2025 fees New Jersey Secretary of State Rank #30 of 51

LLC Costs in New Jersey (NJ)

$325 all-in for your first year - $125 to file, $75 annual report, plus a registered agent. New Jersey is $58 (15%) cheaper than the national average for first-year LLC costs.

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Annual report is due on the anniversary month of formation. New Jersey has access to the New York and Philadelphia metro markets. State has a minimum Alternative Minimum Assessment for profitable LLCs taxed as corporations.

Updated 2025 · Source: New Jersey Secretary of State

Mid-pack first-year SOS stack

Mid-pack first-year SOS stack. $325 ranks #30 of 51; filing $125, Annual Report $75. New Jersey's first-year total of $325 (#30 of 51) folds in filing, registered agent and the Annual Report. Fees are those published by the New Jersey Secretary of State; registered agent is a $125/yr market-rate line, not a vendor quote.

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

$125
One-time filing fee
$75 /yr
Annual report
$325
First-year total
#30 of 51
Cost rank (1 = cheapest)

State LLC fee schedule strip

Fee strip NJ · New Jersey SOS FY 2026 · rank #30

New Jersey · FY 2026 · 5-7 business days · no pub

  • VS-AVG Online filing
  • ARTICLES www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessFormation
  • BIENNIAL 5-7 business days
  • SCHEDULE +$50 expedite
  • REPORT near Connecticut
  • RANK 15% below avg

Stamps derive from this state's Secretary of State fee schedule (filing, report, publication, rank, nearest peer), not a recommendation of where to form. Read with small business tax planning → · All 51 SOS fee rows →

1. New Jersey$3252. Connecticut$3253. New Hampshire$3254. Oregon$3255. Rhode Island$3256. South Dakota$325
1. New Jersey$3252. Connecticut$3253. New Hampshire$3254. Oregon$3255. Rhode Island$3256. South Dakota$325
First-year SOS-fee total for New Jersey and nearest-cost peers. Source: each Secretary of State + 51-row aggregate.

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

New Jersey 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 New Jersey sits among all 51 filing offices
New Jersey delivers both: below-average cost and a 6-business-day turnaround faster than the national median.
New Jersey 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.

Complete cost breakdown for New Jersey

How your $325 first-year total breaks down State filing fee is the largest piece - 38%
  • State filing fee $125
  • Annual Report (yr 1) $75
  • Registered agent $125
Cost Item Amount
State Filing Fee $125
Annual Report $75
Registered Agent $125/yr
Expedited Filing (optional) $50
Total, First Year $325

Ongoing tax burden after formation

New Jersey's 11.5% corporate tax rate ranks among the highest corporate tax burdens nationally, an ongoing cost that can outweigh the one-time $325 formation fee within a few profitable years.

Corporate income tax
11.5%
11.5% corporate tax rate, #51 of 51 lowest nationally
Effective property tax rate
2.11%
Of assessed property value, per year

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

Fee check: Verify current LLC fees with the New Jersey Secretary of State at https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessFormation. Not legal or tax advice.

New Jersey LLC Quick Facts

Filing Fee $125
Annual Report $75 /yr
Processing Time 5-7 business days
Expedited $50 → Same business day
Online Filing Available
First-Year Total $325
File with New Jersey SOS

Similar Cost States

Iowa $235 South Carolina $235 Oklahoma $250 West Virginia $250

Lower-cost alternatives

Cheaper first-year filing than NJ, state by state:

Wyoming $285 North Dakota $310 Arkansas $320

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

Sources used on this page
LLC fees and requirements sourced from the New Jersey Secretary of State. See our methodology for details.

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