Pennsylvania's decennial report, and what replaced it.
For decades, Pennsylvania asked most businesses to confirm they still existed once every ten years. A 2022 law, Act 122, ended that for business entities and put an annual report in its place, starting in 2025. The decennial report now survives only for registered names, marks, and insignia. We tell you which filing you actually owe and keep you current on the right one.
A ten-year filing became a yearly one.
Pennsylvania used to be unusual. Instead of an annual report, it asked business entities to file a decennial report once every ten years, in years ending in one, mainly to confirm they were still using their name. Act 122 of 2022 changed the system. It repealed the decennial requirement for filing associations and created an annual report, like the one most states have, phased in beginning in 2025. So if you run a Pennsylvania corporation, LLC, or similar entity, your obligation is now the yearly annual report, not the decennial. The decennial report itself did not vanish entirely; it remains for certain registered names, marks, and insignia used with articles or supplies.
The filing that actually applies to you.
Because the rules changed, the first job is naming the right filing. For almost every business, that is now the annual report. We handle whichever one you owe.
- The Pennsylvania annual report for corporations, LLCs, LPs, LLPs, and other filing associations, which is the obligation that replaced the decennial for businesses.
- The decennial report where it still applies, for a registered name, mark, or insignia used with articles or supplies.
- Current entity details. The name, address, and required officers or governors confirmed on the filing.
- A filed confirmation. Proof the correct report was accepted with the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Decennial or annual, depending on what you hold.
The old decennial report and the new annual report now cover different things. Knowing which bucket you are in is the whole point.
- Holders of registered insignia and marks used with articles or supplies
- Certain name registrations that fall outside the annual report system
- Filed in the next year ending in one, which is 2031
- Pennsylvania corporations, both for-profit and nonprofit
- LLCs, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships
- Foreign entities registered to do business in Pennsylvania
- Filed on the entity's yearly schedule under the new law, not once a decade
If you are a Pennsylvania business entity, your ongoing filing is now the annual report. We keep that on schedule for you.
What the law changed, confirmed.
These figures are verified against current Pennsylvania Department of State guidance and Act 122 of 2022. The key point is that businesses moved from a ten-year filing to a yearly one.
Pennsylvania is still phasing in the new annual report. We track the Department of State's schedule and confirm your obligation before filing.
From confusion to the right filing.
- 1Identify what you hold
We check whether you have a Pennsylvania entity, a registered mark or insignia, or both.
- 2Name the filing you owe
For a business entity, that is now the annual report; for a mark or insignia, it may still be the decennial.
- 3Prepare and file it
We complete the correct report with your current details and submit it to the Department of State.
- 4Set the next reminder
Yearly for the annual report, or the next decennial year for a mark, so nothing lapses.
A changed rule trips people up.
The move from a decennial to an annual report caught many Pennsylvania owners off guard. The value here is knowing exactly which filing you owe now, so you do not wait ten years for something that is due every year.
We tell you whether you owe the new annual report or a decennial for a mark, in plain terms.
We follow Pennsylvania's phase-in so your obligation reflects the law as it stands now.
Yearly or decennial, we hold your next deadline so the record never lapses.
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Your Pennsylvania compliance.
The filing that replaced the decennial for Pennsylvania businesses.
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Do I still file a decennial report in Pennsylvania?
For a normal business entity, no. Act 122 of 2022 replaced the decennial report with an annual report for corporations, LLCs, and similar entities, starting in 2025. The decennial now survives only for registered names, marks, and insignia used with articles or supplies.
What replaced it, and when?
An annual report, phased in beginning in 2025. It works like the annual reports most other states require and is filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State. We keep that yearly filing on schedule through our annual reports service.
I hold a registered mark. What is my deadline?
Marks and insignia used with articles or supplies remain on the ten-year cycle, filed in years ending in one. The last cycle was 2021 and the next is 2031. If you are protecting a brand, our trademark registration service can help keep it current.
What did the decennial report cost?
When it applies, the filing fee is 70 dollars, paid to the Pennsylvania Department of State. The new annual report has its own, separate fee.
What happens if I miss the new annual report?
Pennsylvania is phasing in enforcement, but missed filings can eventually affect your good standing and your right to your name. We track the Department of State's schedule and our compliance calendar flags your date.