A Florida LLC costs $422 all-in through Anonymousllc.co in year one: a $297 service fee plus the $125 state filing fee, covering registered agent year one, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. Ongoing cost is the $138.75 annual report due May 1 plus $100/year registered agent. Florida charges no state personal income tax. Founders who want ownership privacy instead form a $397 all-in Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualify into Florida.
The Florida Division of Corporations charges a $125 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. The $125 covers the state's acceptance of the LLC, not the registered agent, operating agreement, or EIN. Filing yourself pays only that $125 but leaves the name search, operating agreement, EIN application, and bank applications to you. Anonymousllc.co bundles all of those into a single $297 service fee on top of the $125 state fee. The state fee is fixed by Florida and is the same whether you file alone or through a service. It is a one-time charge at formation, not a recurring cost. The recurring state charge that follows is the $138.75 annual report, which is separate from this initial $125 filing fee.
Anonymousllc.co forms a Florida LLC for $422 all-in: a $297 service fee plus the $125 state fee. That price covers the state filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications, completed in 5-10 business days. There are no upsells hidden behind that number. Founders who want ownership privacy instead form a $397 all-in Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualify into Florida, which keeps members and managers off the public record while operating in the state.
Ongoing Florida cost is the $138.75 annual report due every May 1 plus $100/year for commercial registered agent service, so recurring maintenance runs about $238.75 a year. Florida charges no state personal income tax. Missing the May 1 annual report adds a $400 late penalty, and an unfiled LLC is administratively dissolved in late September. Anonymousllc.co tracks the deadline and files the report for registered agent clients, so the two line items above cover maintenance for most single-owner LLCs. Budget the $138.75 report as a fixed yearly cost due every spring. The $100/year registered agent renews on the formation anniversary. Neither figure scales with revenue, so a Florida LLC's ongoing state and agent cost stays flat as the business grows, unlike states that tie fees to income or assets.
Filing yourself pays only the $125 state fee, but you handle the name search, operating agreement, EIN application, and bank applications alone. Most owners spend more in time and missed steps than the $297 service fee would have cost in money. A non-resident founder who files alone still faces the fax-based EIN process without an SSN and multi-bank applications from abroad. Anonymousllc.co runs all of that for the flat $297 service fee, which is why the $422 all-in package is the common choice over DIY.
New Mexico is the lowest total at $347 all-in with no annual report and no annual fee. Wyoming is $397 all-in with a $60 minimum annual report, Delaware is $407 all-in with a $300 franchise tax due June 1, and Nevada is $722 all-in with an annual list and business license near $350 a year. A direct Florida LLC is $422 all-in year one plus the $138.75 annual report. The three cheapest options that also keep owners private are New Mexico, Wyoming, and Delaware. Founders who need a Florida presence with privacy pair an anonymous parent with a Florida foreign qualification. For a founder whose only goal is the lowest total cost, New Mexico wins because it adds no recurring state fee at all. For a founder who wants low cost plus the strongest privacy reputation, Wyoming at $397 all-in is the flagship. Florida makes sense when the business genuinely operates on the ground in the state.
The $422 formation package already includes the EIN. Separate add-ons are priced flat: a standalone EIN is $99, ITIN $299, and BOI filing $150 per report where it applies. Registered agent renews at $100/year after the free first year. A fully drafted custom operating agreement for complex multi-member terms is a $199 add-on. Reinstating an administratively dissolved Florida LLC is handled at $250 plus state fees. None of these add-ons is required for a standard single-owner Florida LLC. Most single-owner founders pay the $422 formation fee and then only the recurring $138.75 report and $100 registered agent. The add-ons exist for specific situations: a non-resident who needs an ITIN for personal filing, a multi-member group that wants tailored buyout terms, or an owner who let a report lapse and needs reinstatement.
Florida charges no franchise tax on an LLC in the Delaware sense. The recurring state cost is the $138.75 annual report due May 1, not a franchise tax tied to shares or capital. By contrast, Delaware charges a $300 flat annual franchise tax on LLCs due June 1, and Nevada layers an annual list and state business license near $350 a year. Florida's single annual report keeps its ongoing state cost lower than either of those two anonymous-LLC states.
No. Florida has no state personal income tax, so pass-through LLC profits are not taxed at the state level. Owners pay federal income tax and the 15.3% self-employment tax on net income. This is a core reason founders choose Florida over high-tax states. The $138.75 annual report is the main recurring state cost, and there is no state-level layer on business profit. An S-corporation election with Form 2553 can lower self-employment tax once net income exceeds $40,000-$60,000.
The privacy path costs $397 all-in for a Wyoming anonymous LLC or $347 all-in for a New Mexico anonymous LLC as the parent, plus the Florida foreign-qualification fee to register that parent in the state. This keeps owners off the Florida public record. New Mexico adds no annual report and no annual fee, so its ongoing cost is the lowest of the anonymous states. Wyoming adds a $60 minimum annual report. Anonymousllc.co sets up the anonymous parent and the Florida foreign qualification together, so the founder operates in Florida without listing personal details on the state database. The privacy path costs more than a direct $422 Florida filing because it maintains two registrations: the home-state anonymous parent and the Florida foreign qualification. The trade-off is ownership privacy that a direct Florida filing cannot deliver. Founders weigh the extra registration against the value of keeping their name off the public Florida record.
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