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Filing fees and annual costs for all 50 states.

LLC costs range from $35 in Montana to $500 in Massachusetts, and several states add annual report or franchise fees on top of that. Pick your state to see the filing fee, annual cost, and steps to form.

StateFiling feeAnnual fee
Alabama$200$50
Alaska$250$100
Arizona$50None
Arkansas$45$150
California$70$820
Colorado$50$25
Connecticut$120$80
Delaware$110$300
Florida$125$138
Georgia$100$50
Hawaii$50$15
Idaho$100None
Illinois$150$75
Indiana$95$31
Iowa$50$45
Kansas$160$50
Kentucky$40$15
Louisiana$100$35
Maine$175$85
Maryland$100$300
Massachusetts$500$500
Michigan$50$25
Minnesota$155None
Mississippi$50None
Missouri$50None
Montana$35$20
Nebraska$100$10
Nevada$425$350
New Hampshire$100$100
New Jersey$125$75
New Mexico$50None
New York$200$9
North Carolina$125$200
North Dakota$135$50
Ohio$99None
Oklahoma$100$25
Oregon$100$100
Pennsylvania$125$7
Rhode Island$150$50
South Carolina$110None
South Dakota$150$50
Tennessee$300$300
Texas$300None
Utah$59$18
Vermont$125$35
Virginia$100$50
Washington$200$70
West Virginia$100$25
Wisconsin$130$25
Wyoming$100$60
Tip: the cheapest state is usually your home state, forming out-of-state (e.g., in Wyoming or Delaware) often means paying twice via foreign-qualification. Estimate your total in the LLC cost calculator.

How to Use This Table

Click your state to open its own formation guide: the filing document name, the fee, the annual or biennial requirement, and the order of steps for that state specifically. The two columns here, filing fee and annual fee, are the two numbers the cost calculator combines into a first-year total once you add registered-agent and expedite costs on top.

Good to know

FAQs

Which state has the lowest LLC filing fee?

Montana, at $35 for the Articles of Organization. Kentucky is next at $40, and several states charge $50.

Should I form my LLC in a different state to save money?

Usually no. If you operate in your home state, forming elsewhere means registering there anyway as a foreign LLC, which typically means paying two states instead of one.

Do these figures include annual costs?

Yes, the table lists both the one-time filing fee and the recurring annual or biennial report or franchise fee for each state.

Priya Raman
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Priya Raman
Contributing Writer, Policy & Regulation, Encore Editorial
Priya covers tax, regulation, and compliance: the rules that decide what you can and cannot do, usually filed in an obscure subsection that most people skip. She reads federal register notices in her spare time and is at peace with that being unusual.