Missouri LLC Annual Report: None Required (2026 Rules)

Nothing to file with the Missouri Secretary of State

Missouri asks for no annual report from an LLC. The two things that do recur are the registered agent and the yearly costs the state does have, both covered on their own pages.

Missouri registered agent rules What a Missouri LLC costs each year

Missouri LLC annual report

Annual report: Not required for LLCs
Yearly state fee: None at the Missouri Secretary of State
What recurs instead: A registered agent with a Missouri street address, and the business's own tax filings
If the LLC lapses: The state fee grows $10 for every 30 days since dissolution, so it is confirmed with the state at the time

Missouri LLC annual report rules at a glance

LLC annual report

Missouri: Not required

Yearly report fee

Missouri: None

Agency

Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State

Registered agent

Missouri: Required; keep it current with the Missouri Secretary of State

Dissolution for a missed report

Missouri: Not possible; a lapsed agent is the usual cause

Reinstatement after a lapse

Missouri: The state fee grows $10 for every 30 days since dissolution, so it is confirmed with the state at the time

Missouri LLC annual report rules, 2026
Item	Missouri
LLC annual report	Not required
Yearly report fee	None
Agency	Missouri Secretary of State
Registered agent	Required; keep it current with the Missouri Secretary of State
Dissolution for a missed report	Not possible; a lapsed agent is the usual cause
Reinstatement after a lapse	The state fee grows $10 for every 30 days since dissolution, so it is confirmed with the state at the time

State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us. Rules read from Missouri's statutes and the pages of the Missouri Secretary of State.

Why there is no Missouri LLC annual report

Missouri does not require an annual report, a biennial report or an annual fee from LLCs. The Secretary of State takes a registration report from corporations, but a Missouri LLC files nothing after its articles of organization are accepted, which is one reason Missouri's $50 online formation fee stays the whole five-year state cost for most owners.

What Missouri requires instead

The standing requirements are the ones every state has: a registered agent with a Missouri street address, kept current with a statement of change when the agent or office moves, and any licenses or tax registrations the business itself needs with the Department of Revenue and its city or county. None of them is a yearly Secretary of State filing.

The practical consequence is that nothing reminds a Missouri LLC that it exists. Owners who want a yearly checkpoint use the anniversary of formation to confirm that the agent and the operating agreement are current, because the state will not ask.

Staying in good standing without a report

In a report state the annual report is the yearly checkpoint: it forces the owner to confirm the agent and the addresses, and the state's reminder arrives before it. Missouri has no such checkpoint, so the record goes stale quietly. The habits that replace it are simple: keep the registered agent current and file a statement of change the week an agent or address changes; keep the operating agreement and member list up to date in the company's own records; and pull the LLC's record on the Missouri Secretary of State business search once a year to confirm it still reads active.

Two things are easy to confuse with an annual report in Missouri. Tax filings with the state's revenue department (income, sales, withholding, or a privilege or franchise tax where the state has one) are owed on their own schedules whatever the Secretary of State requires. And a foreign registration in another state carries that state's annual report: a Missouri LLC registered to do business in Florida files Florida's report by May 1 even though Missouri asks for nothing.

If the LLC lapses

An LLC that loses its registered agent, or whose agent resigns without a replacement, can be administratively dissolved. Missouri's reinstatement fee is unusual in that it grows with time, by $10 for every 30 days since the dissolution, so the state's total is confirmed with the Secretary of State at the time rather than quoted in advance.

Reinstatement rules for every state, including the ones with no report, are in our guide to reinstating a dissolved LLC; we also file reinstatements.

Standard Filings is a filing service, not a law firm. This page is general information about Missouri's LLC rules, read from the state's own statutes, fee schedules and filing pages; it is not legal or tax advice, and the state's current notice controls if the two differ.

Missouri LLC annual report FAQ

Does Missouri require an LLC annual report?+

No. Missouri requires no annual or biennial report from an LLC, and there is no yearly report fee at the Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri does not require an annual report, a biennial report or an annual fee from LLCs. The Secretary of State takes a registration report from corporations, but a Missouri LLC files nothing after its articles of organization are accepted, which is one reason Missouri's $50 online formation fee stays the whole five-year state cost for most owners.

What does Missouri require from an LLC instead?+

Does a Missouri LLC pay an annual fee to the state?+

Not to the Missouri Secretary of State: there is no annual report and no yearly report fee. The recurring costs a Missouri LLC does have are its registered agent (nothing if an owner serves, a yearly fee if one is hired) and whatever taxes the business owes the state's revenue department, which run on their own schedules.

Can my Missouri LLC still be dissolved?+

Do Missouri corporations file an annual report?+

Do I still need a registered agent in Missouri?+

Yes. Every Missouri LLC keeps a registered agent with a street address in the state on its record, and a lapse there is the usual way a Missouri LLC loses good standing. The agent can be an owner who lives in Missouri or a commercial agent.