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LLC Factbook

Every state's LLC costs, set down with their sources.

The LLC fact book

The LLC fact book for all fifty states

Here you will find each state's official LLC fees, report deadlines and agent rules, set down beside the pages they came from. States are ranked by what they cost, and every state chapter closes with the filing services we would hire, along with their prices and renewal terms.

The book in numbers

States covered

50
Three chapters each

Smallest three-year state bill

$50
Arizona and others

Largest three-year state bill

$2,490
California

The least expensive ten, by state fees

RankStateThree-year state fees
1stArizona$50
1stMississippi$50
1stMissouri$50
1stNew Mexico$50
5thMontana$75
6thHawaii$76
7thIowa$80
8thUtah$95
9thOhio$99
10thColorado$100

The complete ranking

Three chapters for every state, one for each question owners ask

1

LLC cost guides

The filing fee, the recurring report, the late charge, the three-year total and the rank among 50, plus a calculator and our service picks.

LLC costs by state
2

Registered agent guides

Who may serve as agent, the address rules and the yearly state fees, with the agents we recommend.

Registered agent rules by state
3

Foreign LLC guides

The registration fee, the form, the home-state certificate and what skipping registration costs.

Foreign LLC fees by state

Nationwide rankings

Methodology

How we choose services

  1. Three-year service charge (34%): The amount a service bills beyond the state fee across years one to three, worked out from its published first-year and renewal prices.
  2. Paperwork the price takes on (26%): How many of the state's repeating jobs the price covers: the registered agent, the periodic report and the EIN application.
  3. Year-two price (16%): What the service asks for from year two onward, and whether it matches the first-year figure.
  4. Match to the state's calendar (12%): How well the plan lines up with the state's report cycle, late penalties and registered office rules.
  5. Fee labeling (12%): Whether the state fee is shown apart from the service fee and passed through at cost.
How the picks work

All fifty chapters

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