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LLC Formation Cost Planner

Build a first-year and recurring budget using recorded state filing fees and your own service costs.

Plan the costs you choose to include for an LLC. Select a state to load a simple recorded base filing fee when available, or enter an amount from the official source. This is a budget calculation, not a checkout quote or tax calculation.

Choose a state or enter your own fee.
Use the current filing charge for your entity and method.
For example, selected filing assistance or a required extra registration.
Enter the amount you plan to pay; a commercial service is not always required.
Include recurring amounts you have identified, not an assumed nationwide fee.
For example, optional bookkeeping. The calculation includes 12 months.

First 12 months

Enter valid amounts

Following 12 months

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The second figure excludes the state formation fee and other one-time costs. It assumes your entered annual and monthly budgets stay the same.

A zero means you have budgeted nothing for that field, not that no obligation exists. Taxes, licenses, payment charges, price changes and additional states can add costs unless you enter them. The tool adds your selected amounts; it does not decide what your business owes.

How the calculation works

First year = state filing + other one-time costs + annual agent budget + other annual costs + 12 × monthly budget. Following year = annual agent budget + other annual costs + 12 × monthly budget.

The initial estimate remains blank if a required amount is missing or invalid. A state with a blank, conditional or non-simple fee record is not treated as free. Enter the amount appropriate to your filing after checking its official source.

Use the budget in context

Read how to choose a formation state, then compare your selected services in the formation-service comparison. Use the formation checklist to plan the steps around those costs.

Inputs are used for this calculation in the page; this tool does not save them or submit them. The site’s external services are described in the privacy policy.