Dataset current to Oct 2026

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What each state charges to form and keep an LLC

New Mexico is the lowest to form at $50. The yearly charge runs from $0 (New Mexico, Texas and New York) to $800 (California). Every figure is a fee the state itself publishes, for a company owned from abroad with no revenue in the state.

Where founders form

Select a state for every fee, the rule behind it and the page it was read on.

  • Wyoming
    To form
    $100
    Each year after
    $60
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Not on the Articles
  • Delaware
    To form
    $110
    Each year after
    $400
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Not required
  • New Mexico
    To form
    $50
    Each year after
    $0No annual report for an LLC
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Not stated
  • Nevada
    To form
    $425
    Each year after
    $350
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Yes, on the initial list
  • Florida
    To form
    $125
    Each year after
    $138.75
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Optional on the Articles; required on the annual report
  • Texas
    To form
    $300
    Each year after
    $0No tax under $2.65 million revenue; a report is still due each 15 May
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Yes, on the certificate and the annual report

Two to check before you form there

A state is not automatically cheap because forming there is cheap. These two are common starting points that cost more than they first appear.

  • California
    To form
    $70
    Each year after
    $800plus $20 every two years
    Newspaper notice
    None listed
    Member names on record
    Not on the Articles; yes on the Statement of Information
  • New York
    To form
    $250plus the newspaper notice
    Each year after
    $0plus $9 every two years
    Newspaper notice
    Yes: two newspapers, six weeks
    Member names on record
    Not required

What the table leaves out

  • A registered agent at a physical address in the state is required in 7 of 8 states. New York instead names the Secretary of State as the agent and asks for a mailing address. The agent’s own fee is set by the agent, not the state, and is not in these figures.
  • The IRS side of owning a US company from abroad is the same in every state. See the filing deadlines and the Form 5472 services.
  • Fees for an LLC that operates in the state, has employees there or sells there can differ. These are the figures for a company that only exists on paper in the state.

Keep going

Read on each state’s own website (Secretary of State, tax department or comptroller) in September 2026. State fees change; each state page links the page each figure came from. Not tax or legal advice.