Pick your state below. We'll show you the one-time filing fee, what it actually costs to maintain every year after, and where your state ranks nationally.
Formation fee data cross-referenced against official Secretary of State sources and updated regularly. Prefer a sortable table? See LLC Costs by State.
The lowest one-time filing fee nationally, plus a modest $20/year annual report.
Low to form, and the only major state with zero annual report or fee — ever.
The highest filing fee nationally — and it charges another $500 every year after.
Filing itself is cheap ($70), but the $800/year minimum franchise tax applies regardless of profit.
California's $800 franchise tax applies every year regardless of whether your LLC made a dollar in profit — the single most underestimated ongoing LLC cost in the country.
Nevada's "no income tax" marketing omits its mandatory $350/year combined Annual List + Business License fee — Nevada isn't actually a low-maintenance state.
New York's publication requirement can add $50–$1,500 depending on county, on top of the standard filing fee — a cost almost no generic calculator accounts for.
Files your LLC in any state and includes a full year of registered agent service at no extra cost — often making the real first-year total lower than a "cheaper" formation fee billed separately from the agent.