A Kansas LLC costs $462 all-in in 2026 through Anonymousllc.co: a $297 service fee plus the $165 Kansas state filing fee, with registered agent year one, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications included. Recurring cost from year two is the $50 annual report plus $100/year registered agent. Kansas income tax up to 5.7% applies to pass-through profit. Founders who want ownership privacy use the $397 Wyoming anonymous route instead.
A Kansas LLC costs $462 all-in: a $297 service fee plus the $165 Kansas 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. Anonymousllc.co completes the whole process in 5-10 business days. Founders whose priority is ownership privacy use the $397 all-in Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualify into Kansas, since Kansas discloses members or managers on the public record. The $462 figure is the true out-the-door cost for a US-resident founder: state fee, service fee, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications with nothing added later. A non-resident pays the same $462 for formation and adds the $299 ITIN only when a personal US tax return is required. Anonymousllc.co quotes the full number upfront so there is no surprise at checkout.
The Kansas Secretary of State charges $165 to file the Articles of Organization. It is paid once at formation and is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. This fee is fixed by the state and is the same whether you file yourself or through Anonymousllc.co. Filing direct costs the $165 alone, but then you handle the name search, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications yourself. Through Anonymousllc.co the $165 is bundled into the $462 all-in price. Kansas charges a separate fee for optional extras a founder can skip at formation: a 120-day name reservation to hold a name before filing, and expedited processing where a founder wants faster turnaround. Standard formation needs neither, since the state accepts online filings within 1-3 business days. The $165 is the only fee every Kansas LLC pays to come into existence.
Ongoing Kansas cost is the $50 annual report plus $100/year for commercial registered agent service, for $150/year from year two. Kansas income tax up to 5.7% applies to pass-through profit on top of that. Anonymousllc.co files the annual report for clients as part of the registered agent subscription, so the entity stays in good standing without the owner tracking the date. Income tax depends on state-sourced income and any entity-level election such as S-corp treatment. There is no franchise tax to add, so the maintenance line stays predictable: $50 to the state and $100 to the registered agent each year. Missing the annual report moves the LLC out of good standing and toward administrative dissolution, which forces a $250 reinstatement plus back fees. Keeping the $50 report current is far cheaper than reinstating a dissolved entity. See /kansas-llc-annual-report/ for the deadline detail.
Filing yourself costs the $165 state fee alone, but you handle the name check, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications by yourself. Anonymousllc.co charges the $297 service fee on top of the state fee and completes every step in 5-10 days. The DIY route saves the $297 but adds hours of paperwork and the risk of a rejected filing or a bank decline. Non-residents face the largest gap, since obtaining an EIN without an SSN and opening a US bank account remotely are the hardest steps to do alone. A rejected filing, a missing operating agreement, or a single bank decline can cost a DIY founder more in lost time than the $297 service fee. Anonymousllc.co runs the name check, files the Articles, drafts the Kansas operating agreement, obtains the EIN, and applies to four or five banks at once. The service fee buys the multi-bank approval strategy, which a solo applicant cannot replicate.
The formation package already includes the EIN. Standalone add-ons are priced flat: EIN $99, ITIN $299, and BOI filing $150 where a foreign reporting company applies. A custom, individually drafted operating agreement is a $199 add-on for complex or multi-member structures. Registered agent renews at $100/year after the free first year. A reinstatement, if the LLC is administratively dissolved for missed filings, runs $250 plus state fees on a case-by-case basis.
No. Kansas does not levy a franchise tax on LLCs in the Delaware sense. The recurring state obligation is the $50 annual report plus Kansas income tax up to 5.7% on pass-through profit. This contrasts with Delaware, which charges a $300 flat annual franchise tax, and Nevada, which requires an annual list plus a state business license near $350/year. Kansas keeps ongoing state cost lower than those two on the maintenance line. The absence of a franchise tax makes the Kansas maintenance line predictable: $50 to the state and $100 to the registered agent each year, with no revenue-based surcharge. A founder comparing states weighs this against the trade-off that Kansas does not offer public-record anonymity, which the four privacy states provide.
New Mexico is the cheapest anonymous option at $347 all-in through Anonymousllc.co, and it requires no annual report and no annual fee. Wyoming is $397 all-in with strong anonymity and a $60 annual license tax. Kansas costs $462 year one plus $150/year maintenance, and it does not offer public-record anonymity. For a founder who wants both low cost and privacy, the New Mexico or Wyoming anonymous LLC beats a direct Kansas filing. Delaware is $407 all-in and Nevada is $722 all-in for comparison. The cost gap widens over time. New Mexico charges no annual report and no annual fee, so its year-two cost is just the $100 registered agent. Kansas adds the $50 annual report, making year-two maintenance $150. Over five years, a New Mexico anonymous LLC costs less to hold than a Kansas LLC while also keeping ownership off the public record, which is why it leads the low-cost privacy comparison.
The $462 all-in price covers the $165 state filing, the $297 service fee, registered agent for year one, a Kansas-specific operating agreement, the EIN, and four to five US bank applications. Everything needed to reach a funded US bank account is inside that number for a US-resident founder. Anonymousllc.co runs the sequence end-to-end in 5-10 business days and hands over stamped Articles, the operating agreement, the EIN confirmation letter, and bank application confirmations. Nothing in the package is a teaser rate that jumps at renewal. Year one is $462, and the recurring cost from year two is the $50 annual report plus the $100 registered agent renewal. The only variable costs are optional add-ons the founder chooses, such as the ITIN or a custom operating agreement, so the total is predictable from the start.
A non-resident pays the same $462 all-in for formation. The EIN is obtained by fax as third-party designee in 5-7 days without an SSN, and bank applications are submitted remotely to four or five partner banks. An ITIN, needed for a personal US tax return, is a $299 add-on. No US visit is required at any point. Applying to multiple banks at once raises the non-resident approval rate near 90%, since a decline at one bank does not end the process. A non-resident who wants ownership privacy as well as US banking pairs the Kansas cost against the $397 Wyoming anonymous route, which delivers both at a lower price. Where the founder has real Kansas operations, the two-entity structure of a Wyoming parent foreign-qualified into Kansas keeps the name off the Kansas record while meeting the local registration requirement.
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