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LLC costs by state

51 fee entries · 10 reviewed files · state fees only

Form FS-05 · State fee files · Not a government filing

Look up a state's filing fee and recurring charges, then open the calculator to plan a formation scenario. The directory covers 51 of 51 US jurisdictions in our fee ledger. Source dates and confidence appear beside each entry.

Filing and recurring fees, A to Z

These are listed state charges, not a complete formation budget. Agent and service costs, variable taxes, newspaper publication and other unlisted charges can be additional. A zero or absent main recurring charge does not mean there are no filing duties or taxes.

How to read these fees

The calculator models annual charges once per selected year, biennial charges in years 1, 3 and 5, and one-time charges once. These are formation scenarios, not dated payment schedules. Where listed, a different charge when filed with formation is shown alongside its later-filing amount. Check the reviewed files for state caveats.

High confidence means directly verified. Medium confidence means sourced with remaining verification limits. Each date records the source check, not a guarantee that the fee is unchanged today. Entries pending verification show no figures.

  • AL Alabama

    Filing fee
    $200
    None (no SOS annual report for LLCs)
    $0 · no recurring fee listed

    Excludes Alabama Business Privilege Tax. Check the state requirements before budgeting.

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.alabama.gov

    Calculate Alabama costs

  • AK Alaska

    Filing fee
    $250
    Biennial Report
    $100 · every two years
    Alaska Business License (CBPL)
    $50 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.commerce.alaska.gov

    Calculate Alaska costs

  • AZ Arizona

    Filing fee
    $50
    None
    No recurring fee listed

    Verified · high confidenceazcc.gov

    Calculate Arizona costs

  • AR Arkansas

    Filing fee
    $45
    Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report
    $150 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.arkansas.gov

    Calculate Arkansas costs

  • CA California

    Filing fee
    $70
    FTB Annual Tax
    $800 · each year
    Statement of Information
    $20 · every two years

    California LLC costs include the formation filing, an annual Franchise Tax Board tax and a Statement of Information. The statement is due within 90 days of registration and every two years afterward. The projections include these fixed state charges, but California income can trigger an additional LLC fee that is excluded from the totals.

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.ca.gov

    Calculate California costs Read the California fee guide

  • CO Colorado

    Filing fee
    $50
    Periodic Report
    $25 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.coloradosos.gov

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  • CT Connecticut

    Filing fee
    $120
    Annual Report
    $80 · each year

    Verified · high confidencebusiness.ct.gov

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  • DE Delaware

    Filing fee
    $110
    Annual Tax
    $400 · each year

    Verified · high confidencecorpfiles.delaware.gov

    Calculate Delaware costs Read the Delaware fee guide

  • DC District of Columbia

    Filing fee
    $99
    Biennial Report (Form BRA-25)
    $300 · every two years

    Verified · high confidencedlcp.dc.gov

    Calculate District of Columbia costs

  • FL Florida

    Filing fee
    $125
    Annual Report
    $138.75 · each year

    Verified · high confidencedos.fl.gov

    Calculate Florida costs Read the Florida fee guide

  • GA Georgia

    Filing fee
    $110
    Annual Registration
    $60 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencesos.ga.gov

    Calculate Georgia costs

  • HI Hawaii

    Filing fee
    $50
    Annual Report
    $15 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencecca.hawaii.gov

    Calculate Hawaii costs

  • ID Idaho

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report
    $0 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencesos.idaho.gov

    Calculate Idaho costs

  • IL Illinois

    Filing fee
    $150
    Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1)
    $75 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.ilsos.gov

    Calculate Illinois costs Read the Illinois fee guide

  • IN Indiana

    Filing fee
    $95
    Business Entity Report (State Form 48725)
    $32 · every two years

    Sourced · medium confidenceforms.in.gov

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  • IA Iowa

    Filing fee
    $50
    Biennial Report
    $30 · every two years

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.legis.iowa.gov

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  • KS Kansas

    Filing fee
    $75
    Information Report (biennial)
    $10 · every two years

    Verified · high confidencesos.ks.gov

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  • KY Kentucky

    Filing fee
    $40
    Annual Report
    $15 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.ky.gov

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  • LA Louisiana

    Filing fee
    $125
    Annual Report
    $35 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.la.gov

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  • ME Maine

    Filing fee
    $175
    Annual Report
    $85 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.maine.gov

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  • MD Maryland

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report (Form 1)
    $300 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencedat.maryland.gov

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  • MA Massachusetts

    Filing fee
    $500
    Annual Report
    $500 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.sec.state.ma.us

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  • MI Michigan

    Filing fee
    $50
    Annual Statement
    $25 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.michigan.gov

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  • MN Minnesota

    Filing fee
    $155
    Annual Renewal
    $0 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.sos.mn.gov

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  • MS Mississippi

    Filing fee
    $50
    Annual Report
    $0 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.sos.ms.gov

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  • MO Missouri

    Filing fee
    $50
    None
    No recurring fee listed

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.mo.gov

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  • MT Montana

    Filing fee
    $35
    Annual Report
    $0 · each year

    Verified · high confidencesosmt.gov

    Calculate Montana costs

  • NE Nebraska

    Filing fee
    $100
    Biennial Report
    $30 · every two years

    Excludes publication filing and newspaper charges. Check the state requirements before budgeting.

    Verified · high confidencesos.nebraska.gov

    Calculate Nebraska costs

  • NV Nevada

    Filing fee
    $425
    Annual List + State Business License
    $350 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.leg.state.nv.us

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  • NH New Hampshire

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report
    $100 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencewww.sos.nh.gov

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  • NJ New Jersey

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report
    $75 · each year

    Verified · high confidencenj.gov

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  • NM New Mexico

    Filing fee
    $50
    None
    No recurring fee listed

    Sourced · medium confidenceenterprise.sos.nm.gov

    Calculate New Mexico costs Read the New Mexico fee guide

  • NY New York

    Filing fee
    $200
    Biennial Statement
    $9 · every two years
    Certificate of Publication
    $50 · one time

    Includes the Certificate of Publication for the standard publication case. Newspaper charges are excluded. A theatrical-production exemption may apply; check the state notes.

    Verified · high confidencedos.ny.gov

    Calculate New York costs Read the New York fee guide

  • NC North Carolina

    Filing fee
    $125
    Annual Report
    $200 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sosnc.gov

    Calculate North Carolina costs Read the North Carolina fee guide

  • ND North Dakota

    Filing fee
    $135
    Annual Report
    $50 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.nd.gov

    Calculate North Dakota costs

  • OH Ohio

    Filing fee
    $99
    None
    No recurring fee listed

    Sourced · medium confidencecodes.ohio.gov

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  • OK Oklahoma

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Certificate
    $25 · each year

    Verified · high confidenceoklahoma.gov

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  • OR Oregon

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report (Renewal)
    $100 · each year

    Verified · high confidencesos.oregon.gov

    Calculate Oregon costs

  • PA Pennsylvania

    Filing fee
    $125
    Annual Report
    $7 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.pa.gov

    Calculate Pennsylvania costs Read the Pennsylvania fee guide

  • RI Rhode Island

    Filing fee
    $150
    Annual Report
    $50 · each year
    RI minimum annual tax (Division of Taxation)
    $400 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.ri.gov

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  • SC South Carolina

    Filing fee
    $110
    None
    $0 · no recurring fee listed

    Verified · high confidencebusinessfilings.sc.gov

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  • SD South Dakota

    Filing fee
    $150
    Annual Report
    $55 · each year

    Verified · high confidencesdsos.gov

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  • TN Tennessee

    Filing fee
    $300
    Annual Report
    $300 · each year
    Franchise Tax minimum (TN Dept. of Revenue)
    $100 · each year

    Minimum estimate. Filing and annual report fees depend on membership; your actual fees may be higher.

    Sourced · medium confidencesos.tn.gov

    Calculate Tennessee costs

  • TX Texas

    Filing fee
    $300
    Franchise Tax / Public Information Report
    $0 · each year

    Texas pairs a formation filing with an annual franchise-tax and public-information-report cycle. The projected recurring line comes directly from the verified ledger for the current reporting cycle. The reporting obligation exists regardless of whether a variable tax is due, and revenue above the threshold can create a charge that this fixed-fee model cannot calculate.

    Verified · high confidencewww.sos.state.tx.us

    Calculate Texas costs Read the Texas fee guide

  • UT Utah

    Filing fee
    $59
    Annual Report / Renewal
    $18 · each year

    Sourced · medium confidencecorporations.utah.gov

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  • VT Vermont

    Filing fee
    $155
    Annual Report
    $45 · each year

    Verified · high confidencesos.vermont.gov

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  • VA Virginia

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Registration Fee
    $50 · each year

    Verified · high confidencewww.scc.virginia.gov

    Calculate Virginia costs

  • WA Washington

    Filing fee
    $180
    Annual Report
    $70 · each year
    Initial Report
    $0 · one time when filed with formation; $10 if filed later

    Verified · high confidenceapp.leg.wa.gov

    Calculate Washington costs

  • WV West Virginia

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report
    $25 · each year

    Verified · high confidencesos.wv.gov

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  • WI Wisconsin

    Filing fee
    $130
    Annual Report
    $25 · each year

    Verified · high confidencedfi.wi.gov

    Calculate Wisconsin costs

  • WY Wyoming

    Filing fee
    $100
    Annual Report License Tax
    $60 · each year

    Wyoming LLC costs start with the formation filing and continue with an annual report and license tax. The projections use the minimum annual charge. Your actual license tax can be higher because Wyoming calculates it from assets located and employed in the state, subject to that minimum. Check the asset calculation before treating the estimate as your budget.

    Verified · high confidencesos.wyo.gov

    Calculate Wyoming costs Read the Wyoming fee guide

10 reviewed state files

Read the assumptions and caveats behind these state-fee projections before choosing where to form.

  • WY

    Wyoming

    Wyoming LLC costs start with the formation filing and continue with an annual report and license tax. The projections use the minimum annual charge. Your actual license tax can be higher because Wyoming calculates it from assets located and employed in the state, subject to that minimum. Check the asset calculation before treating the estimate as your budget.

    3-year state-fee projection$280Verified 2026-09-09Open state file
  • DE

    Delaware

    Delaware LLC costs start with the formation filing and continue with a flat annual LLC tax. LLCs pay that tax without filing an annual report. The figures below separate the initial filing from recurring state charges so you can compare the cost of keeping the company open across one, three, and five years.

    3-year state-fee projection$1,310Verified 2026-09-09Open state file
  • NM

    New Mexico

    New Mexico's verified record has a formation filing and no annual or biennial Secretary of State report for an LLC. That produces a flat state-fee projection across the supported horizons. This no-report status is limited to the Secretary of State recurring line and is not evidence that every other compliance obligation is absent.

    3-year state-fee projection$50Sourced 2026-08-26Open state file
  • FL

    Florida

    Florida's formation record includes the filing and the mandatory registered-agent designation component charged by the state. An annual report then supplies the recurring line in each projection. These source-backed state charges define the baseline, while the research does not supply a commercial registered-agent estimate for inclusion.

    3-year state-fee projection$541.25Verified 2026-08-26Open state file
  • TX

    Texas

    Texas pairs a formation filing with an annual franchise-tax and public-information-report cycle. The projected recurring line comes directly from the verified ledger for the current reporting cycle. The reporting obligation exists regardless of whether a variable tax is due, and revenue above the threshold can create a charge that this fixed-fee model cannot calculate.

    3-year state-fee projection$300Verified 2026-08-26Open state file
  • CA

    California

    California LLC costs include the formation filing, an annual Franchise Tax Board tax and a Statement of Information. The statement is due within 90 days of registration and every two years afterward. The projections include these fixed state charges, but California income can trigger an additional LLC fee that is excluded from the totals.

    3-year state-fee projection$2,510Verified 2026-09-09Open state file
  • NY

    New York

    New York combines a formation filing with a biennial statement. The standard projection also includes the one-time Certificate of Publication filing fee. Most LLCs must publish in two newspapers for six consecutive weeks and then file the certificate. Newspaper charges vary and are excluded from the projection; the certificate fee does not pay for those advertisements.

    3-year state-fee projection$268Verified 2026-09-09Open state file
  • NC

    North Carolina

    North Carolina's official fee page supports the formation filing and a flat annual report amount, which drive the state-only projections. The source does not present separate paper and online base amounts. Read the modeled figures narrowly and do not add convenience charges that are not directly verified in the ledger.

    3-year state-fee projection$725Verified 2026-08-27Open state file
  • IL

    Illinois

    Illinois has a formation filing and an annual report in the ledger, but the row carries medium confidence because the official source could not be fetched directly during verification. The recorded amounts were traced through indexed official material. That distinction remains explicit so the record is not presented as directly verified.

    3-year state-fee projection$375Sourced 2026-08-27Open state file
  • PA

    Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania replaced its decennial report cycle with an annual report requirement beginning in calendar year 2025. The formation filing and recurring report now produce a conventional state-only projection across one, three, and five years. The regime change matters because the filing rhythm in effect before 2025 is no longer current.

    3-year state-fee projection$146Verified 2026-08-27Open state file