How Much Does a Kansas LLC Cost in 2026?

Kansas LLC one-time costs

What Kansas 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.

Kansas LLC ongoing costs

What Kansas 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.

Kansas LLC annual fee

Kansas's recurring requirement: information report every 2 years ($90 online on the current form), due April 15 (biennial). Because it is every two years, the yearly cost is half the listed fee: $45 a year. Kansas calls the filing the Information Report, and it goes to the Kansas Secretary of State at sos.ks.gov. The Information Report is due April 15, every second year. In the state's words: April 15 (biennial).

If you file late: No flat late fee published; a missed report still risks loss of good standing. After one missed report, Kansas administratively dissolves the LLC, and the state's total to reinstate it at that point is $230.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Biennial information report. by April 15 every two years: even years if formed in an even year, odd years if formed in an odd year (an LLC formed in 2026 first files by April 15, 2028); forfeited after a 3-month grace period. $90 online / $110 paper on the current form (the state announced 2026 reductions).

Kansas LLC filing fee: $85

The filing fee is what Kansas charges to file your Articles of Organization, the document that creates the company. Kansas charges $85. 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 Kansas uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in Kansas.

Kansas's published processing time: Online filings are usually approved quickly.

By filing fee, Kansas ranks 14 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year Kansas LLC cost: $310

$85 to form, plus $45 a year in report fees averaged over the two-year cycle for five years, comes to $310 paid to Kansas over five years, assuming every report is filed on time. Taxes on the company's income, licenses and a registered agent service are separate.

What the Kansas 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. Kansas 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. Kansas 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 Kansas 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 a Kansas LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. Kansas takes it online at sos.ks.gov for the $85 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have a Kansas 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 Kansas does not file it.
• File the Information Report on time. Kansas charges no late fee, but a missed report still leads to loss of good standing and dissolution.
• Form where you do business. An LLC that operates in Kansas but is formed elsewhere must register in Kansas as a foreign LLC anyway, paying Kansas's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How Kansas compares

By filing fee, Kansas is number 14 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 Kansas costs only the state's own fee: $85. The state takes formations at sos.ks.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the Kansas filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and Kansas'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 Kansas's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• sos.ks.gov (sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/dl.pdf)
• sos.ks.gov (sos.ks.gov/publications/register/Volume-45/Issues/Issue-07/02-12-26-53865.html)
• sos.ks.gov (sos.ks.gov/media/press-releases/2026/05-26-26-secretary-of-state-reduces-fees-fo...)
• sos.ks.gov (sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html)
• sos.ks.gov (sos.ks.gov/businesses/register-a-business.html)