While required business entity report filings are called "annual reports" in most states, the names and timing of these reports vary, as illustrated in the color-coded map.
For more details, see the chart below:
| State | Company Type | Report Name |
| Alabama | Corporation | AL Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report |
| Alaska | Corporation | Biennial Report |
| Arizona | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Arkansas | Corporation | Franchise Tax Report |
| California | Corporation | Statement of Information (Initial or Biennial) |
| Colorado | Corporation | Periodic Report |
| Connecticut | LLC | Annual Report |
| Delaware | Corporation | Annual Report and Franchise Tax Payment |
| Delaware | LLC | Annual Franchise Tax Payment |
| District of Colombia | Corporation | Initial Report |
| Florida | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Georgia | Corporation | Initial Registration, Annual Registration |
| Hawaii | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Idaho | LLC | Annual Report |
| Illinois | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Indiana | LLC | Business Entity Report |
| Iowa | Corporation | Biennial Report |
| Kansas | LLC | Annual Report |
| Kentucky | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Louisiana | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Maine | LLC | Annual Report |
| Maryland | Corporation | Personal Property Return and Annual Report |
| Massachussetts | LLC | Annual Report |
| Michigan | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Michigan | LLC | Annual Statement |
| Minnesota | Corporation | Annual Renewal |
| Mississippi | LLC | Annual Report |
| Missouri | Corporation | Initial Report, Annual Registration Report |
| Montana | LLC | Annual Report |
| Nebraska | Corporation | Occupation Tax Report |
| Nebraska | LLC | LLC Biennial Report |
| Nevada | Corporation | Initial List, Annual List |
| New Hampshire | Corporation | Annual Report |
| New Jersey | LLC | Corporate Annual Report |
| New Mexico | Corporation | Biennial Report |
| New York | Corporation | Biennial Statement |
| North Carolina | LLC | Annual Report |
| North Dakota | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Oklahoma | Corporation | Annual Certificate, OK Annual Franchise Tax Return |
| Oregon | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Pennsylvania | LLC | Decennial Report of Association Continued Existence |
| Rhode Island | Corporation | Profit Corporation Annual Report |
| Rhode Island | LLC | LLC Annual Report |
| South Carolina | Corporation | Initial Annual Report of Corporations - CL-1, Corporation Income Tax Return - SC1120 or SC1120S |
| South Dakota | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Tennessee | LLC | Annual Report |
| Texas | Corporation | Franchise Tax Report |
| Utah | LLC | Annual Report/Renewal Form |
| Vermont | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Virginia | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Virginia | LLC | Annual Registration Fee Assessment Notice |
| Washington | Corporation | License Renewal & Annual Report |
| West Virginia | LLC | Annual Report |
| Wisconsin | Corporation | Annual Report |
| Wyoming | Corporation | Profit Corporation Annual Report |
| Wyoming | LLC | Annual Report |
