Everything you actually need to start an LLC in your state — real costs year by year, the non-resident path, and what to do in the first 90 days. Updated for 2026.
Starting a Wisconsin LLC in 2026: the $130 online filing with the DFI (vs. $170 on paper), the $25 annual report due in your anniversary quarter, and the non-resident path.
Starting a West Virginia LLC in 2026: the $100 filing fee (free for veterans), the $25 annual report due July 1, a falling state income tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Washington LLC in 2026: the $180 filing fee, the $60-then-$70 annual report, no state income tax but a B&O tax on gross receipts, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Virginia LLC in 2026: the $100 Articles of Organization filed with the State Corporation Commission, the flat $50 annual registration fee (not a report), the registered-agent rule most guides miss, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Vermont LLC in 2026: the $155 filing fee, the $45 annual report with its fiscal-year-end deadline, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Utah LLC in 2026: the $59 filing fee, the ~$18 annual renewal tied to your anniversary month, the falling 4.45% flat tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Tennessee LLC in 2026: the $50-per-member filing fee (minimum $300), the Franchise & Excise tax that applies even with no income tax on wages, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a South Dakota LLC in 2026: the $150 online filing, the ~$55 annual report, no state income tax, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a South Carolina LLC in 2026: the ~$110 filing fee, no annual report for most LLCs, the corp-taxed CL-1 exception, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Rhode Island LLC in 2026: the $150 filing fee, the $50 Annual Report due February 1–May 1, the $400 minimum tax every LLC owes, and the non-resident path.
Starting an Oregon LLC in 2026: the $100 filing fee, the $100-a-year annual report, no sales tax but a high income tax plus the Corporate Activity Tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting an Oklahoma LLC in 2026: the ~$100 filing fee, the $25 Annual Certificate due on your anniversary, the dissolution clock if you forget it, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a North Dakota LLC in 2026: the $135 filing fee, the $50 Annual Report due every November 15, one of the lowest state income taxes in the country, and the non-resident path.
Starting a New Mexico LLC in 2026: the $50 filing fee, no annual report ever, the 'anonymous LLC' privacy reality, the gross receipts tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting a New Hampshire LLC in 2026: the $100 filing fee, the $100 Annual Report due every April 1, no income tax on wages but a Business Profits Tax and Business Enterprise Tax above the thresholds, plus the non-resident path.
Starting a Nebraska LLC in 2026: the $100 online filing fee, the newspaper publication requirement most guides skip, the $13 biennial report due in odd years, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Montana LLC in 2026: the $35 filing fee, the $20 annual report, no sales tax, the honest truth about the famous Montana-LLC-for-vehicles strategy, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Missouri LLC in 2026: the $50 online filing fee, no annual report ever, the operating agreement Missouri law actually requires, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Mississippi LLC in 2026: the $50 online-only filing fee, the free-but-mandatory April 15 annual report, the income tax that's on a legislated path to zero, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Minnesota LLC in 2026: the $155 online (or cheaper $135 mail) filing fee, the free-but-mandatory December 31 annual renewal, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Massachusetts LLC in 2026: the $500 filing fee, the $500-every-year Annual Report (the highest in the US), the flat 5% income tax plus 4% surtax, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Maryland LLC in 2026: the $100 SDAT filing fee, the flat $300 Annual Report due every April 15, the Personal Property Return wrinkle, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Maine LLC in 2026: the $175 Certificate of Formation you can only file by mail, the $85 Annual Report due every June 1, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Louisiana LLC in 2026: the $100 geauxBIZ filing fee, the low $35 annual report, the civil-law quirks (parishes, an Initial Report, notarization), the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Kentucky LLC in 2026: the $40 filing fee (the cheapest in the US), the $15 annual report due June 30, the $175 Limited Liability Entity Tax minimum nobody warns you about, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Kansas LLC in 2026: the newly reduced ~$85 filing fee, the ~$53 information report tied to your tax-year end (not your anniversary), the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting an Iowa LLC in 2026: the $50 filing fee, the biennial report due only in odd years, the new 3.8% flat income tax, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting an Indiana LLC in 2026: the $95 online filing fee, the BIENNIAL Business Entity Report (~$16/year), a low flat income tax, no franchise tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting an Idaho LLC in 2026: the $100 filing fee, the free-but-mandatory annual report, the flat 5.3% income tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Hawaii LLC in 2026: the $50 filing fee, the $15 annual report, the General Excise Tax on your gross income, one of the highest state income taxes in the country, and the non-resident path.
Starting a Connecticut LLC in 2026: the $120 filing fee, the $80 Annual Report due by March 31, why the old Business Entity Tax is gone (and the Pass-Through Entity Tax is now optional), and the non-resident path.
Starting a Colorado LLC in 2026: the $50 online-only filing, the $25 periodic report (not $10 anymore), the 4.4% flat income tax, the cheap-and-fast path, and the non-resident route.
Starting an Arkansas LLC in 2026: the ~$45 online filing fee, the flat $150 annual franchise tax due May 1, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting an Alaska LLC in 2026: the $250 filing fee, the required ~$50/year business license, the free initial report and the $100 biennial report, no state income or sales tax, and the non-resident path.
Starting an Alabama LLC in 2026: the mandatory name reservation you have to file first, the ~$200 Certificate of Formation, the Business Privilege Tax minimum that's now $0 for most small LLCs, and the non-resident path.
Starting an Ohio LLC in 2026: the $99 filing fee, why there's no annual report or annual fee, the statutory agent rule, the municipal income tax everyone forgets, and the non-resident path.
Starting a New Jersey LLC in 2026: the $125 Certificate of Formation, the NJ-REG registration you must file within 60 days, the $75 annual report, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Michigan LLC in 2026: the $50 filing fee with LARA, the $25 Annual Statement due February 15, city income taxes, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting an Illinois LLC in 2026: the $150 filing fee, the $75 annual report, the Personal Property Replacement Tax most guides skip, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting an Arizona LLC in 2026: the $50 filing fee, the newspaper publication rule (and why most LLCs skip it), no annual report, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Wyoming LLC in 2026: the $100 to file, the $60-a-year to keep it, the privacy reality, the non-resident path (including Form 5472), and your first 90 days.
Starting a Texas LLC in 2026: the $300 Certificate of Formation, the franchise tax that's $0 for most LLCs but still needs an annual filing, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Pennsylvania LLC in 2026: the $125 filing fee, the new $7 annual report (the decennial report is gone), the registered-office/CROP quirk, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a North Carolina LLC in 2026: the $125 filing fee, the $200/$202 annual report due April 15, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a New York LLC in 2026: the $200 filing fee, the publication requirement that costs $300 upstate and $2,000 in Manhattan, the legally required operating agreement, the LLC Transparency Act, and your first 120 days.
Starting a Nevada LLC in 2026: the $425 to get set up, the $350-a-year you keep paying, whether the 'no income tax' pitch survives the math, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Georgia LLC in 2026: the $100 online filing fee, the $60 annual registration, the publication myth nobody corrects, the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Florida LLC in 2026: the $125 Sunbiz filing, the $138.75 annual report (and the $400 late fee that follows one day after the deadline), the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
Starting a Delaware LLC in 2026: the $110 Certificate of Formation, the flat $300 franchise tax due June 1, whether Delaware is actually right for you, and the non-resident path.
Starting a California LLC in 2026: the $70 filing fee, the $800 franchise tax (no first-year break), the non-resident path, and your first 90 days.
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