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State Biz Facts

Charts of what each state charges an LLC.

The state fee atlas

An atlas of LLC costs, state by state

Each state gets a map of its official LLC charges, report deadlines and agent rules, drawn from the state's own pages and cited line by line, then ranked against the other 49 and followed by the providers we would hire.

Charted by the State Biz Facts team

The atlas at a glance

  • States charted

    50

    Three maps per state

  • Smallest three-year state total

    $50

    Arizona and others

  • Largest three-year state total

    $2,490

    California

The ten lightest state bills

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
Every state, ranked

Three maps for every state

  • 1

    LLC cost guides

    The charge to file, the recurring report, the late charge, the three-year total and the rank among 50, with a calculator and our provider ranking.

    LLC costs by state
  • 2

    Registered agent guides

    Who can serve, address rules and the yearly state total, with the registered agents we rank.

    Registered agent rules by state
  • 3

    Foreign LLC guides

    The registration charge, the form, the proof of good standing and the cost of skipping registration.

    Foreign LLC fees by state

Rankings for all 50 states

Methodology

How providers are ranked

  1. Service cost across three years (36%): The service-side bill for years one, two and three, taken from each company's published first-year and renewal prices.
  2. Requirements handled (24%): The share of the state's recurring requirements that the price covers: the agent on record, the report each cycle and the EIN application.
  3. Renewal behavior (14%): Whether the price stays put or climbs after year one, and by how much.
  4. State-specific fit (14%): How closely the service follows the state's own report timing, penalties and registered office requirements.
  5. Pass-through of state fees (12%): Whether the state fee appears as its own line and is billed at cost.
Read the method

All fifty state maps