Was your Florida business administratively dissolved for a missed annual report? You can get it back. FileForms files your Florida reinstatement and every delinquent annual report through Sunbiz, restores your Active status, and keeps you compliant going forward — so you don’t lose your name, your liability protection, or your formation date.
What Happened
Florida requires every LLC and corporation to file an annual report by May 1. Miss it and the state adds a $400 late penalty — and if the report still isn’t filed by the third Friday of September, the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves or revokes your entity on the fourth Friday of September.
Once dissolved, your business name is released — another business can register it, and you could lose the brand you built.
Operating a dissolved LLC or corporation can expose owners personally. Reinstatement restores the protection retroactively to the dissolution date.
Lenders, payment processors, and partners check your status. “Inactive/Dissolved” on Sunbiz can freeze financing, contracts, and deals.
Fail to reinstate and your only option is forming a brand-new entity — losing your original formation date and history.
What It Costs
Reinstatement means paying the state reinstatement fee plus every delinquent annual report fee in one filing. Here’s what Florida charges by entity type.
| Entity type | State reinstatement fee | Plus each delinquent annual report | Typical minimum (1 year late) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC | $100 | $138.75 / year | ~$238.75 |
| For-profit corporation | $600 | $150 / year | $750 |
| Nonprofit corporation | $175 | $61.25 / year | ~$236.25 |
Fees are set by the Florida Division of Corporations and are paid at the time of filing. Entities administratively dissolved or revoked within the last 10 years can reinstate online. Limited partnerships and LLLPs have separate fees — ask us for a quote.
How It Works
You can file it yourself through Sunbiz, or let FileForms handle every step and confirm you don’t miss a delinquent year.
We look up your entity on Sunbiz, confirm it’s administratively dissolved or revoked, and pull your document number.
We determine each missed annual report — because every delinquent year’s fee must be paid to reinstate.
FileForms submits your reinstatement application and all delinquent annual reports through Sunbiz and pays the state fees in one filing.
Your entity returns to Active — reinstatement relates back to the dissolution date — and we keep you compliant with registered agent service and deadline tracking.
Why FileForms
Most businesses that get administratively dissolved once do it again, because the same missed-deadline gap is still there. FileForms closes it.
Reinstatement application plus every delinquent annual report, filed through Sunbiz and confirmed — no guesswork on which years you owe.
We become your Florida registered agent so state notices and the next annual report reminder never go to a stale address again.
Your May 1 Florida deadline — and every deadline in every state you operate — is tracked automatically from one dashboard.
Manage reinstatement, annual reports, registered agent, foreign qualification, and certificates of good standing for every entity in one place.
Common Questions
File a reinstatement application with the Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) and pay the reinstatement fee plus every delinquent annual report fee. Entities administratively dissolved or revoked within the last 10 years can reinstate online. FileForms prepares and files the reinstatement and all back annual reports for you.
The Florida LLC reinstatement fee is $100, plus $138.75 for each delinquent annual report year. A Florida LLC that missed one year typically pays about $238.75, all paid at the time you file.
The Florida for-profit corporation reinstatement fee is $600, plus $150 for each delinquent annual report year — a minimum of about $750. Nonprofit corporations pay $175 plus $61.25 per delinquent year.
A Florida entity administratively dissolved or revoked for failing to file an annual report within the last 10 years may reinstate online through Sunbiz. Acting quickly protects your name and good standing.
Yes. Under Florida law, reinstatement relates back to the effective date of administrative dissolution, so the entity is treated as if it never lapsed for most purposes — preserving contracts and liability protection.
Your business name is no longer protected and another entity can take it, you can lose the liability shield of the LLC or corporation, and banks, lenders, and partners may refuse to work with you. If you can’t reinstate, you’d have to form a brand-new entity and lose your original formation date.
Florida requires an annual report by May 1 each year. If it isn’t filed, a $400 late penalty applies, and if the report is still not filed by the third Friday of September, the Division of Corporations administratively dissolves or revokes the entity on the fourth Friday of September.
Yes. FileForms confirms your delinquent years, prepares and files your Florida reinstatement and every back annual report through Sunbiz, and restores your Active status — then keeps you compliant going forward with registered agent service and automated deadline tracking across all 50 states.
Related Florida Compliance
The May 1 filing that keeps you out of dissolution in the first place — deadlines, fees, and one-click filing.
A reliable Florida agent so state notices and reminders never reach a stale address again.
Once reinstated, prove your Active status to banks, lenders, and partners.
Operating in Florida from another state? Register correctly and stay compliant.
Send us your entity name — FileForms confirms what you owe, files your reinstatement and back annual reports through Sunbiz, and restores your good standing. Then we keep you compliant so it never happens again.
More Florida compliance: Florida registered agent · Florida annual report · Florida certificate of good standing · Florida foreign qualification
