Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Alabama requires no periodic report for LLCs at all. none for LLCs, no periodic report is filed with the Secretary of State.
Whether Alabama requires one, and how often
Alabama does not require LLCs to file a periodic report with the Secretary of State at all. none for LLCs, no periodic report is filed with the Secretary of State. That is not the same as owing nothing every year; read the next section before assuming there is no recurring filing.
When it’s due
No SOS periodic report exists for LLCs, but Alabama LLCs pay an annual Business Privilege Tax (BPT), a different filing, due 2½ months after the start of the LLC’s tax year (March 15 for calendar-year LLCs). (Ala. Code (BPT); Dept. of Revenue FAQ)
What it costs
none for LLCs, no periodic report is filed with the Secretary of State (source, read 2026-08-06).
What happens if you miss it
UNVERIFIED at primary source this session (revenue.alabama.gov’s own BPT-penalty page and Ala. Code §40-2A-11 both blocked automated fetch); do not publish the commonly-cited 10%-or-$50 figure without a fresh primary check.
What eventually happens if it stays unfiled: UNVERIFIED: could not locate the specific LLC administrative-dissolution statute (Title 10A-5A, Article 7) at primary source this session.
Where to file
File at https://myalabamataxes.alabama.gov/. Business Privilege Tax is filed through My Alabama Taxes (MAT); URL not independently re-fetched this session.
If you’d rather not be your own registered agent
There is no periodic report to file in Alabama, so a report-filing service has nothing to do for you on this page. The Bizee product that fits here is registered-agent service, at $149 a year on its own, or free for the first year if you form an LLC through them (Bizee’s own pricing page, read September 7, 2026). What Alabama asks of an agent is covered on Alabama’s registered agent requirements.
Bizee’s BBB rating, verified directly against BBB’s own listing on September 2, 2026: a C, not accredited. BBB’s own finding: the business “has failed to resolve underlying cause(s) of a pattern of complaints”, with 83 complaints filed. Most complaints we found described difficulty canceling recurring services and strict refund policies, worth knowing before you hand over a card for the year-two renewal. Check BBB’s current listing yourself before you buy; a rating we didn’t just verify is worse than none.
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What this page does not answer
State income tax, franchise tax and federal (IRS) filing obligations are separate from this report and follow their own deadlines and rules. This page does not source those. We have the state periodic-report answer at primary and nothing else.
The annual/biennial report fee above is a recurring cost of keeping the LLC active, separate from what it cost to form. See what an LLC costs in Alabama for the full cost picture.
Sources
Every citation on this page is the state’s own Secretary of State site or official statute text. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law.
- State fee schedule / hub table source: https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-10a/10A-1-4.31.html
- Due date: https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/faqs/when-is-the-alabama-business-privilege-tax-return-due/
- Filing portal: https://myalabamataxes.alabama.gov/
Related: Alabama’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.
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