2025 fees Florida Secretary of State Rank #38 of 51

LLC Costs in Florida (FL)

$389 all-in for your first year - $125 to file, $139 annual report, plus a registered agent. Florida is $6 (2%) more expensive than the national average for first-year LLC costs.

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Annual report fee is $138.75 rounded to $139. No state income tax makes Florida attractive for business owners. Annual report is due by May 1 each year.

Updated 2025 · Source: Florida Secretary of State

Higher periodic report fee

Higher periodic report fee. Annual Report at $139 sits in the dearer third of report fees among states that still charge one. Florida's first-year total of $389 (#38 of 51) folds in filing, registered agent and the Annual Report. Fees are those published by the Florida Secretary of State; registered agent is a $125/yr market-rate line, not a vendor quote.

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

$125
One-time filing fee
$139 /yr
Annual report
$389
First-year total
#38 of 51
Cost rank (1 = cheapest)

Published SOS fee schedule

Fee strip FL · Florida SOS FY 2026 · rank #38

Florida · FY 2026 · 5-7 business days · no pub

  • PROC Online filing
  • PROC dos.myflorida.com
  • PROC 5-7 business days
  • PROC +$30 expedite
  • PROC near Maine
  • PROC 2% above avg

Dear-third stack: stamps derive from this state's Secretary of State fee schedule, not a recommendation of where to form. Read with tax planning against a dear SOS stack → · All 51 SOS fee rows →

1. Maine$3852. Washington$3853. Florida$3894. Nebraska$4015. Alabama$4256. Texas$425
1. Maine$3852. Washington$3853. Florida$3894. Nebraska$4015. Alabama$4256. Texas$425
First-year SOS-fee total for Florida and nearest-cost peers. Source: each Secretary of State + 51-row aggregate.

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

Florida bucks the pattern: a 6-business-day turnaround that's faster than the national median, despite formation costing more than average -- speed and price don't move together the way the fee total alone suggests. 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 Florida sits among all 51 filing offices
Florida bucks the pattern: a 6-business-day turnaround that's faster than the national median, despite formation costing more than average -- speed and price don't move together the way the fee total alone suggests.
Florida bucks the pattern: a 6-business-day turnaround that's faster than the national median, despite formation costing more than average -- speed and price don't move together the way the fee total alone suggests. 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 dear-third $389 stack breaks down

How your $389 first-year total breaks down Annual Report (yr 1) drives 36% of a top-third first-year total.
  • State filing fee $125
  • Annual Report (yr 1) $139
  • Registered agent $125
Cost Item Amount
State Filing Fee $125
Annual Report $139
Registered Agent $125/yr
Expedited Filing (optional) $30
Total, First Year $389

Ongoing tax burden after formation

Florida's 5.5% corporate tax rate sits roughly in the middle nationally, a moderate ongoing cost alongside the $389 one-time formation fee above.

Corporate income tax
5.5%
5.5% corporate tax rate, #20 of 51 lowest nationally
Effective property tax rate
0.76%
Of assessed property value, per year

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

Fee check: Dear-third first-year stack, verify current Florida SOS fees before filing at https://dos.myflorida.com. Not legal or tax advice.

Florida LLC quick facts (dear third)

Filing Fee $125
Annual Report $139 /yr
Processing Time 5-7 business days
Expedited $30 → 1-2 business days
Online Filing Available
First-Year Total $389
File with Florida SOS

Similar Cost States

North Dakota $310 Arkansas $320 Connecticut $325 New Hampshire $325

Lower-cost escapes

FL's SOS stack sits in the dearest third; these states charge less for the same first year:

Illinois $350 Maine $385 Washington $385

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

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

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