How Much Does a Michigan LLC Cost in 2026?

Michigan LLC one-time costs

What Michigan 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.

Michigan LLC ongoing costs

What Michigan 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.

Michigan LLC annual fee

Michigan's recurring requirement: $25/year, due February 15. Michigan calls the filing the Annual Statement, and it goes to the Michigan LARA, Corporations Division at michigan.gov. The Annual Statement is due February 15, every year.

If you file late: No flat late fee published; a missed report still risks loss of good standing. Michigan does not dissolve an LLC for a missed report; it marks the company not in good standing, which blocks a certificate of good standing until the report is filed.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Annual Statement. February 15 each year. Not required on the first Feb 15 if the LLC was formed after September 30. $25.

Michigan LLC filing fee: $50

The filing fee is what Michigan charges to file your Articles of Organization, the document that creates the company. Michigan charges $50. 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 Michigan uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in Michigan.

Michigan posts its current processing times on its own site; we do not quote one.

Faster review from the state: 24-hour +$50; same-day +$100 (received by 1 p.m. ET); 2-hour +$500; 1-hour +$1,000.

By filing fee, Michigan ranks 7 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year Michigan LLC cost: $175

$50 to form, plus $25 a year in report fees for five years, comes to $175 paid to Michigan 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 Michigan 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. Michigan 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. Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. Michigan takes it online at michigan.gov for the $50 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have a Michigan 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 Michigan does not file it.
• File the Annual Statement on time. Michigan charges no late fee, but a missed report still leads to loss of good standing.
• Skip state expedite unless a date depends on it. The state's standard queue costs nothing extra.
• Form where you do business. An LLC that operates in Michigan but is formed elsewhere must register in Michigan as a foreign LLC anyway, paying Michigan's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How Michigan compares

By filing fee, Michigan is number 7 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 Michigan costs only the state's own fee: $50. The state takes formations at michigan.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the Michigan filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and Michigan'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 Michigan's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• michigan.gov (michigan.gov/lara/-/media/Project/Websites/lara/cscl/NonImages_new/Corps/forms/l...)
• michigan.gov (michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/cscl/corps/frequently-asked-questions)
• michigan.gov (michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/cscl/corps/how-do-i/renewals/restore-my-llc)
• michigan.gov (Michigan LARA, Corporations Division, Annual Statement filing)