How Much Does a New Hampshire LLC Cost in 2026?

New Hampshire LLC one-time costs

What New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire LLC ongoing costs

What New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire LLC annual fee

New Hampshire's recurring requirement: $100/year, due April 1. New Hampshire calls the filing the Annual Report, and it goes to the New Hampshire Secretary of State at quickstart.sos.nh.gov. The Annual Report is due April 1, every year.

If you file late: $50 added by the state for a late report. After two missed reports, New Hampshire administratively dissolves the LLC, and the state's total to reinstate it at that point is $435.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Annual Report. April 1 each year after the year of formation. $100 (+$50 late fee).

New Hampshire LLC filing fee: $100

The filing fee is what New Hampshire charges to file your Certificate of Formation, the document that creates the company. New Hampshire charges $100. 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 New Hampshire uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire's published processing time: Paper filings: a filed copy within 30 days.

By filing fee, New Hampshire ranks 21 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year New Hampshire LLC cost: $600

$100 to form, plus $100 a year in report fees for five years, comes to $600 paid to New Hampshire over five years, assuming every report is filed on time. One late report adds $50. Taxes on the company's income, licenses and a registered agent service are separate.

What the New Hampshire state fee does not include

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

• Registered agent. New Hampshire 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. New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire LLC

• File the Certificate of Formation yourself. New Hampshire takes it online at quickstart.sos.nh.gov for the $100 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have a New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire does not file it.
• File the Annual Report on time. A late one costs $50 more, and a missed one leads to dissolution and a reinstatement bill of $435.
• Form where you do business. An LLC that operates in New Hampshire but is formed elsewhere must register in New Hampshire as a foreign LLC anyway, paying New Hampshire's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How New Hampshire compares

By filing fee, New Hampshire is number 21 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 New Hampshire costs only the state's own fee: $100. The state takes formations at quickstart.sos.nh.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the New Hampshire filing & processing, for the name check, the Certificate of Formation prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• gc.nh.gov (gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-31.htm)
• gc.nh.gov (gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-28.htm)
• gc.nh.gov (gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-36.htm)
• gc.nh.gov (gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-191.htm)
• sos.nh.gov (sos.nh.gov/corporations-0/forms-and-fees/limited-liability-companies)
• sos.nh.gov (sos.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt561/files/documents/2023-12/form_llc-1_-10-2018.p...)
• quickstart.sos.nh.gov (New Hampshire Secretary of State, Annual Report filing)