How Much Does an Alaska LLC Cost in 2026?

Alaska LLC one-time costs

What Alaska charges once, when the LLC is formed, and the optional costs that arrive at the same time. The state fee is the same whether you file yourself or use a service.

State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us. Online filing prices; a few states charge a different amount on paper.

Alaska LLC ongoing costs

What Alaska charges to keep the LLC in good standing, when it is due, and what the state does when a report is late or missed.

State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us. Due rules, penalties and dissolution triggers are read from each state's statute or filing office page; the reinstatement figure is the state's own total at that point.

Alaska LLC annual fee

Alaska's recurring requirement: $100 every 2 years, due January 2 (biennial). Because it is every two years, the yearly cost is half the listed fee: $50 a year. Alaska calls the filing the Biennial Report, and it goes to the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing at commerce.alaska.gov. The Biennial Report is due January 2, every second year. In the state's words: January 2 (biennial).

If you file late: $37.50 added by the state for a late report. After one missed report, Alaska administratively dissolves the LLC; reinstating it costs double the overdue amount.

The due date, filing window and portal are covered step by step in Alaska LLC annual report.

Other recurring obligations

• Initial Report (lists officers/members/managers and owners of 5% or more). within 6 months of formation. no charge.
• Alaska state business license. before engaging in business. $50 for 1 year or $100 for 2 years.
• Biennial Report. by January 2 every two years (even or odd years, matching the formation year). $100 ($137.50 late).

Alaska LLC filing fee: $250

The filing fee is what Alaska charges to file your Articles of Organization, the document that creates the company. Alaska charges $250. It is the one cost nobody can avoid: it is the same whether you file directly with the state or hire a service, and no legitimate service can waive it. Which form Alaska uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in Alaska.

Alaska's published processing time: Up to 3 weeks for paper filings, longer from October through February.

By filing fee, Alaska ranks 47 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year Alaska LLC cost: $500

$250 to form, plus $50 a year in report fees averaged over the two-year cycle for five years, comes to $500 paid to Alaska over five years, assuming every report is filed on time. One late report adds $37.50. Taxes on the company's income, licenses and a registered agent service are separate.

What the Alaska state fee does not include

The filing fee buys the state's approval of the Articles of Organization and nothing else. These are the costs that sit outside it.

• Registered agent. Alaska requires one, with a street address in the state. Serving as your own agent is free; the address becomes public record. Our registered agent service can be added in the application. Alaska registered agent requirements.
• Operating agreement. Not filed with the state and free if you write it yourself. Our self-help template is available after checkout.
• Business licenses and permits. Set by the city, county or licensing board for your line of business, not by the formation filing. Many Alaska LLCs need none; a restaurant, contractor or salon usually needs several.
• Taxes. An LLC's income is taxed through its owners' returns unless it elects otherwise, and sales tax or employer registrations are separate state accounts with no formation fee attached.
• Filing service. Our fee is itemized on the checkout review screen before you pay, with same-day submission as an option. The state fee is identical either way.

How to pay less for an Alaska LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. Alaska takes it online at commerce.alaska.gov for the $250 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have an Alaska street address and are there during business hours. The trade-off is privacy: the address goes on the public record.
• Write your own operating agreement. No state charges for it and Alaska does not file it.
• File the Biennial Report on time. A late one costs $37.50 more, and a missed one leads to dissolution and a reinstatement bill.
• Form where you do business. An LLC that operates in Alaska but is formed elsewhere must register in Alaska as a foreign LLC anyway, paying Alaska's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How Alaska compares

By filing fee, Alaska is number 47 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first. The filing fee is paid once; the recurring line is what separates states over time.

State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us.

Every state's fee is in LLC cost by state, and the case for and against forming elsewhere is in cheapest states to form an LLC.

Filing yourself vs. using us

Filing directly with Alaska costs only the state's own fee: $250. The state takes formations at commerce.alaska.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the Alaska filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and Alaska's deadlines in writing. Both lines are itemized on the checkout review screen before you pay.

Sources

State fees verified October 2026; page last updated November 1, 2026. The figures above are read from Alaska's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• commerce.alaska.gov (commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/corp0484.pdf)
• commerce.alaska.gov (commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/BiennialReportsFAQs)
• commerce.alaska.gov (commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorporationFormsFees)
• commerce.alaska.gov (commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/BusinessLicensing/BusinessLicensingFAQs.aspx)
• commerce.alaska.gov (Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Biennial Report filing)