An Ohio LLC costs $396 all-in through Anonymousllc.co in 2026: a $297 service fee plus the $99 Ohio state filing fee. Ohio requires no annual report, so ongoing cost is the $100/year registered agent renewal plus any state income tax. The $396 package covers filing, registered agent year one, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. Founders who want ownership privacy form a Wyoming anonymous LLC at $397 all-in and foreign-qualify into Ohio.
The Ohio Secretary of State filing fee is $99, paid once at formation for the Articles of Organization. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time, and Ohio charges no separate publication or organization tax. The $99 is baked into the Anonymousllc.co $396 all-in price rather than billed on top. A founder filing alone pays the $99 direct to the state but handles the name check, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications without support. Ohio does not levy a name-reservation fee unless a founder chooses to hold a name before filing. Ohio's $99 sits at the low end of state formation fees, well under states that charge $200 or more. It is a one-time charge with no recurring counterpart, since Ohio has no annual report. That keeps the lifetime state cost of an Ohio LLC among the lowest in the country for the filing itself.
Ohio requires no annual report and charges no annual report fee, so the main recurring cost is the $100/year registered agent renewal. Ohio income tax applies to member profit, and the Commercial Activity Tax applies once gross receipts exceed $150,000. This makes Ohio's recurring state cost lower than many states, since there is no annual filing fee. A commercial statutory agent runs $100/year to keep the founder's address off filings. Year-two maintenance is the $100 agent renewal plus any state income tax owed on profit. Compare that with Delaware, where a $300 flat franchise tax is due every June 1 regardless of activity, or Nevada, where the annual list and business license run around $350/year. Ohio's only fixed recurring item is the $100 registered agent. The variable items are the income tax on profit and the CAT above $150,000 in receipts, both of which scale with the business rather than being flat annual charges.
Filing alone costs only the $99 state fee, but the founder handles the name check, Articles, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications without support. Anonymousllc.co charges a $297 service fee on top of the state fee and completes every step in 5-10 days. Most owners find the DIY route costs more in time and missed steps than the $297 service fee costs in money. The non-resident EIN by fax, the Ohio operating agreement, and the 4-5 US bank applications are the steps where solo filers stall. The service fee buys the full end-to-end handling. A non-resident founder gains the most from the service, since the EIN-by-fax process and remote bank onboarding are the hardest parts to navigate alone. A US-resident founder with a simple single-member LLC can file the $99 Articles directly, but still needs an operating agreement and an EIN before opening an account. The $297 fee consolidates all of it into one 5-10 day flow.
Anonymousllc.co forms an Ohio LLC for $396 total: a $297 service fee plus the $99 Ohio state fee. That price includes filing, registered agent for year one, an Ohio operating agreement, the EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. Add-on services are priced separately: EIN $99 when purchased standalone, ITIN $299, BOI $150 per report, and a custom operating agreement $199. A founder who wants ownership privacy forms a Wyoming anonymous LLC at $397 all-in and foreign-qualifies into Ohio, which adds the $99 Ohio registration to the Wyoming filing. The $396 figure is a single flat price, not a starting point that climbs with required extras. The EIN and the standard Ohio operating agreement are inside that number, not billed on top. The only reasons the total rises are optional services a specific business chooses, such as an ITIN for a non-resident owner's personal filing or a BOI report for a foreign entity.
No. Ohio does not levy a franchise tax on LLCs in the Delaware sense. Delaware charges a $300 flat annual franchise tax; Ohio charges no equivalent flat annual entity tax. Ohio taxes member profit through the personal income tax, up to 3.5%, and applies the Commercial Activity Tax once an LLC's gross receipts exceed $150,000. Below that receipts threshold the LLC owes no CAT. This keeps the fixed annual cost of an Ohio LLC low compared with states that impose a flat franchise tax or annual list fee.
New Mexico is the lowest total at $347 with no annual report; Wyoming is $397 all-in with strong anonymity; Ohio is $396 year one with no annual report but public ownership. Delaware is $407 and Nevada $722. Delaware adds a $300 flat annual franchise tax due June 1, and Nevada adds around $350/year for its annual list and state business license. Ohio's low recurring cost comes from having no annual report, but its trade-off is public member or manager disclosure. A founder who values privacy pairs a Wyoming anonymous parent with an Ohio foreign registration.
Ownership privacy runs $397 all-in for the Wyoming anonymous LLC plus the $99 Ohio foreign-qualification fee where local operations require it. The Wyoming LLC keeps members and managers off public record; the Ohio registration lists the LLC, not the owner. A direct $396 Ohio filing does not deliver privacy, since Ohio publishes member or manager names. The privacy path costs the $397 Wyoming formation plus $100/year Wyoming registered agent and the $60 minimum Wyoming annual report, layered with the Ohio $99 registration and $100/year Ohio agent. See /wyoming-anonymous-llc/ for the privacy structure.
The $396 package covers formation end-to-end; specialized filings are priced separately. EIN is $99 standalone, ITIN is $299, BOI is $150 per report, and a custom multi-member operating agreement is $199. Registered agent renewal is $100/year from year two. A reinstatement, if the LLC lapses into administrative dissolution, is $250 plus state fees. None of these are required for a standard single-member Ohio LLC; the core $396 package includes the EIN and the standard operating agreement at no extra charge.
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