North Carolina LLC annual report

The North Carolina annual report at a glance

What the report asks for

The LLC's name, its registered office and agent, its principal office's address and phone number, the names, titles and business addresses of its principal officials, and a brief description of the business. Unchanged details can be certified as unchanged. The form also lets the LLC say, if it wants, whether it's a veteran-owned or service-disabled veteran-owned small business. An amended annual report can correct, update or add to a filed report at any time. The report also states any change of registered office or agent, with the county the office is in. A report missing information comes back for correction; filed again within 30 days of the notice, it counts as on time.

How to file it

1. Look up the LLC's record in the North Carolina business entity search on our sister site or the state's own search: its exact name, status and registered agent.
2. File it. With the North Carolina Secretary of State (Business Registration Division).
3. Pay. $203 online by card, which includes a $3 card fee (the electronic fee for a bank transfer is $2), or $200 on paper.
4. Keep the confirmation with the LLC's records, and note next year's due date.

If the report is late or isn't filed

An LLC whose report is more than 60 days late can be dissolved: the Secretary of State mails a notice, and an LLC that hasn't put things right within 60 days of it is dissolved. A dissolved LLC winds up, and may keep the business going for a time while it does. Dissolution doesn't stop lawsuits by or against it or end its registered agent's authority. A dissolved LLC can apply for reinstatement by the procedure a corporation uses. If another entity has taken a name it can't be told apart from, it must change its name first. The reports continue every April 15 until the LLC's articles of dissolution take effect, or a foreign LLC withdraws.

Other North Carolina filings

Our North Carolina LLC guide has the state's forms and fees, from the formation filing to the registered agent. Changing an LLC's name and registering in another state list North Carolina's amendment and foreign filing, and how to dissolve an LLC in North Carolina covers closing it, which ends the reports. Once the report is filed, a North Carolina certificate of good standing proves the LLC is current.

Sources

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-2-24, ncleg.gov
• Annual report due dates, sosnc.gov
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-6-06, ncleg.gov
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-6-07, ncleg.gov

Read on October 10, 2026. Fees and dates change, so the office's own page has the final word before you file.