The Colorado periodic report, step by step

Per the Secretary of State's periodic reports FAQ, limited liability companies are "reporting entities" that "are required by law to submit a Periodic Report each year". The report confirms the company's principal office address and registered agent on the public record. In the state's words, "Even if nothing has changed, filing the report shows that the information has been reviewed and is accurate." Filing it on time keeps the company in good standing.

Colorado gives each entity a periodic report month. You find yours on the entity's Summary page in the state's business database, under "Periodic report month". Per the FAQ, "The Periodic Report can be filed two months prior to the Periodic Report month or two months after without any penalty."

The noncompliance FAQ gives the hard edge of that window: "The report is due by the last day of the second month following the Periodic Report Month." The state's own example: a January report month means a 31 March due date.

The state sends a courtesy reminder email the month before your report month, if you have signed up for its email notification service. The FAQ is clear that the responsibility stays with you: "You're responsible for tracking the filing dates and filing on time whether you receive an email or not."

From the business fee schedule, read 23 October 2026:

The FAQ states that "The Periodic Report must be filed electronically through our website." Its own steps, read 23 October 2026:

1. Go to coloradosos.gov and select Business, Trademarks, Trade Names.
2. On the Business Organization page, select Search business database.
3. Enter the company's 11-digit ID number or its name, and click Search.
4. On the company's Summary page, scroll down and select File a form.
5. On Documents Available for Filing, select File a Periodic Report.
6. Complete the form, making any changes needed, then check the review page and click Next.
7. Pay across the three payment pages. The filing is complete once you see a Receipt page.

If there is no report available to file, the FAQ lists three reasons: it may already be filed, it may not be due yet, or the company may be in a status that does not allow a report.

Colorado runs a two-stage sequence, set out in its noncompliance and delinquency FAQs:

1. Noncompliant. A report not filed by its due date makes the company Noncompliant, and the $50 late fee is assessed. A company also becomes Noncompliant if it does not appoint a new registered agent within thirty days of the current agent resigning.
2. Delinquent. "An entity with a status of Noncompliant for sixty days will then become Delinquent if the appropriate form isn't filed." In the state's January example, the late report is due by 31 May, and the status becomes Delinquent if it is not filed by then.
3. Curing. A Delinquent company files a Statement Curing Delinquency ($100) to return to good standing.
4. The name. The delinquent company's name "is saved for the entity for 400 days from the date of delinquency. On the 401st day, the entity name is changed to include the word 'delinquent' and the date of delinquency," and the original name becomes available to anyone else.

A company delinquent for five years or more can still cure. Under a 2024 statute, the FAQ says, the filing then also needs a sworn affidavit of authority and a government-issued photo ID, and the FAQ states there is no expedited service for that review. How this compares with Wyoming's much faster dissolution clock is in what happens when an LLC falls out of good standing.

Note the second trigger above. In Colorado, losing your registered agent makes the company Noncompliant on the same track as a missed report. The report is one filing a year, but the agent has to be in place all year. What the agent does is in what a registered agent does.

Colorado's report is $25 against Wyoming's $60 minimum. Wyoming's version of this page is the Wyoming annual report, step by step, and the full state comparison is in Wyoming or Colorado for a non-resident LLC. The rest of the yearly calendar is in the single-member LLC compliance year.

Filing this yourself costs $25, takes one online form, and gives you a five-month window to do it in. If you sign up for the state's email reminders and keep a registered agent in place, you need nobody's help with this. That is a real answer and we would rather give it.

If you would rather not track it yourself: our annual report filing is $150 a year with Colorado's $25 state fee included, or the Compliance Plan at $350 a year covers the registered agent, US business address, this report and the Form 5472 with pro-forma 1120, all on one renewal. Both prices are on /pricing.

This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Every date, fee and step links to the Colorado Secretary of State's own pages, read 23 October 2026. Next quarterly re-check: 1 December 2026.