LLC Annual Report & Renewal Fees by State — Explainer

What it costs to keep an LLC in good standing each year — and why that isn't always a fee. For the definition, see What is an annual report?; for the structured rules matrix, see Domestic LLC Annual Renewal Rules by State. Figures as of 2026-06-06. Not legal advice.

Short answer

Most states make an LLC file a short annual (or biennial) report to stay in good standing, and charge a fee to do it — commonly $20 to $100. But “annual renewal cost” is the wrong mental model in a meaningful number of states, because what you owe each year takes one of three different shapes.

Three modes, not one

What an LLC owes annually falls into three buckets, and the table below marks which one applies:

• A filing fee. Most states: a flat fee for the annual or biennial report. The range is wide — Idaho, Minnesota, and Mississippi require the report but charge $0, while Massachusetts is $500, Maryland $300, and North Carolina $200.
• A franchise or privilege tax. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, and Texas don't charge a Secretary-of-State report fee — the annual obligation is a tax, run by the tax authority. Delaware's is ~$300; Texas is the Comptroller's franchise tax / Public Information Report. Different amount, different agency, different deadline.
• Nothing. Arizona, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, and South Carolina require no domestic-LLC annual report at all. That's a confirmed “none,” not a gap.

A chart that prints one “annual fee” column for all 51 jurisdictions is quietly flattening those three into one. We keep them distinct, because the difference changes what you do — and who you pay.

Annual obligation by state (domestic LLC)

Cadence and the variable ones

Cadence matters as much as amount. Six jurisdictions — California, New York, Alaska, Iowa, Indiana, and the District of Columbia — file biennially, every two years, so the per-year cost is half the headline. A few states also price the same report by how you submit it: Indiana is $20 electronic but $50 on paper, Iowa $30 online and $45 on paper, and Wisconsin $25 online and $40 on paper — online is the cheaper channel in each. Two states don't quote a flat number at all: Tennessee is $50 per member ($300 minimum, $3,000 maximum), and Wyoming is value-based (a $60 minimum, or 0.0002 × the LLC's Wyoming-sited assets, whichever is greater). For a single-member LLC with no Wyoming assets, both land near their floors; for larger entities they don't.

The blanks are deliberate

Three jurisdictions — Kansas, North Dakota, and Nebraska — don't publish an annual-report fee we could confirm against a primary state source. Kansas renders the fee only inside a JavaScript portal; North Dakota's administrative fee isn't in the statute snapshot; Nebraska's biennial-report fee isn't isolatable on the prose schedule. Those rows read “not established” rather than a number copied from a third-party chart. A blank is not $0 and not a “none” — it is the absence of a source we'd stand behind. Confirm those three directly with the state.

How these are sourced

Each figure is read off the state's own fee schedule or report form and backed by a captured snapshot, and bound to the domestic-LLC line specifically. The “none” and “tax” classifications are primary-source confirmed, not inferred from a missing fee. Full method at /about/methodology/; source taxonomy at /about/source-registry/.

Not legal advice

Deadlines, late penalties, and whether your obligation is a fee or a tax are state-specific and change. Missing an annual report can lead to administrative dissolution. This page is structured reference, not counsel — confirm against the state source.

See also: What is an annual report? · Domestic LLC Annual Renewal Rules by State (matrix) · Administrative dissolution & reinstatement