About FormedIn

FormedIn answers one question with as much precision as public data allows: what does it actually cost to form and maintain an LLC or corporation in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia? We publish free calculators, state-by-state fee records with sources, a comparison tool, and plain-English guides. No email gates, no accounts, no lead forms — the answer is on the page.

FormedIn provides general educational information, not legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. We never recommend an entity type or a formation state for a specific person, predict anyone's tax treatment, or substitute for a licensed attorney, CPA, or tax professional. We are not affiliated with any government agency, and we don't file documents for you.

Every government-derived figure is recorded with its source. We prioritize:

1. The official business filing agency — Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, or equivalent.
2. State revenue and taxation agencies.
3. State statutes and official administrative guidance.
4. The IRS, for federal classifications and elections.
5. Reputable secondary sources, only where no usable official source exists — always marked as non-official.

Each fee carries a confidence status. Verified means we confirmed the amount on an official page during data compilation. Partially verified (†) means the amount is corroborated by current sources but we could not machine-confirm it on an official page — some agencies publish fees only inside PDFs or block automated access. Unverified (‡) values are shown for context only and are always excluded from totals. Fees across the site were last verified on July 12, 2026; each state page also displays its own verification date. Access dates on citations reflect when we checked each source.

The calculators keep two categories visibly separate. Official state fees are amounts charged by government agencies — filing fees, report fees, fixed franchise taxes. Estimates are everything else: commercial registered-agent service (an optional market estimate — we use the midpoint of the typical $100–$300/yr advertised range), and legally required third-party costs like newspaper publication in New York, Arizona, Nebraska, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, shown as ranges because they vary by county. An estimate is never presented as a government charge.

• First-year government total — required fixed government fees normally due at formation and within the first 12 months.
• First-year estimated total — the government total plus selected optional services and required third-party estimates, shown as a range when any input is a range.
• Ongoing fixed costs — known recurring fixed obligations on their actual schedule. Where a fee is biennial, we show the real schedule and also an annualized comparison value (the fee divided by its interval), clearly labeled — nobody literally pays that amount yearly.
• Five-year fixed government total — known fixed government fees due in the first five years, using each fee's actual schedule (a biennial report counts 2–3 times, not 5). Where the count depends on formation date, we use the documented typical count and say so.
• Variable obligations — taxes and fees that depend on income, assets, shares, members, or county. These are listed separately with their trigger and formula and are never folded into exact totals.

State legislatures and agencies change fees, deadlines, and processes continually. We review data periodically and re-verify on update passes, but any figure can be out of date the day after it's checked. Processing times in particular fluctuate with filing volume. Always confirm current requirements with the state agency linked on each page — every state page links its official source — or with a qualified professional before filing or relying on a deadline.

If you find a fee, deadline, or requirement we've gotten wrong or that has changed, we genuinely want to know — corrections make the site better for everyone. Use the contact page and include the state, the figure, and ideally a link to the official source. We review correction reports against official sources and update the affected pages and verification dates.

All content on FormedIn is provided for general educational purposes, without warranty of accuracy or completeness. Nothing here is legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice; nothing here creates a professional relationship. See our Terms of Use for the details.