How Much Does a Minnesota LLC Cost in 2026?

Minnesota LLC one-time costs

What Minnesota 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.

Minnesota LLC ongoing costs

What Minnesota 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.

Minnesota LLC annual fee

Minnesota's recurring requirement: free report required yearly, due December 31. Minnesota calls the filing the Annual Renewal, and it goes to the Minnesota Secretary of State at sos.mn.gov. The Annual Renewal is due December 31, every year.

If you file late: No flat late fee published; a missed report still risks loss of good standing. After one missed report, Minnesota administratively dissolves the LLC, and the state's total to reinstate it at that point is $85.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Annual Renewal. By December 31 of each calendar year after the year of formation. $0.

Minnesota LLC filing fee: $155

The filing fee is what Minnesota charges to file your Articles of Organization, the document that creates the company. Minnesota charges $155. 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 Minnesota uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in Minnesota.

Minnesota posts its current processing times on its own site; we do not quote one.

Faster review from the state: Online filings are already processed as expedited service; no other tiers.

By filing fee, Minnesota ranks 41 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year Minnesota LLC cost: $155

$155 to form, plus nothing recurring from the state, comes to $155 paid to Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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. Minnesota 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. Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. Minnesota takes it online at sos.mn.gov for the $155 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have a Minnesota 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 Minnesota does not file it.
• File the Annual Renewal on time. Minnesota charges no late fee, but a missed report still leads to loss of good standing and dissolution.
• 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 Minnesota but is formed elsewhere must register in Minnesota as a foreign LLC anyway, paying Minnesota's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How Minnesota compares

By filing fee, Minnesota is number 41 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 Minnesota costs only the state's own fee: $155. The state takes formations at sos.mn.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the Minnesota filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and Minnesota'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 Minnesota's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• sos.mn.gov (sos.mn.gov/media/1824/llcarticlesoforganization.pdf)
• revisor.mn.gov (revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/322C.0201)
• sos.mn.gov (sos.mn.gov/business-liens/start-a-business/business-filing-certification-fee-sch...)
• sos.mn.gov (sos.mn.gov/business-liens/renewals/)