Annual reports · Louisiana

File Your Louisiana Annual Report Online

Louisiana's Annual Report is filed online with the Louisiana Secretary of State at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov. It is due your formation anniversary date each year. 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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Louisiana Annual Report at a Glance

Filing: Annual Report
Filed with: Louisiana Secretary of State
Where online: geauxbiz.sos.la.gov (account required)
State fee (LLC): $35
Due: Your formation anniversary date each year
Filing window: Your formation anniversary date; the window opens 60 days before the due date
Frequency: Every year
State late penalty: None (the state adds no late fee)
If you miss it: Louisiana keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Louisiana administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is three reports behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.

Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Louisiana'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 Louisiana online, or read what the Louisiana Form 365 asks for.

What the Louisiana Form Asks

Louisiana takes the Annual Report online at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov, behind an account login. It is run by the Louisiana 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 15, 2027, its formation anniversary date. After that it files by the same date every year.

Have ready before you start

The company's exact legal name as Louisiana registered it
Its Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana screens do.

Louisiana Annual Report Dates

First Annual Report for a Louisiana LLC formed on the 15th of each month in 2026. Louisiana sets the date from your own formation date, so your month is the row that matters, and the report then repeats every year.
Formed in	First Annual Report due	Window opens
January 2026	January 15, 2027	November 16, 2026
February 2026	February 15, 2027	December 17, 2026
March 2026	March 15, 2027	January 14, 2027
April 2026	April 15, 2027	February 14, 2027
May 2026	May 15, 2027	March 16, 2027
June 2026	June 15, 2027	April 16, 2027
July 2026	July 15, 2027	May 16, 2027
August 2026	August 15, 2027	June 16, 2027
September 2026	September 15, 2027	July 17, 2027
October 2026	October 15, 2027	August 16, 2027
November 2026	November 15, 2027	September 16, 2027
December 2026	December 15, 2027	October 16, 2027

How to File It Yourself

1. Open the Louisiana filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. Louisiana takes it your formation anniversary date; the window opens 60 days before the due date.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its Louisiana file or entity number, the number on the company's Louisiana 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 Louisiana.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay Louisiana's fee ($35 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 Louisiana filing site.

Yourself or filed for you: the same Louisiana filing, step for step
	File it yourself	Have it filed
Account	Your own login on geauxbiz.sos.la.gov	Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name
Finding the company	You enter the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 (your formation anniversary date; 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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.
Louisiana file or entity number: The number Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 your formation anniversary date, 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 Louisiana 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: Louisiana takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
Waiting too long: Louisiana keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Louisiana administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is three reports behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.

After you file

geauxbiz.sos.la.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 Louisiana Secretary of State posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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

Louisiana'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 Louisiana Secretary of State, filed before or after the report.

Registered agent service through America LLC Filing

Our registered agent partner's Louisiana address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file Louisiana'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 works

Louisiana Annual Report: Questions

Can I file the Louisiana Annual Report online?+

Yes. Louisiana takes it online through the Louisiana Secretary of State (geauxbiz.sos.la.gov), after you sign in or create an account. 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 Louisiana Annual Report due?+

Your formation anniversary date each year. The window opens 60 days before the due date. Order any time: if Louisiana is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.

What if I missed the Louisiana deadline?+

Louisiana adds no late fee. Louisiana keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Louisiana administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is three reports 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 Louisiana Annual Report every year?+

Every year. The deadline is your formation anniversary date, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Louisiana 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 15, 2027, its formation anniversary date. 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 Louisiana 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 geauxbiz.sos.la.gov?+

Yes. The Louisiana filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Annual Report When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.

Can I change my Louisiana registered agent at the same time?+

Yes. Louisiana 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 Louisiana address replaces yours on the record.

Is America LLC Filing the Louisiana 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 Louisiana. The state's fee is the same whether you file at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov yourself or we file for you.