What your Delaware LLC owes the state every year to stay in good standing — and what happens when the report doesn't get filed.
Delaware requires every LLC to file a annual report with the Delaware Division of Corporations. The report confirms basic information — LLC name, principal office address, registered agent, members or managers — and pays a $300 state fee.
Filing is online through the Delaware Division of Corporations's portal at corp.delaware.gov. It typically takes less than ten minutes and is processed the same day.
Delaware LLCs pay a flat $300 annual franchise tax to the Division of Corporations, due by June 1 every year. There is no annual report for LLCs — just the tax. Delaware's Court of Chancery is the reason most venture-backed holdcos pick Delaware: a specialized business court with a deep, century-old body of case law that makes outcomes predictable.
Delaware doesn't forgive late reports indefinitely. The typical sequence when a report isn't filed on time:
The Delaware Division of Corporations assesses a state-imposed late fee, typically within 30 days of the missed deadline.
Your LLC's public status changes from "active" to "not in good standing" or the Delaware equivalent. Banks, vendors, and counterparties can see this.
If the lapse continues (usually 60–180 days, varies by state), the Delaware Division of Corporations administratively dissolves the LLC. Your liability shield can be pierced for activities during the dissolved period.
To bring the LLC back, you pay the missed report fee, the late fee, and a Delaware reinstatement fee. The LLC comes back but the gap in good standing remains on the public record.
Every customer gets annual compliance reminders 60, 30, and 7 days before the Delaware report due date. Each reminder includes a one-click link to file through the Delaware Division of Corporations's portal. We don't auto-file on your behalf and we don't store payment information between years — you retain control — but you will not miss the deadline because you forgot.
If you want the filing done for you, we offer a separate Delaware annual report filing service billed separately from registered agent renewal. Ask your formation specialist about it when the reminder lands.
Report fees don't change often, but when they do, we update the reminder copy. Delaware's report is filed every year. The registered agent must remain current. If you move, or your registered agent changes, file the change promptly — don't wait for the annual report to fold it in.
Reservation takes three minutes. A formation specialist in Dover handles the rest.