to the $138.75 fee, and a dormant LLC files exactly like an active one.
There is one timing rule that is often mistaken for an exemption. Under Fla. Stat. 605.0212(3) the first annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the articles of organization became effective, so an LLC formed in 2026 files nothing in 2026 and files its first report in the 2027 window.
Missing the deadline is expensive rather than forgiving. A flat $400 late fee applies to reports received after May 1, taking the total to $538.75, and a report still unfiled by the third Friday of September leads to administrative dissolution at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September. Reinstatement then costs a $100 reinstatement fee plus each year's $138.75 report fee.
File with the Division of Corporations at dos.fl.gov/sunbiz once the window opens on January 1, and keep the confirmation with your LLC's records.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Florida sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.
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