Annual reports · Florida
File Your Florida Annual Report on Sunbiz
Florida's Annual Report is filed online with the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) at services.sunbiz.org. It is due May 1 each year, and the state adds a $400 penalty when it is late. We prepare it from your company's details and submit it to the state for you, so it is done before the deadline and off your list.
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One short form. We check your details against Florida's record and file it.
File My Florida Annual ReportFlorida Annual Report at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Report
- Filed with
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)
- Where online
- services.sunbiz.org (no account needed)
- State fee (LLC)
- $138.75
- Due
- May 1 each year
- Filing window
- January 1 to May 1 each year
- Next deadline
- May 1, 2027
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- $400, added by the state after May 1
- If you miss it
- Florida keeps taking the late report, with the $400 penalty, through 5 PM Eastern on the fourth Friday of September (September 25, 2026 for the 2026 report). After that the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC, and the report alone can no longer be filed: the company has to be reinstated, which costs the reinstatement fee plus every missed report.
The 2027 Annual Report window opens January 1, 2027 and closes May 1, 2027.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Florida's own, from the state's published schedule and statute, and the penalty is paid to the state, not to us. Every state's report is listed on the annual report directory.
Forming a new company instead? Form an LLC in Florida online, or read what the Florida Articles of Organization asks for. Filing the new company yourself on Sunbiz? Sunbiz LLC filing, step by step.
What the Florida Form Asks
Sunbiz needs no account or login. The filing starts with the company's document number, the number on its Florida record, and Sunbiz loads what the state has on file.
You confirm or change the principal and mailing addresses, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or authorized persons. A new registered agent types their acceptance on the form; Florida will not take the change without it.
You can add a certificate of status to the filing for the state's small added fee, emailed by the state after approval. Pay by card; the tracking number on the payment page is your proof of filing until the record updates.
If Sunbiz offers an Online Amended Annual Report instead, the company has already filed this year. A second filing is an amended report at the state's $50 amendment fee, not a new annual report.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due May 1, 2027.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as Florida registered it
- Its document number, from the state's record or the formation approval
- The principal office street address and the mailing address, if different
- The registered agent's name and Florida street address
- The names and addresses of the managers or members on record
- The name and title of the person signing, and a card for the state fee
Our order form asks for the same items, in the same order the Florida screens do.
Florida Annual Report Dates
| Formed | First Annual Report due | After that |
|---|---|---|
| Formed in 2025 | May 1, 2026 | 2027, then every year |
| Formed in 2026 | May 1, 2027 | 2028, then every year |
| Formed in 2027 | May 1, 2028 | 2029, then every year |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the Florida filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) at services.sunbiz.org. No account is needed. Florida takes it January 1 to May 1.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its document number, the number on the company's Florida record, not by name alone. Two companies can have near-identical names, and a report filed under the wrong number files the wrong company's report.
3. Confirm or update the details
The principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members on record. Anything that changed since the last filing goes in now, including a new registered agent.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay Florida's fee ($138.75 for an LLC). Save the confirmation; it is your proof of filing until the state's record shows the report.
Rather skip the state's site? We file it for you, and the state's confirmation comes to your inbox. To file it yourself, start at the Florida filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | None needed | None needed |
| Finding the company | You enter the document number | We look up the record and match it to your order |
| The details | You retype the addresses, the agent and the managers or members on the state's screens | You confirm them once on our form; we check them against the Florida record before filing |
| Signing | An authorized person signs electronically | You authorize the filing at checkout and name the signer; the state's signature line is completed the way the state allows |
| State fee | Paid to the state by card at the end | Paid to the state on your behalf and itemized on the order review step |
| Timing | Any time the window is open (January 1 to May 1) | Order any time; a report the state is not taking yet is held and filed the day the window opens |
| Confirmation | Shown on screen; save it yourself | The state's confirmation is emailed to you and kept on your order page |
| Registered agent change | Named on the Annual Report | Chosen on the order form and named on the same filing |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a Florida street address that receives lawsuits and state notices for the LLC; a post office box does not qualify, and the agent's address is public.
- Principal office and mailing address
- Where the business is run, and the address the state should write to if that differs; both appear on the public record.
- Managers or members
- Who runs the LLC. The Annual Report lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- Document number
- The number Florida gave the company when it was formed. It is on the approved formation document and on the state's business search, and it is how the filing finds the right record.
- Good standing, dissolution and reinstatement
- Good standing is the status a company keeps by filing on time. Administrative dissolution (some states say revocation or forfeiture) is what the state does to one that stops filing, and reinstatement is the filing that brings it back, with the missed reports and fees.
What Goes Wrong on the Florida Annual Report
- Filing an Annual Report for the year the LLC was formed: a company formed in 2026 owes its first in 2027, and the state is not waiting for one before that.
- Filing before the window opens on January 1: Florida does not take the new report year before then; the state's system refuses it.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its document number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Leaving a registered agent change for later: Florida takes the new agent on this filing, with the new agent's acceptance typed on the form, and a change left off it needs its own filing afterwards.
- Filing a second time in the same year: Sunbiz turns it into an amended annual report at the state's $50 amendment fee, so check the record before you start.
- Waiting too long: Florida keeps taking the late report, with the $400 penalty, through 5 PM Eastern on the fourth Friday of September (September 25, 2026 for the 2026 report). After that the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC, and the report alone can no longer be filed: the company has to be reinstated, which costs the reinstatement fee plus every missed report.
After you file
Sunbiz shows a tracking number on the payment page and emails the confirmation; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the Florida Division of Corporations posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Florida business search stays active, which is what a bank, a lender, a landlord or a licensing board checks before it opens an account, extends credit or renews a license. A certificate of status or good standing, where one of them asks for paper proof, is a separate document the state issues on request (Sunbiz can attach it to the report itself). The next thing the Florida business registry expects is the next Annual Report, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Change Your Agent on the Report
Florida's Annual Report can name a new registered agent and registered office, so a company switching agents does it on this filing, with no separate change form and no second state fee.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's Florida address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. Florida's Annual Report names the new agent, so it is done with this filing. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksFlorida Annual Report: Questions
Can I file the Florida Annual Report online?+
Yes. Florida takes it online through the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) (services.sunbiz.org), with no account needed. If you would rather not, we file it for you: one short form with your company's details, and we submit it to the state.
When is the Florida Annual Report due?+
May 1 each year. Florida takes it January 1 to May 1. The next deadline is May 1, 2027. Order any time: if Florida is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the Florida deadline?+
The state's late penalty is $400, added by the state after May 1. Florida keeps taking the late report, with the $400 penalty, through 5 PM Eastern on the fourth Friday of September (September 25, 2026 for the 2026 report). After that the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC, and the report alone can no longer be filed: the company has to be reinstated, which costs the reinstatement fee plus every missed report. We file late reports while the state still takes them; the state's penalty, where there is one, is paid to the state with its fee.
Is the Florida Annual Report every year?+
Every year. The deadline is May 1, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Florida says otherwise, so file ahead of it.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file an Annual Report?+
Not this year. An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due May 1, 2027. A report filed for the formation year is not required, and the state's system will either refuse it or treat it as next year's.
What do I need to file it?+
The company's exact legal name and its document number, the principal and mailing address, the registered agent on record, and the managers or members. We ask for the same on our order form, so nothing is missing when we file.
Do I need a Sunbiz account?+
No. Sunbiz takes the Annual Report without an account; you start from the company's document number and pay at the end. When we file for you, we start from the same number.
Can I change my Florida registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. Florida's Annual Report can name a new registered agent, so choosing our registered agent service on our order form puts our partner's Florida address on the record instead of yours with this filing.
Is America LLC Filing Sunbiz?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with Florida or Sunbiz. The state's fee is the same whether you file at services.sunbiz.org yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Alabama: no LLC annual report
- Georgia: Annual Registration, due April 1 each year
- Delaware: Annual Tax, due June 1 each year
- Maryland: Annual Report, due April 15 each year
- North Carolina: Annual Report, due April 15 each year
- South Carolina: no LLC annual report
Get Your Florida Annual Report Filed
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