Project the total 5-year cost of forming and maintaining an LLC in any US state. Year 1 service fee + state filing fee, plus four years of annual report fees and registered agent renewals. Use the snapshot table below for a quick scan; the live calculator lets you tune the holding period.
Choose any of the 50 US states. Each state carries its own filing fee and annual report obligation, and both feed the projection. The four anonymous-LLC states - Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada - carry a distinct service-fee tier that the calculation applies automatically, so the Year 1 number reflects the real all-in cost rather than a filing fee alone.
Set the number of years you plan to keep the LLC open, from 1 to 10, with 5 as the default. The tool computes formation cost in Year 1 and ongoing maintenance cost in every year after. A short holding period weights the projection toward the one-time formation cost; a long one weights it toward recurring annual fees, which is where high-annual-report states such as Delaware and Nevada pull ahead in total spend.
The tool adds the Anonymousllc.co service fee plus the state filing fee in Year 1, then the state annual report or fee plus a $100/year registered agent renewal in each following year. Year 1 registered agent service is included free in the formation package. The projection excludes franchise tax above thresholds (California $800/year, Delaware $300/year, Tennessee $300+/year) and one-time add-ons like BOI ($150) and ITIN ($299).
Every result is measured against Wyoming, the flagship anonymous state at $397 all-in. The delta column shows exactly how much a different state costs you over the holding period. That framing turns an abstract fee schedule into a concrete decision: pay New Mexico's $347 to save $50 up front, or accept Nevada's $722 Year 1 and $350/year ongoing when its asset-protection reputation is the deciding factor.
| Year | Service fee | State filing | State annual | RA renewal | Year total | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $397 | $100 | - | - | $497 | $497 |
| Year 2 | - | - | $60 | $100 | $160 | $657 |
| Year 3 | - | - | $60 | $100 | $160 | $817 |
| Year 4 | - | - | $60 | $100 | $160 | $977 |
| Year 5 | - | - | $60 | $100 | $160 | $1,137 |
year1 = serviceFee + stateFilingannualOngoing = stateAnnualReport + raRenewaltotal = year1 + (years − 1) × annualOngoing
Service fee $397 (Anonymousllc.co all-in, Year 1 RA included). RA renewal $100/yr after Year 1. State filing fee + annual report fee pulled from current Secretary of State schedules. Excludes franchise tax (CA, DE, TN), gross-receipts tax (TX, OH, WA), publication (NY), and add-ons (BOI $150, ITIN $299).
Static snapshot pulled from current state filing fees, statutes, and pricing data. Updates when source data changes.
| State | Year 1 (formation) | Annual (yrs 2-5) | 5-year total | Anonymous? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $497 | $150/yr | $1,097 | No |
| Alaska | $547 | $200/yr | $1,347 | No |
| Arizona | $347 | $100/yr | $747 | No |
| Arkansas | $342 | $250/yr | $1,342 | No |
| California | $367 | $120/yr | $847 | No |
| Colorado | $347 | $110/yr | $787 | No |
| Connecticut | $417 | $180/yr | $1,137 | No |
| Delaware | $407 | $400/yr | $2,007 | Yes |
| Florida | $422 | $238.75/yr | $1,377 | No |
| Georgia | $397 | $150/yr | $997 | No |
| Hawaii | $347 | $115/yr | $807 | No |
| Idaho | $397 | $100/yr | $797 | No |
| Illinois | $447 | $175/yr | $1,147 | No |
| Indiana | $392 | $132/yr | $920 | No |
| Iowa | $347 | $130/yr | $867 | No |
| Kansas | $462 | $150/yr | $1,062 | No |
| Kentucky | $337 | $115/yr | $797 | No |
| Louisiana | $397 | $135/yr | $937 | No |
| Maine | $472 | $185/yr | $1,212 | No |
| Maryland | $397 | $400/yr | $1,997 | No |
| Massachusetts | $797 | $600/yr | $3,197 | No |
| Michigan | $347 | $125/yr | $847 | No |
| Minnesota | $452 | $100/yr | $852 | No |
| Mississippi | $347 | $100/yr | $747 | No |
| Missouri | $347 | $100/yr | $747 | No |
| Montana | $332 | $120/yr | $812 | No |
| Nebraska | $397 | $113/yr | $849 | No |
| Nevada | $722 | $450/yr | $2,622 | Yes |
| New Hampshire | $397 | $200/yr | $1,197 | No |
| New Jersey | $422 | $175/yr | $1,122 | No |
| New Mexico | $347 | $100/yr | $747 | Yes |
| New York | $497 | $109/yr | $933 | No |
| North Carolina | $422 | $300/yr | $1,622 | No |
| North Dakota | $432 | $150/yr | $1,032 | No |
| Ohio | $396 | $100/yr | $796 | No |
| Oklahoma | $397 | $125/yr | $897 | No |
| Oregon | $397 | $200/yr | $1,197 | No |
| Pennsylvania | $422 | $107/yr | $850 | No |
| Rhode Island | $447 | $150/yr | $1,047 | No |
| South Carolina | $407 | $100/yr | $807 | No |
| South Dakota | $447 | $150/yr | $1,047 | No |
| Tennessee | $597 | $400/yr | $2,197 | No |
| Texas | $597 | $100/yr | $997 | No |
| Utah | $356 | $118/yr | $828 | No |
| Vermont | $422 | $135/yr | $962 | No |
| Virginia | $397 | $150/yr | $997 | No |
| Washington | $497 | $160/yr | $1,137 | No |
| West Virginia | $397 | $125/yr | $897 | No |
| Wisconsin | $427 | $125/yr | $927 | No |
| Wyoming | $397 | $160/yr | $1,037 | Yes |
Year 1 = Anonymousllc.co service fee + state filing fee. Annual (yrs 2-5) = state annual report/fee + $100 registered agent renewal. Excludes franchise tax and gross-receipts tax above thresholds. Excludes BOI ($150) and ITIN ($299) add-ons. Source: state Secretary of State fee schedules, 2026.
The 5-year cost combines a Year 1 formation charge with four years of maintenance charges. Year 1 is the Anonymousllc.co service fee plus the state filing fee; each later year is the state annual report or fee plus a $100 registered agent renewal. The service fee runs $297 for Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and most non-anonymous states, and $397 for Nevada, whose higher state-fee floor drives the tier up. State filing fees come from current Secretary of State schedules. Year 1 registered agent service is included free inside the formation package, so the renewal charge starts in Year 2. The projection excludes BOI ($150), ITIN ($299), franchise tax above thresholds (California $800/year regardless of revenue, Delaware $300/year, Tennessee $300+/year), gross-receipts tax above thresholds (Texas $2.47M, Ohio $150K, Washington B&O), and New York publication requirements ($300-$2,000).
Read the snapshot left to right: Year 1 is the all-in formation cost, the Annual column is the recurring yearly cost across years 2 through 5, and the 5-year total combines both into one number. The Anonymous column flags the four states that permit true anonymous LLCs with no public member or manager listing. Use it to filter: if privacy is a requirement, restrict your comparison to Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada, then rank those four on total cost. A low Year 1 number paired with a high Annual number reorders the ranking as the holding period lengthens, which is why the 5-year total matters more than the formation price alone.
Wyoming pairs a low $297 service tier with a $100 state filing fee and a $60 minimum annual report, producing a $397 all-in Year 1 and one of the lowest 5-year totals among privacy states. Wyoming charges no state income tax, extends charging order protection to single-member and multi-member LLCs by statute, and keeps its annual report to a flat $60 license tax due in the formation-anniversary month. That combination of a low entry price, a low recurring fee, and statutory asset protection is why Wyoming is the default recommendation for owners who want privacy without paying a premium each year.
Massachusetts tops the 5-year table at $3,197, followed by Nevada at $2,622, Tennessee at $2,197, and Delaware at $2,007. High annual report or franchise obligations, not formation fees, drive these totals. Massachusetts charges a $500 formation fee and a $500 annual report, so the recurring cost compounds fast. Nevada layers a state business license and an Annual List on top of its filing fee, producing roughly $350 per year in ongoing state charges. Delaware's $300 flat franchise tax, due June 1 each year, lifts its 5-year total above states with a cheaper Year 1. The lesson: a low formation fee does not guarantee a low lifetime cost.
Arizona, Mississippi, Missouri, and New Mexico each land at $747 for the 5-year total, the lowest figures in the snapshot. New Mexico is the only anonymous state in that group. New Mexico stands out because it requires no annual report and no annual fee, so after the $347 Year 1 the only recurring cost is the $100 registered agent renewal. That structure makes New Mexico the cheapest anonymous LLC to hold for five years, and it widens its lead the longer the entity stays open. Owners who want maximum privacy at minimum lifetime cost, and who accept that New Mexico banking takes more effort, land here.
Foreign qualification stacks a second state's costs on top of the formation state. If you form in Wyoming and register to do business in California, you pay both Wyoming's fees and California's foreign-qualification filing plus its $800/year franchise tax. The snapshot prices a single state of formation only. To model a two-state footprint, take the formation-state row and add the operating state's foreign-qualification filing fee (California $70) and recurring franchise or annual charges. For a business with real physical presence in a high-tax state, foreign qualification erases most of the savings from forming in a cheap state, which is why owners with no physical nexus keep the entity in one low-cost state.
The annual report drives the biggest cost gap when the holding period is long. A $60 Wyoming report versus a $500 Massachusetts report is a $440 yearly gap that compounds every year the LLC stays open. Over a 5-year hold, that single line item creates a $1,760 spread before any other fee is counted. States with no annual report at all, led by New Mexico, avoid the compounding entirely. When you plan to keep an LLC for a decade rather than a few years, weight the annual column far more heavily than the Year 1 column, because the recurring fee, not the formation fee, decides the lifetime cost.
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