Kentucky LLC Annual Report: $15, Due June 30 (2026)
Kentucky's Annual Report is the cheapest in the country at $15 — but the June 30 deadline is absolute. Miss it and your LLC slides from bad standing into administrative dissolution. Here's how to file in 5 minutes, and a calculator that maps your exact deadline timeline.
Every Kentucky LLC must file an Annual Report between January 1 and June 30 each year, starting the year after formation. The fee is $15, filed online through the Kentucky Secretary of State. There's no revenue reporting — it just confirms your addresses, registered agent, and members/managers. Miss June 30 and your LLC enters bad standing; continue ignoring it and the state administratively dissolves your LLC. Reinstatement costs $100 plus every missed report.
- Fee
- $15/yr (cheapest in US)
- Window
- Jan 1 – Jun 30
- First report due
- Year after formation
- Filed where
- sos.ky.gov — online
- Late penalty
- Bad standing → dissolution
- Reinstatement
- $100 + missed reports
What the Kentucky Annual Report Is
The Annual Report is a compliance check-in, not a financial disclosure. Kentucky just wants to confirm your LLC still exists and its public information is current: principal office address, registered agent, and the names and addresses of members or managers. No revenue figures, no tax data — that's what the LLET return is for.
- $15 flat — the lowest annual report fee in the country.
- Fixed window: January 1 through June 30, every year. Not your anniversary — everyone's deadline is June 30.
- First report: due the calendar year after formation. Form in 2026 → first report due January 1 – June 30, 2027.
- Every active LLC files — even with zero revenue, zero activity, and zero employees.
Your Deadline Timeline — Calculated
Kentucky Annual Report Deadline & Risk Calculator
Enter your formation year · get your full compliance timeline
Today's date used for status: July 17, 2026. The June 30 deadline has passed for 2026 — if your LLC owed a 2026 report and hasn't filed, act now.
How to File in 5 Minutes
Go to the Kentucky SOS online filing portal
Annual reports are filed directly through the Secretary of State's site. Search your LLC by name or organization number.
Confirm or update your information
Principal office address, registered agent, and member/manager names. Note: changing your registered agent here requires the $10 statement of change with consent.
Pay $15 and save your confirmation
Pay by card online. Download the filed report — it's your proof of good standing for the year.
File in January. The window opens January 1. Filing in the first week — while you're doing year-start bookkeeping anyway — makes June 30 irrelevant. The state mails reminders to your registered agent, but never rely on mail for a deadline that can dissolve your company.
What Happens If You Miss June 30
Kentucky doesn't charge a late fee — the penalty is worse than money:
July 1: Bad standing
Your LLC immediately loses good standing. Banks, lenders, and platforms that verify status (and many do) see it.
Continued failure: Administrative dissolution
The state dissolves your LLC. Your liability protection is now in question for new business, your name becomes vulnerable, and contracts get complicated.
The comeback costs more
Reinstatement means a $100 penalty plus filing every missed annual report — and weeks of delay while banks and vendors wait on proof you're active again.
Reinstating a Dissolved Kentucky LLC
File the reinstatement application with the Secretary of State, pay the $100 penalty, and file all delinquent annual reports with their $15 fees. Once processed, your LLC is restored retroactively — but the smarter play is a two-minute calendar reminder every January.
Ahmad Adil's Take: a $15 report should never kill a business, but I've watched it happen — usually to founders whose registered agent address went stale, so the reminder went nowhere. The fix costs nothing: file every January 2nd, and if you moved, update your agent address the same week. Kentucky gives you the cheapest compliance in America; don't lose your company over the price of lunch.
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Kentucky LLC — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. The figures here — the $40 Articles of Organization fee, the $15 Annual Report, the $175-minimum LLET, and Kentucky’s 3.5% flat income tax — reflect current Kentucky Secretary of State and Department of Revenue guidance. This is educational content, not legal or tax advice.
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