How Much Does a New York LLC Cost in 2026?

New York LLC one-time costs

What New York 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 York LLC ongoing costs

What New York 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 York LLC annual fee

New York's recurring requirement: $9 every 2 years, due end of anniversary month (biennial). Because it is every two years, the yearly cost is half the listed fee: $4.50 a year. New York calls the filing the Biennial Statement, and it goes to the New York Department of State at filing.dos.ny.gov. New York keys the deadline to your own formation date: at the end of the anniversary month, every second year. In the state's words: End of anniversary month (biennial).

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

New York requires newspaper publication within 120 days of formation (typically $300 to $1,200 depending on county, paid to newspapers directly). We file the articles; publication is arranged and paid by you directly with the newspapers.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Publish a copy of the articles or a notice in two newspapers (designated by the county clerk of the county of the office) once a week for six consecutive weeks. within 120 days after filing of the Articles; otherwise authority to do business is suspended. newspaper charges vary widely by county (typically far higher in NYC counties).
• File Certificate of Publication with the newspapers' affidavits of publication. within the same 120 days. $50.
• Adopt a written operating agreement (not filed). within 90 days after filing the Articles. $0.
• Biennial Statement. every two years in the calendar month of original filing. $9.
• LLC filing fee (Form IT-204-LL) with the Department of Taxation and Finance, once the LLC has New York income. March 15 each year for the prior year. $25 for a single-member LLC; multi-member based on New York income ($25 minimum).

New York LLC filing fee: $200

The filing fee is what New York charges to file your Articles of Organization, the document that creates the company. New York charges $200. 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 York uses, where it is filed and what it asks: how to register an LLC in New York.

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

Faster review from the state: Online filings need no expedite. Paper: $25 for 24-hour, $75 same-day, $150 2-hour.

By filing fee, New York ranks 44 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year New York LLC cost: $222.50

$200 to form, plus $4.50 a year in report fees averaged over the two-year cycle for five years, comes to $222.50 paid to New York over five years, assuming every report is filed on time. Form IT-204-LL filing fee with the Department of Taxation and Finance once the LLC has New York income ($25 minimum). Taxes on the company's income, licenses and a registered agent service are separate.

What the New York 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. New York 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 York registered agent requirements.
• Operating agreement. Not filed with the state and free if you write it yourself. Adopt a written operating agreement (not filed). Our self-help template is available after checkout.
• Newspaper publication. File Certificate of Publication with the newspapers' affidavits of publication. $50. The newspapers set the price, so it is not in the state's fee schedule.
• Business licenses and permits. Set by the city, county or licensing board for your line of business, not by the formation filing. Many New York 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. Form IT-204-LL filing fee with the Department of Taxation and Finance once the LLC has New York income ($25 minimum).
• 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 York LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. New York takes it online at dos.ny.gov for the $200 state fee alone.
• Write your own operating agreement. No state charges for it and New York requires one but does not file it.
• File the Biennial Statement on time. New York 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 New York but is formed elsewhere must register in New York as a foreign LLC anyway, paying New York's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How New York compares

By filing fee, New York is number 44 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 York costs only the state's own fee: $200. The state takes formations at dos.ny.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the New York filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and New York'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 York's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• dos.ny.gov (dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/1336-f.pdf)
• dos.ny.gov (dos.ny.gov/articles-organization-domestic-limited-liability-company-0)
• dos.ny.gov (dos.ny.gov/forming-limited-liability-company-new-york)
• dos.ny.gov (dos.ny.gov/expedited-handling-services-division-corporations)
• dos.ny.gov (dos.ny.gov/beneficial-ownership-disclosure-frequently-asked-questions)
• filing.dos.ny.gov (New York Department of State, Biennial Statement filing)