Annual reports · Illinois
File Your Illinois Annual Report Online
Illinois's Annual Report is filed online with the Illinois Secretary of State at apps.ilsos.gov. It is due the first day of your anniversary month each year, and the state adds a $100 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.
Have it filed for you
One short form. We check your details against Illinois's record and file it.
File My Illinois Annual ReportIllinois Annual Report at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Report
- Filed with
- Illinois Secretary of State
- Where online
- apps.ilsos.gov (no account needed)
- State fee (LLC)
- $75
- Due
- The first day of your anniversary month each year
- Filing window
- The first day of your anniversary month; the window opens 60 days before the due date
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- $100, added by the state after the end of the month after your anniversary month
- If you miss it
- Illinois keeps taking the late report, with the $100 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. Illinois administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is one report behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Illinois'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 Illinois online, or read what the Illinois Form LLC-5.5 asks for.
What the Illinois Form Asks
Illinois takes the Annual Report online at apps.ilsos.gov, with no account needed. It is run by the Illinois Secretary of State, the office that keeps the company's record.
The Annual Report confirms what the state has on file for the LLC: the principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members (some states' screens say governors, officials or principals). Anything that changed since the last filing is updated on it, and an authorized person signs it electronically before the state fee is paid.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed on March 15, 2026 owes nothing for 2026; its first Annual Report is due March 1, 2027, the first day of its anniversary month. After that it files by the same date every year.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as Illinois registered it
- Its Illinois file or entity 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 Illinois 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 Illinois screens do.
Illinois Annual Report Dates
| Formed in | First Annual Report due | Window opens |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | January 1, 2027 | November 2, 2026 |
| February 2026 | February 1, 2027 | December 3, 2026 |
| March 2026 | March 1, 2027 | December 31, 2026 |
| April 2026 | April 1, 2027 | January 31, 2027 |
| May 2026 | May 1, 2027 | March 2, 2027 |
| June 2026 | June 1, 2027 | April 2, 2027 |
| July 2026 | July 1, 2027 | May 2, 2027 |
| August 2026 | August 1, 2027 | June 2, 2027 |
| September 2026 | September 1, 2027 | July 3, 2027 |
| October 2026 | October 1, 2027 | August 2, 2027 |
| November 2026 | November 1, 2027 | September 2, 2027 |
| December 2026 | December 1, 2027 | October 2, 2027 |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the Illinois filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the Illinois Secretary of State at apps.ilsos.gov. No account is needed. Illinois takes it the first day of your anniversary month; the window opens 60 days before the due date.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its Illinois file or entity number, the number on the company's Illinois 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; a new registered agent is a separate change filing in Illinois.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay Illinois's fee ($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 Illinois filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | None needed | None needed |
| Finding the company | You enter the Illinois file or entity 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 Illinois 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 (the first day of your anniversary month; the window opens 60 days before the due date) | 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 | A separate change filing with the Illinois Secretary of State | Chosen on the order form; we file the change with the report order |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a Illinois 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.
- Illinois file or entity number
- The number Illinois 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 Illinois 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 outside the window: the Annual Report is due the first day of your anniversary month, and the window opens 60 days before the due date; the state's system does not take it earlier.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its Illinois file or entity number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Trying to change the registered agent on the Annual Report: Illinois takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
- Waiting too long: Illinois keeps taking the late report, with the $100 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. Illinois administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is one report behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.
After you file
apps.ilsos.gov shows a confirmation and sends a receipt to the filer's email; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the Illinois Secretary of State posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Illinois 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. The next thing the Illinois business registry expects is the next Annual Report, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Changing Your Registered Agent
Illinois's Annual Report confirms the registered agent on record but does not replace it. A new agent is its own change-of-agent filing with the Illinois Secretary of State, filed before or after the report.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's Illinois address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file Illinois's change-of-agent form for you with the report order. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksIllinois Annual Report: Questions
Can I file the Illinois Annual Report online?+
Yes. Illinois takes it online through the Illinois Secretary of State (apps.ilsos.gov), 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 Illinois Annual Report due?+
The first day of your anniversary month each year. The window opens 60 days before the due date. Order any time: if Illinois is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the Illinois deadline?+
The state's late penalty is $100, added by the state after the end of the month after your anniversary month. Illinois keeps taking the late report, with the $100 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. Illinois administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is one report behind, and the company then has to be reinstated. 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 Illinois Annual Report every year?+
Every year. The deadline is the first day of your anniversary month, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Illinois 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 on March 15, 2026 owes nothing for 2026; its first Annual Report is due March 1, 2027, the first day of its anniversary month. After that it files by the same date every year. 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 Illinois file or entity 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 an account on apps.ilsos.gov?+
No. The Illinois filing site takes the Annual Report without an account; you start from the company's Illinois file or entity number and pay at the end. When we file for you, we start from the same number.
Can I change my Illinois registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. Illinois takes the agent change as its own filing, separate from the Annual Report; choose our registered agent service on our order form and we file that change for you with the report order, so our partner's Illinois address replaces yours on the record.
Is America LLC Filing the Illinois state office?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with Illinois. The state's fee is the same whether you file at apps.ilsos.gov yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Indiana: Business Entity Report, due the last day of your anniversary month in each report year
- Iowa: Biennial Report, due April 1 in each report year
- Kentucky: Annual Report, due June 30 each year
- Missouri: no LLC annual report
- Wisconsin: Annual Report, due the last day of the calendar quarter that holds your anniversary month each year
Get Your Illinois Annual Report Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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