Annual reports · Minnesota
File Your Minnesota Annual Renewal Online
Minnesota's Annual Renewal is filed online with the Minnesota Secretary of State at sos.mn.gov. It is due December 31 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.
Have it filed for you
One short form. We check your details against Minnesota's record and file it.
File My Minnesota Annual RenewalMinnesota Annual Renewal at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Renewal
- Filed with
- Minnesota Secretary of State
- Where online
- sos.mn.gov (account required)
- State fee (LLC)
- No state fee online
- Due
- December 31 each year
- Filing window
- January 1 to December 31 each year
- Next deadline
- December 31, 2026
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- None (the state adds no late fee)
- If you miss it
- Minnesota allows no late window at all: an LLC that misses December 31 is terminated and has to file for reinstatement.
The 2026 Annual Renewal window is open now and closes December 31, 2026.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Minnesota'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 Minnesota online.
What the Minnesota Form Asks
Minnesota takes the Annual Renewal online at sos.mn.gov, behind an account login. It is run by the Minnesota Secretary of State, the office that keeps the company's record.
The Annual Renewal 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 in 2026 owes no Annual Renewal for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due December 31, 2027.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as Minnesota registered it
- Its Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota screens do.
Minnesota Annual Renewal Dates
| Formed | First Annual Renewal due | After that |
|---|---|---|
| Formed in 2025 | December 31, 2026 | 2027, then every year |
| Formed in 2026 | December 31, 2027 | 2028, then every year |
| Formed in 2027 | December 31, 2028 | 2029, then every year |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the Minnesota filing site
The Annual Renewal is filed with the Minnesota Secretary of State at sos.mn.gov. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. Minnesota takes it January 1 to December 31.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its Minnesota file or entity number, the number on the company's Minnesota 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 Minnesota.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and submit; Minnesota charges no fee for it online. 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 Minnesota filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your own login on sos.mn.gov | Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name |
| Finding the company | You enter the Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 December 31) | 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Renewal lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- Minnesota file or entity number
- The number Minnesota 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 Minnesota Annual Renewal
- Filing an Annual Renewal 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: Minnesota does not take the new report year before then.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its Minnesota 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 Renewal: Minnesota takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
- Waiting too long: Minnesota allows no late window at all: an LLC that misses December 31 is terminated and has to file for reinstatement.
After you file
sos.mn.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 Minnesota Secretary of State posts the Annual Renewal to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Minnesota 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 Minnesota business registry expects is the next Annual Renewal, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Changing Your Registered Agent
Minnesota's Annual Renewal confirms the registered agent on record but does not replace it. A new agent is its own change-of-agent filing with the Minnesota Secretary of State, filed before or after the report.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's Minnesota address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file Minnesota'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 worksMinnesota Annual Renewal: Questions
Can I file the Minnesota Annual Renewal online?+
Yes. Minnesota takes it online through the Minnesota Secretary of State (sos.mn.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 Minnesota Annual Renewal due?+
December 31 each year. Minnesota takes it January 1 to December 31. The next deadline is December 31, 2026. Order any time: if Minnesota is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the Minnesota deadline?+
Minnesota adds no late fee. Minnesota allows no late window at all: an LLC that misses December 31 is terminated and has to file for reinstatement. 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 Minnesota Annual Renewal every year?+
Every year. The deadline is December 31, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Minnesota says otherwise, so file ahead of it.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file an Annual Renewal?+
Not this year. An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Renewal for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due December 31, 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 Minnesota 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 sos.mn.gov?+
Yes. The Minnesota filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Annual Renewal When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.
Can I change my Minnesota registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. Minnesota takes the agent change as its own filing, separate from the Annual Renewal; choose our registered agent service on our order form and we file that change for you with the report order, so our partner's Minnesota address replaces yours on the record.
Is America LLC Filing the Minnesota 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 Minnesota. The state's fee is the same whether you file at sos.mn.gov yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Iowa: Biennial Report, due April 1 in each report year
- North Dakota: Annual Report, due November 15 each year
- South Dakota: Annual Report, due the first day of your anniversary month each year
- Wisconsin: Annual Report, due the last day of the calendar quarter that holds your anniversary month each year
Get Your Minnesota Annual Renewal Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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