A Colorado LLC costs $50 to file with the Colorado Secretary of State, plus a $10 periodic report each year and a $100/year registered agent. Anonymousllc.co forms one for $347 all-in in year one ($297 service fee plus the $50 state fee), covering the filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications. Colorado is not an anonymous state; founders who need privacy form a Wyoming anonymous LLC at $397 all-in and foreign-qualify into Colorado.
The Colorado Secretary of State charges $50 to file the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. Colorado files LLCs online, so there is no paper surcharge or expedite tier to buy. A separate name reservation costs $25 and holds a name for 120 days before filing, used only when a founder wants to lock a name early. The $50 is the entire state cost to bring a Colorado LLC into existence.
Colorado charges a $10 periodic report each year, plus $100/year for a commercial registered agent. That $110 recurring cost is among the lowest of any state. The periodic report is due in a three-month window around the LLC's formation anniversary month, and it keeps the LLC in good standing. Income tax obligations depend on state-sourced profit and any entity-level election. Anonymousllc.co files the $10 periodic report as part of registered agent service, so the deadline never lapses and no late fee accrues. Colorado has no publication requirement and no franchise tax, so the recurring bill stops at the $110. Compared with Delaware's $300 annual franchise tax or Nevada's roughly $350 annual list and license, Colorado sits at the low end of ongoing state cost. New Mexico is the one state that undercuts it, with no annual report and no annual fee at all.
Filing yourself costs only the $50 state fee, but you handle the name check, Articles, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications alone. Anonymousllc.co charges a $297 service fee plus the state fee and does all of it in 5-10 days. DIY carries hidden time costs: a rejected name resets the filing, a missing operating agreement blocks the bank account, and a non-resident EIN by fax defeats most first-time filers. The $297 service fee buys a completed setup, backup names, a Colorado-specific operating agreement, and four to five bank applications submitted in parallel.
Anonymousllc.co forms a Colorado LLC for $347 all-in: a $297 service fee plus the $50 state fee. That covers filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications. Add-on services are priced separately and quoted upfront: EIN $99, ITIN $299, and BOI $150 where it applies. Year two onward, maintenance is $110/year ($100 registered agent plus the $10 periodic report). Founders who prioritize privacy choose a Wyoming LLC at $397 all-in plus a Colorado foreign qualification instead of a direct Colorado filing. The $347 is a single flat number, not a starter tier that unlocks fees at checkout. The state filing, the year-one agent, the operating agreement, the EIN, and the bank applications are all inside it. A founder pays more only when adding a distinct service, such as an ITIN for a personal US tax filing or a BOI report where a foreign-formed entity triggers one.
Colorado ties New Mexico at $347 total with Anonymousllc.co, but New Mexico requires no annual report and no annual fee, while Colorado charges the $10 periodic report each year. Wyoming costs $397 all-in and adds strong anonymity, since Colorado lists members or managers on the public record. For a founder in Colorado whose priority is the lowest ongoing cost with privacy, New Mexico is the cheapest at $347 with no recurring state fee. For a Colorado business that operates locally, the $347 Colorado LLC keeps the registration in the state where the work happens.
The Anonymous LLC service is $397 all-in through the Wyoming flagship: a $297 service fee plus the $100 Wyoming state fee. A founder who needs privacy in Colorado pairs that with a Colorado foreign qualification. The Wyoming LLC keeps members and managers off the public record, then registers into Colorado as a foreign LLC so the individual's name never appears on the Colorado filing. This structure adds the Colorado foreign registration fee on top of the $397, and it is the standard answer for a Colorado operator who wants ownership hidden. See /wyoming-anonymous-llc/ for the full path. The trade-off is cost versus privacy. A direct Colorado LLC at $347 is cheaper but public; a Wyoming LLC foreign-qualified into Colorado costs more but keeps ownership off the record. A founder who does not need privacy saves by filing directly in Colorado, while one who does treats the extra foreign-registration cost as the price of keeping their name off a public database.
Colorado's flat 4.4% personal income tax applies to LLC profit sourced to the state, and there is no separate franchise tax on the LLC itself. The tax is a cost of profit, not a fixed formation cost. A single-member LLC reports on the owner's return; a multi-member LLC files Form 1065. Electing S-corporation treatment on Form 2553 cuts self-employment tax once net income exceeds $40,000-$60,000, though it adds payroll compliance cost. An LLC with no profit owes no Colorado income tax, but still files its federal information returns.
The $347 all-in package includes the $50 state filing, Colorado registered agent for year one, a Colorado-specific operating agreement, the EIN, and four to five US bank applications submitted in parallel. There are no upsells hidden behind that number. The operating agreement is drafted to Colorado statute, the EIN is obtained by fax for non-residents without an SSN, and bank applications go to Mercury, Relay, Bluevine, and others at once for about a 90% approval rate. A standalone custom operating agreement is a $199 add-on for owners who want bespoke terms. Buying these pieces separately costs more than the bundle. A registered agent alone runs $100/year, an EIN service $99, and a drafted operating agreement $199, so the individual line items exceed the $347 package that already includes them. The all-in price is the reason most founders form through the package rather than assembling the parts.
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