The filing fee is rarely the whole number.
Every state sets its own charge for formation and for the annual filing that follows, and the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive jurisdiction is wide. Underneath that sit the obligations people forget to count: the recurring report, the agent, the registrations a trade requires. These hubs break the number apart.
See what actually gets counted.
Each hub separates the one-time filing from the recurring obligation and names what else belongs in the total. Then it hands you to your state.
Annual report cost
Annual report cost, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesCorporation cost
What a corporation costs, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesLLC cost
What an LLC costs, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesLLC cost
What an LLC costs, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesTrademark cost
Trademark cost, state by state
Open the hub →Or start from your state.
Every jurisdiction has a single page that gathers the filings a business does there, across all of these sections. If you know where you are before you know what you need, start here.
The rest of the by-state library.
Form a business
Forming a business, state by state
Open the section → SectionIndustry LLCs
Industry LLC guides, state by state
Open the section → SectionCompare and choose
Entity comparisons, state by state
Open the section → SectionRegistered agent and address
Registered agent and address, state by state
Open the section → SectionTax and registrations
Business tax registration, state by state
Open the section → SectionLicenses and permits
Licenses and permits, state by state
Open the section → SectionCompliance and annual filings
Compliance filings, state by state
Open the section → SectionChange or convert
Changing a business, state by state
Open the section → SectionClose or revive
Closing and reviving a business, state by state
Open the section → SectionMoney and operations
Banking, credit and hiring, state by state
Open the section → SectionSecretary of State directory
Secretary of State directory, all 51 jurisdictions
Open the section →