Guide
What a Florida LLC costs
The first year, every year after, and what it costs to miss a deadline. State fees are shown exactly as Florida charges them.
Updated 8 October 2026
The short version
- Florida charges $125 to form an LLC: a $100 filing fee and $25 to designate the registered agent.
- Every year after the first, the LLC files an annual report. The state fee is $138.75 and the deadline is May 1.
- Miss May 1 and Florida adds $400. Miss the third Friday of September and the company is administratively dissolved.
- Florida law requires a registered agent with a street address in the state. Ours is $99 a year, and the first year is included when we form the company.
- Our formation fee is a flat $399. With the state fee, a new Florida LLC is $524 in its first year.
The first year
These are the charges to put a Florida LLC on the public record and hold its registered agent seat for twelve months.
| Service | HNM Agents fee | Florida state fee |
|---|---|---|
| LLC formationArticles of organization, EIN, organizational resolutions, and the first year of agent service | $399 | $125 |
| EIN, owner has no SSN or ITINOnly if no owner has a US tax number. Form SS-4 filed with the IRS as your third party designee | $349 | none |
| Certificate of statusOptional. Banks and counterparties sometimes ask for one | $75 | $5 |
| Apostille or authenticationOptional. For documents that have to be recognized abroad | $199 | $10 |
A corporation costs the same with us, $399, and less at the state: $70 for the articles of incorporation.
Every year after
Two things recur: the registered agent and the annual report. Neither is optional.
| Service | HNM Agents fee | Florida state fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registered agentSame price at renewal, every year | $99 | none |
| Annual report, if you file it yourselfFiled online with the Division of Corporations between January 1 and May 1 | none | $138.75 |
| Annual report, if we file itWe prepare it, file it and send you the confirmation | $99 | $138.75 |
| Agent + Compliance planRegistered agent, the annual report prepared and filed, and a certificate of status each year, in one plan | $299 | at cost |
The least a Florida LLC can cost in a normal year is $237.75: our $99 and the state's $138.75. A corporation's annual report is $150.
The first annual report
A new company does not file an annual report in the year it is formed. The first one is due the following year, between January 1 and May 1, however late in the year the company was formed. An LLC formed in December files its first report within five months.
The report is not a financial statement. It confirms the company's addresses, its managers or members and its registered agent.
What it costs to miss May 1
After May 1 the annual report costs an LLC $538.75 instead of $138.75. The $400 late fee is set by statute.
A company that still has not filed by the third Friday of September is administratively dissolved at the close of business on the fourth Friday.
A dissolved company can be brought back. Florida charges a $100 reinstatement fee for an LLC plus the annual report fee for every year missed, and our fee to prepare and file the reinstatement is $349.
We start reminding every client ninety days before the deadline.
What is not on this list
These figures cover the state filing and the registered agent. They do not cover taxes, a local business tax receipt from your county or city, industry licenses or what a bank charges. Those depend on what the company does and where, and an accountant is the right person to ask about the tax side.
Sources
Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, LLC fee schedule and annual report instructions. State fees verified October 2026 and subject to change. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice.