2025 fees Oregon Secretary of State Rank #31 of 51

LLC Costs in Oregon (OR)

$325 all-in for your first year - $100 to file, $100 annual report, plus a registered agent. Oregon 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. Oregon has no sales tax which benefits certain business models. Portland and the Willamette Valley offer strong tech and creative industry ecosystems.

Updated 2025 · Source: Oregon Secretary of State

Higher periodic report fee

Higher periodic report fee. Annual Report at $100 sits in the dearer third of report fees among states that still charge one. Filing, registered agent and the Annual Report together put Oregon's first-year total at $325, ranking #31 of 51. Fees are those published by the Oregon Secretary of State; registered agent is a $125/yr market-rate line, not a vendor quote.

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

$100
One-time filing fee
$100 /yr
Annual report
$325
First-year total
#31 of 51
Cost rank (1 = cheapest)

Secretary of State fee strip

Fee strip OR · Oregon SOS FY 2026 · rank #31

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

  • FILE Online filing
  • FILE sos.oregon.gov
  • FILE 5-7 business days
  • FILE +$50 expedite
  • FILE near Connecticut
  • FILE 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. Oregon$3252. Connecticut$3253. New Hampshire$3254. New Jersey$3255. Rhode Island$3256. South Dakota$325
1. Oregon$3252. Connecticut$3253. New Hampshire$3254. New Jersey$3255. Rhode Island$3256. South Dakota$325
First-year SOS-fee total for Oregon and nearest-cost peers. Source: each Secretary of State + 51-row aggregate.

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

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

How your $325 first-year total breaks down Registered agent is the largest piece - 38%
  • State filing fee $100
  • Annual Report (yr 1) $100
  • Registered agent $125
Cost Item Amount
State Filing Fee $100
Annual Report $100
Registered Agent $125/yr
Expedited Filing (optional) $50
Total, First Year $325

Ongoing tax burden after formation

Oregon's 7.6% 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
7.6%
7.6% corporate tax rate, #38 of 51 lowest nationally
Effective property tax rate
0.81%
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 Oregon Secretary of State at https://sos.oregon.gov. Not legal or tax advice.

Oregon LLC Quick Facts

Filing Fee $100
Annual Report $100 /yr
Processing Time 5-7 business days
Expedited $50 → Same business day
Online Filing Available
First-Year Total $325
File with Oregon SOS

Similar Cost States

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

Lower-cost alternatives

These states undercut OR's first-year SOS-fee total:

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

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