The schedules
LLC paperwork fees, itemized
Choose a state and a service to see which schedules we would use, what they total by year three and when one passes another.
The schedules
1
LLC formation fee schedules
Provider fees and government fees for forming an LLC, itemized separately in every state.
Pick a state →2
Registered agent fee schedules
One schedule per state for registered agents, with the official rule.
Pick a state →3
Foreign registration fee schedules
One schedule per state for foreign registration, with running charges.
Pick a state →Four figures worth knowing
Lowest charge to file$35Montana
The state with the highest filing fee$500Massachusetts
States with no recurring report6out of 50
States with a yearly minimum tax3inside each 3-year total
Top schedules nationwide
- 1LLC ServicesTop schedule: Mainstay Filing$199 + state fee
- 2Registered AgentsTop schedule: Mainstay Filing$149 yearly
- 3Foreign Registration ServicesTop schedule: Mainstay Filing$199 + state fee
How schedules are ranked
Our test, measure by measure
- Charges over three years (39%): The opening charge plus two renewals as each company publishes them.
- Duties inside the charge (31%): Which recurring duties the charge already includes: acting as agent, filing the state report, applying for the EIN, and working in other states.
- Charge at renewal (12%): How far the yearly charge moves from year one to year two.
- Point of equal cost (9%): The first year in which one service's running charges pass another's.
- Fee disclosure (9%): Whether the opening charge, renewal charge and state fee are all stated up front.
LLC fee schedules by state
- Alabama (AL)
- Mississippi (MS)
- Washington (WA)
- Maryland (MD)
- Texas (TX)
- Kansas (KS)
- Rhode Island (RI)
- Idaho (ID)
- Ohio (OH)
- Delaware (DE)
- New Mexico (NM)
- Arkansas (AR)
- Nebraska (NE)
- Wyoming (WY)
- Minnesota (MN)
- Virginia (VA)
- Maine (ME)
- Tennessee (TN)
- Iowa (IA)
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- Hawaii (HI)
- North Dakota (ND)
- Connecticut (CT)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- Arizona (AZ)
- Montana (MT)
- Wisconsin (WI)
- Michigan (MI)
- Vermont (VT)
- Louisiana (LA)
- South Dakota (SD)
- Indiana (IN)
- Oregon (OR)
- Georgia (GA)
- North Carolina (NC)
- Colorado (CO)
- New Hampshire (NH)
- Alaska (AK)
- Missouri (MO)
- West Virginia (WV)
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Utah (UT)
- Kentucky (KY)
- South Carolina (SC)
- Illinois (IL)
- Oklahoma (OK)
- Florida (FL)
- New York (NY)
- California (CA)
- Nevada (NV)