Reference table

What every state charges for an LLC.

The number you usually see quoted is the Articles of Organization fee. It is rarely the whole bill. This table shows what each of the 51 US jurisdictions actually charges to get a limited liability company formed and cleared to operate, plus what it charges every year afterwards to keep it alive.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-20

State	To form	Recurring	How often	Notes
Alabama compiled	$200	$50	every year	Incluye la reserva de nombre, que en Alabama es obligatoria antes de radicar.
Alaska compiled	$250	$100	every 2 years
Arizona compiled	$50	—	none	Sin reporte anual. Exige publicación en algunos condados.
Arkansas compiled	$45	$150	every year	Constituir es barato; el impuesto anual de franquicia no.
California compiled	$70	$820	every year	$800 de franchise tax mínimo cada año aunque no factures un dólar, más $20 del Statement of Information.
Colorado compiled	$50	$25	every year
Connecticut compiled	$120	$80	every year
Delaware compiled	$110	$400	every year	El franchise tax subió de $300 a $400 con la HB 400. Vence el 1 de junio.
Florida verified against the state	$125	$138.75	every year	Filing $100 + designación de agente registrado $25. El reporte anual sube a $538.75 después del 1 de mayo.
Georgia compiled	$110	$60	every year
Hawaii compiled	$50	$15	every year
Idaho compiled	$100	—	none	Hay reporte anual obligatorio, pero no cuesta nada.
Illinois compiled	$150	$75	every year
Indiana compiled	$95	$30	every 2 years
Iowa compiled	$50	$30	every 2 years
Kansas compiled	$160	$50	every year
Kentucky compiled	$40	$15	every year	De los más baratos del país, constituir y mantener.
Louisiana compiled	$125	$35	every year
Maine compiled	$175	$85	every year
Maryland compiled	$100	$300	every year	El impuesto anual sobre bienes personales pesa más que la constitución.
Massachusetts compiled	$500	$500	every year	El más caro del país por los dos lados.
Michigan compiled	$50	$25	every year
Minnesota compiled	$155	—	none	Reporte anual obligatorio y gratuito.
Mississippi compiled	$50	—	none	Reporte anual obligatorio y gratuito.
Missouri compiled	$50	—	none	Sin reporte anual.
Montana compiled	$35	$20	every year	La constitución más barata del país.
Nebraska compiled	$100	$13	every 2 years	Exige publicación en un periódico local.
Nevada compiled	$425	$350	every year	Son $75 de articles + $150 de lista inicial + $200 de licencia estatal. Las tablas que dicen $75 solo cuentan el primero.
New Hampshire compiled	$100	$100	every year
New Jersey compiled	$100	$75	every year
New Mexico verified against the state	$50	—	none	Sin reporte anual. El más barato de mantener vivo.
New York compiled	$200	$9	every 2 years	Cuidado: Nueva York exige publicar el aviso en dos periódicos. En algunos condados eso pasa de $1.000 y no aparece en ninguna tabla.
North Carolina compiled	$125	$200	every year
North Dakota compiled	$135	$50	every year
Ohio compiled	$99	—	none	Sin reporte anual.
Oklahoma compiled	$100	$25	every year
Oregon compiled	$100	$100	every year
Pennsylvania compiled	$125	$7	every year	Desde 2025 el reporte anual reemplazó al decenal.
Rhode Island compiled	$150	$50	every year
South Carolina compiled	$110	—	none	Sin reporte anual para LLC.
South Dakota compiled	$150	$55	every year
Tennessee compiled	$300	$300	every year	La tasa sube con el número de miembros; estos son los mínimos.
Texas compiled	$300	—	none	El reporte de franchise tax no cuesta si facturas por debajo del umbral, pero hay que presentarlo igual.
Utah compiled	$59	$18	every year
Vermont compiled	$155	$45	every year
Virginia compiled	$100	$50	every year
Washington compiled	$200	$60	every year
Washington DC compiled	$99	$300	every 2 years
West Virginia compiled	$100	$25	every year
Wisconsin compiled	$130	$25	every year
Wyoming verified against the state	$100	$60	every year	El reporte anual es el mayor entre $60 y una tasa sobre los activos en Wyoming. Para un negocio en línea suelen ser $60.

The four states people actually ask about

These four come up in almost every conversation. Here is the short version of each.

Florida

$125 to form · $138.75 a year

Real economy, real customers, real banks. Worth it if you will invoice US clients, hire, import or actually set foot in the state. The annual report jumps to $538.75 after 1 May, so the date matters more than the amount.

Wyoming

$100 to form · $60 a year

The cheapest credible option for a business that lives entirely online and is run from outside the United States. No state income tax. The trade-off is that you have no presence there, which some banks and platforms notice.

New Mexico

$50 to form · nothing a year

The cheapest in the country and the only one with no recurring state fee at all. It is also the one with the least name recognition outside the US, which can matter when a counterparty looks you up.

Delaware

$110 to form · $400 a year

The default answer for companies raising venture capital, and the wrong answer for almost everyone else. The franchise tax went from $300 to $400 and falls due on 1 June. You are paying for case law you will probably never use.

Why a Florida-only company publishes this

Because the honest answer to "which state should I choose?" is sometimes not Florida, and you are better off knowing that before you pay anybody. We form in Florida only. If your business is purely online and run from abroad, Wyoming is cheaper — $100 to form and $60 a year, against Florida's $125 and $138.75 — and we will tell you so. What we will not do is take your money for a state where we cannot be your registered agent or answer your phone.

How to read this table

The "to form" column is everything the state charges to get you formed and cleared to operate, not just the Articles of Organization. That is why some numbers here are higher than the figure you will see quoted elsewhere: Nevada, for instance, is $75 for the articles but $425 once you add the initial list and the state business licence you cannot legally trade without.

The "recurring" column is what the state charges to keep the company in good standing, whatever it calls it: annual report, franchise tax, periodic report. Nine jurisdictions charge nothing.

Rows marked verified against the state were checked against that state's own published source. The rest come from third-party tables cross-checked against each other, which is why each row carries its label instead of pretending to an accuracy it does not have.

None of these figures include a registered agent, which every state requires and almost nobody does for free, nor any professional fee.

Questions this table raises

Is the cheapest state the best state?

Only if cost is your single criterion. The state fee is a small part of the lifetime cost of a company. Where your customers are, where your bank will look, and where you can actually be reached usually matter more than fifty dollars a year.

Do I pay these fees to you or to the state?

To the state, through us, at cost. Ankora charges a separate professional fee and adds no markup to a government fee. The state fee appears as its own line at checkout.

Can I form in one state and operate in another?

Yes, and it usually costs more, not less. Operating in a state where you are not formed generally means registering there as a foreign LLC and paying that state too. Choosing a cheap state to avoid an expensive one often ends with both.

How current are these numbers?

The table carries the date of its last review, and we confirm the amount in force before we file anything. State fees change: Delaware moved from $300 to $400 with House Bill 400. Treat any number here as a guide, not a quote.

We only do one of these, and we do it properly.

Florida: your LLC, your EIN without an SSN, and a registered agent who is a person you can call.

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