LLC Cost by State Calculator

How to use it

1. Choose your state and how many years you want to cover.
2. Read the formation fee, the recurring fee and the estimated state fees. Each fee links to the official page we checked.
3. Add the costs the calculator leaves out, such as a registered agent, local business licenses, state taxes and any filing-service fee.

How the estimate works

State fees over a period are the formation fee plus the recurring report or tax fee. For a fee charged every two years, the calculator spreads half of it onto each year. Over 5 years, an LLC in Wyoming pays $100 to form plus $60 a year in recurring fees, about $400 in total.

The estimate covers fees charged by the state for the formation filing and the recurring report or tax we list. It does not include filing-service fees, a registered agent, name reservation, expedited processing, publication requirements, business licenses, franchise or income taxes beyond the recurring fee shown, or local fees.

Some states charge more than the Secretary of State fee: California's annual tax is collected by its Franchise Tax Board, and Tennessee and Delaware set annual amounts we could not confirm. Always check the linked official page before filing.