How to Reinstate a Pennsylvania LLC
As of 2024, there’s no process for reinstating or reviving a Pennsylvania limited liability company. Previously, if a Pennsylvania LLC failed to file a decennial report, it wouldn’t be administratively dissolved, but the LLC name would become available for other Pennsylvania businesses to use. Starting in 2024, the state is transitioning from decennial reports (filed every ten years) to annual reports. The first annual reports will be due in 2025, but the state will not begin dissolving businesses that fail to file the report until 2027.
Since there’s currently no process for reinstatement, if you previously dissolved your LLC or lost your LLC’s name reservation due to noncompliance, you will need to form a new company. The good news? Pennsylvania currently does not dissolve businesses for noncompliance. They also no longer accept late decennial reports. Forget to file your 2023 decennial report? No worries—it’s forgiven. Your first annual report will be due in 2025. We explain the new annual report process and what to do if your Pennsylvania LLC is no longer in good standing.
Revive a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company
Since there is no way to revive an LLC in Pennsylvania, you will have to start a new company if your business was previously dissolved or lost its name reservation with the state. You can start a Pennsylvania LLC by filing the Certificate of Organization and Docketing Statement forms to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. This costs $125.
How do I bring my Pennsylvania LLC back in good standing?
As of 2024, there is no way to get back into good standing as a Pennsylvania LLC. For the time being, though, your LLC doesn’t have to be in good standing—or rather, it can’t be in “bad” standing. That’s because Pennsylvania is switching from decennial reports to annual reports. In order to give businesses time to get used to this change, there is no report due in 2024. The first Pennsylvania annual reports will be due in 2025, but there are no consequences for filing late until 2027.
Since Pennsylvania won’t begin dissolving entities for noncompliance until 2027, the state hasn’t yet established the process for businesses to get back into good standing.
When is my first Pennsylvania LLC Annual Report due?
Your first Pennsylvania LLC Annual Report will be due on September 30, 2025. This will cost $7.
After that, your report will be due every September 30th.
Will the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations dissolve my business if I don’t file my annual report?
Not right away. Since the switch from decennial reports to annual reports is new, the state is allowing a two year grace period. That means that while the first annual reports are due in 2025, if you’re late to file, your LLC won’t be dissolved if you file all required reports by 2027.
Currently, it looks like business entities that fail to file one or more annual reports will be dissolved starting in 2027, at which time the business would need to be reinstated. But since 2027 is a few years out, there’s no clear process for reinstatement yet. However, Northwest is following the Bureau of Corporations’ transition to annual reports, and we’ll keep you updated as the state releases new information.