2025 fees Arizona Secretary of State Rank #1 of 51

LLC Costs in Arizona (AZ)

$175 all-in for your first year - $50 to file, no annual report, plus a registered agent. Arizona is $208 (54%) cheaper than the national average for first-year LLC costs.

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Arizona has no annual report requirement, making ongoing maintenance costs very low. One of the most affordable states to maintain an LLC long-term.

Updated 2025 · Source: Arizona Secretary of State

No recurring state report fee

No recurring state report fee. Arizona does not charge a periodic LLC report fee; the first-year stack is filing + registered agent only. Arizona charges no periodic LLC report fee, so the $175 first-year total (#1 of 51) is filing plus registered agent only. Fees are those published by the Arizona Secretary of State; registered agent is a $125/yr market-rate line, not a vendor quote.

According to the Arizona Secretary of State fee schedule; registered agent normalized at $125/yr. See methodology. How we calculate →

$50
One-time filing fee
Not required
Annual report
$175
First-year total
#1 of 51
Cost rank (1 = cheapest)

Secretary of State fee strip

Fee strip AZ · Arizona SOS FY 2026 · rank #1

Arizona · FY 2026 · 14-16 business days · no pub

  • PUB Online filing
  • PUB azsos.gov
  • PUB 14-16 business days
  • PUB +$35 expedite
  • PUB near Mississippi
  • PUB 54% below avg

Cheap-third stack: stamps derive from this state's Secretary of State fee schedule, not a recommendation of where to form. Read with cheapest SOS stacks ranked → · All 51 SOS fee rows →

1. Arizona$1752. Mississippi$1753. Missouri$1754. New Mexico$1755. Kentucky$1806. Montana$180
1. Arizona$1752. Mississippi$1753. Missouri$1754. New Mexico$1755. Kentucky$1806. Montana$180
First-year SOS-fee total for Arizona and nearest-cost peers. Source: each Secretary of State + 51-row aggregate.

Cost vs. speed: where Arizona sits among all 51 filing offices

Arizona is cheap to form but not fast: below-average cost, yet a 15-business-day wait that's slower than the national median -- the SOS fee total alone doesn't tell you how long you'll wait. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by First-year cost ($) (X) and Processing time (business days) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Slow & expensiveCheap but slowFast but priceyFast & cheap $0$500$1,000$1,500 0d10d20d30d First-year cost ($) Processing time (business days) Cost vs. speed: where Arizona sits among all 51 filing offices
Arizona is cheap to form but not fast: below-average cost, yet a 15-business-day wait that's slower than the national median -- the SOS fee total alone doesn't tell you how long you'll wait.
Arizona is cheap to form but not fast: below-average cost, yet a 15-business-day wait that's slower than the national median -- the SOS fee total alone doesn't tell you how long you'll wait. National median processing time: 6 business days; national average first-year cost: $383. Source: each state's Secretary of State published processing-time guidance + the 51-row SOS fee aggregate.

How the cheap-third $175 stack breaks down

How your $175 first-year total breaks down Registered agent is still the largest piece (71%) even though Arizona sits in the cheaper third overall.
  • State filing fee $50
  • Registered agent $125
Cost Item Amount
State Filing Fee $50
No Annual Report Free
Registered Agent $125/yr
Expedited Filing (optional) $35
Total, First Year $175

Ongoing tax burden after formation

Arizona's effective property tax rate of 0.48% ranks among the lowest nationally (#4 of 51 lowest), a bigger long-run factor than the $175 formation cost above for any LLC that owns real estate.

Corporate income tax
4.9%
4.9% corporate tax rate, #14 of 51 lowest nationally
Effective property tax rate
0.48%
Of assessed property value, per year

Sources: Tax Foundation state corporate tax rates, Census ACS effective property tax rates.

Fee check: No periodic report fee today; still verify current Arizona SOS filing rules at https://azsos.gov. Not legal or tax advice.

Arizona SOS fee strip (no report fee)

Filing Fee $50
Annual Report Not required
Processing Time 14-16 business days
Expedited $35 → 3-5 business days
Online Filing Available
First-Year Total $175
File with Arizona SOS

Similar Cost States

Mississippi $175 Missouri $175 New Mexico $175 Kentucky $180

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Report a data error on this page.

Sources used on this page
  • Arizona Secretary of State - LLC filing fee, annual-report requirement, and processing time. azsos.gov
  • Federation of Tax Administrators - cross-check of state fee and tax figures. taxadmin.org
LLC fees and requirements sourced from the Arizona Secretary of State. See our methodology for details.

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