An Alabama LLC costs $497 all-in through Anonymousllc.co in 2026: a $297 service fee plus the $200 state filing fee, covering filing, registered agent year one, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. Ongoing cost is the annual BPT/PPT return ($50 minimum) plus $100 per year for registered agent. This page breaks down every Alabama LLC cost and compares it to the $397 Wyoming and $347 New Mexico anonymous options.
An Alabama LLC costs $497 all-in through Anonymousllc.co: a $297 service fee plus the $200 Alabama state filing fee. That single price covers the state filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications. There are no upsells hidden behind that number. Add-on services are priced separately and only when you want them: EIN $99 as a standalone, ITIN $299, and BOI $150 per report if the FinCEN rule changes to require it. From year two the recurring cost is the $100 per year registered agent plus the annual BPT/PPT return with a $50 minimum.
The Alabama Secretary of State charges a $200 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. The $200 goes to the state, not to Anonymousllc.co. It is separate from the $297 service fee, and together they make the $497 year-one total. Alabama's $200 filing fee sits above Wyoming's $100 and New Mexico's $50 state fees, which is one reason founders who do not need Alabama operations form in a cheaper anonymous state instead. The $200 buys nothing recurring on its own; renewal cost comes from the annual BPT/PPT return and the registered agent, not from re-paying the filing fee. Alabama does not charge a separate initial-report fee on top of the Articles, so the $200 is the full state cost at formation.
Alabama requires an annual BPT/PPT return with a $50 minimum to stay in good standing, plus $100 per year for a commercial registered agent from year two. Income tax obligations depend on state-sourced income and any entity-level election. Alabama levies a 2%-5% personal income tax on pass-through profit and a Business Privilege Tax at the entity level, so an operating Alabama LLC carries a real annual tax bill on top of the $50 minimum return. Missing the annual return risks administrative dissolution. Anonymousllc.co tracks the deadline and files the return as part of registered agent service.
Filing yourself costs only the $200 state fee, but you handle the name check, Articles, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications alone. Anonymousllc.co charges the $297 service fee plus the state fee and completes everything in 5-10 days. The DIY route hides its cost in time and missed steps: a rejected name, a defective operating agreement a bank refuses, or a stalled non-resident EIN each delay the launch. The $297 service fee buys the name check with backups, an Alabama-specific operating agreement, the EIN obtained by fax for non-residents, and four to five bank applications submitted in parallel. For a non-resident founder without an SSN, the fax-based EIN process alone defeats most self-filers, and a single wrong entry on Form SS-4 restarts the wait. The service fee converts that risk into a fixed 5-10 day timeline.
An Alabama LLC runs $497 for year one through Anonymousllc.co, versus $397 for Wyoming ($297 + $100 state fee) and $347 for New Mexico ($297 + $50 state fee). New Mexico is the cheapest and requires no annual report and no annual fee. Wyoming and New Mexico both keep members and managers off the public record, which Alabama does not. New Mexico's no-annual-report rule makes it the lowest lifetime-cost option, while Wyoming adds a $60 minimum annual license tax. For founders without Alabama operations, one of these anonymous states is the cheaper and more private choice.
Add-on services are priced separately and only when you request them: EIN $99 standalone, ITIN $299, BOI $150 per report, and a custom operating agreement $199. Registered agent renewal is $100 per year from year two. The EIN is already included in the $497 formation package, so the $99 EIN price applies only when a founder buys it on its own. The ITIN helps non-residents who need a personal US tax ID for their own filings. A reinstatement after administrative dissolution runs $250 plus state fees. Each add-on is optional and quoted before any charge.
No. A Wyoming anonymous LLC costs $397 all-in and a New Mexico anonymous LLC costs $347 all-in, both below Alabama's $497. The anonymous states also carry a lower or zero annual fee, so they cost less over the entity's life. The reason is the state filing fee: Wyoming charges $100 and New Mexico $50, against Alabama's $200. For a founder whose priority is keeping ownership private, the anonymous route is both cheaper and more private. Where the founder also needs an Alabama presence, an Alabama foreign qualification is added on top of the anonymous parent.
Alabama does not charge a Delaware-style flat franchise tax. Instead it applies a Business Privilege Tax tied to the LLC's net worth and income, filed with the annual BPT/PPT return that carries a $50 minimum. This differs from Delaware, which charges every LLC a $300 flat annual franchise tax regardless of revenue, and from Nevada, which requires an annual list plus a state business license near $350 a year. Alabama's Business Privilege Tax scales with the business, so a small or pre-revenue Alabama LLC owes the $50 minimum rather than a large fixed charge.
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