2025 fees Mississippi Secretary of State Rank #2 of 51

LLC Costs in Mississippi (MS)

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

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Mississippi has no annual report requirement and one of the lowest filing fees. No expedited service available. One of the cheapest states to form and maintain an LLC.

Updated 2025 · Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

No recurring state report fee

No recurring state report fee. Mississippi does not charge a periodic LLC report fee; the first-year stack is filing + registered agent only. With no recurring report fee, Mississippi's $175 first-year stack (#2 of 51) is as lean as filing plus registered agent gets. Fees are those published by the Mississippi Secretary of State; registered agent is a $125/yr market-rate line, not a vendor quote.

According to the Mississippi 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
#2 of 51
Cost rank (1 = cheapest)

Published SOS fee schedule

Fee strip MS · Mississippi SOS FY 2026 · rank #2

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

  • VS-AVG Online filing
  • ARTICLES www.sos.ms.gov
  • BIENNIAL 5-7 business days
  • SCHEDULE +$0 expedite
  • REPORT near Arizona
  • RANK 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. Mississippi$1752. Arizona$1753. Missouri$1754. New Mexico$1755. Kentucky$1806. Montana$180
1. Mississippi$1752. Arizona$1753. Missouri$1754. New Mexico$1755. Kentucky$1806. Montana$180
First-year SOS-fee total for Mississippi and nearest-cost peers. Source: each Secretary of State + 51-row aggregate.

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

Mississippi delivers both: below-average cost and a 6-business-day turnaround faster than the national median. 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 Mississippi sits among all 51 filing offices
Mississippi delivers both: below-average cost and a 6-business-day turnaround faster than the national median.
Mississippi delivers both: below-average cost and a 6-business-day turnaround faster than the national median. 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 Mississippi 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
Total, First Year $175

Ongoing tax burden after formation

Mississippi's 5% corporate tax rate ranks among the lowest corporate tax burdens nationally (#17 of 51 lowest), a durable advantage beyond the $175 formation cost above.

Corporate income tax
5%
5% corporate tax rate, #17 of 51 lowest nationally
Effective property tax rate
0.72%
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 Mississippi SOS filing rules at https://www.sos.ms.gov. Not legal or tax advice.

Mississippi SOS fee strip (no report fee)

Filing Fee $50
Annual Report Not required
Processing Time 5-7 business days
Online Filing Available
First-Year Total $175
File with Mississippi SOS

Similar Cost States

Arizona $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
  • Mississippi Secretary of State - LLC filing fee, annual-report requirement, and processing time. www.sos.ms.gov
  • Federation of Tax Administrators - cross-check of state fee and tax figures. taxadmin.org
LLC fees and requirements sourced from the Mississippi Secretary of State. See our methodology for details.

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