Georgia Annual Report 2026: The Annual Registration, Explained

First thing to know: Georgia does not officially call this filing an annual report. The state's term is the annual registration, and if you search sos.ga.gov for "annual report" you will be redirected to it. Same concept, Georgia's name. Every LLC on the state's books owes one each year under O.C.G.A. § 14-11-1103, and skipping it eventually costs you the entity.

Due Date: April 1 Every Year, Window Opens January 1

The deadline is fixed. Not your formation anniversary, not a rolling date: April 1, for every Georgia LLC, every year. The filing window opens January 1, giving you a three-month span.

One wrinkle new owners miss: your first annual registration is not due in the year you form. It comes due the following calendar year. Form in 2026, and your first registration window is January 1 to April 1 of 2027.

Georgia will also let you knock out up to three years at once. Prepay two or three consecutive years in a single eCorp session and stop thinking about it for a while.

The Georgia Annual Report Fee ($60 Total)

Budget $60 flat. That is the $50 statutory annual registration fee plus a $10 service charge added under the fee schedule effective September 6, 2025, applying to filings from January 1, 2026 onward. Online or mailed in, the total is the same $60.

Prepaying multiple years multiplies the per-year charge: $120 for two years, $180 for three. The state's fees and expedited processing guide has the line items.

Filing the Georgia Annual Registration, Step by Step

The state's own instructions live on the how-to-file guide. Here is the short version:

1. Head to ecorp.sos.ga.gov, the Corporations Division's filing portal.
2. Nothing changing this year, and all past registration fees paid? Use One Click Annual Registration: no login, fastest path.
3. Updating anything, like a new registered agent or principal office? One Click is off the table. Log in to eCorp and work through the full Annual Registration form.
4. Pay the $60 (or the multi-year total) and download your confirmation. Paper route: print the form from eCorp and mail it with payment for the same $60.

Filed it wrong? Georgia has a fix-it form, the Amended Annual Registration for LLC (Form CD 920), for correcting a registration you already submitted.

Miss the Deadline? $25 Late Fee, Then Dissolution

No grace period exists past April 1. Day one of delinquency adds a $25 penalty to your $60. Stay delinquent for two consecutive years and the state can administratively dissolve your LLC under O.C.G.A. § 14-11-1103. Foreign LLCs get a harsher version: revocation of the Certificate of Authority, after which you generally re-qualify from scratch rather than reinstate.

Dissolution is not a paperwork inconvenience. Your liability shield lapses, lenders and landlords see a dead entity in the state database, and your business name sits exposed for someone else to claim.

What the Filing Updates (and What It Cannot)

For an LLC, the annual registration covers exactly two data points: your registered agent (name, Georgia street address, county) and your principal office. Georgia does not collect member or manager names on this filing; there is simply no field for them. Corporations report officers, but LLCs do not report owners.

It also has hard limits. Entity name and entity type cannot be touched on an annual registration; both require a separate amendment filing.

Where We Fit In

Georgia Registered Agent.co does not submit the annual registration for you. What we do: warn you before the window opens, so January 1 never sneaks up, and scan every Secretary of State notice that lands at your registered agent address the day it arrives. Your portal keeps the paper trail organized and searchable.

For $99/year, you get a compliant Georgia registered agent address, same-day document scanning, filing deadline alerts, and secure document storage. One less thing to worry about as you manage your annual compliance obligations.

Take Action

If your annual registration is coming due, or already overdue, file at ecorp.sos.ga.gov now and eat the $25 penalty before it compounds into dissolution. Then put an agent on file who will make sure next April 1 never surprises you.