How Much Does a Vermont LLC Cost in 2026?

Vermont LLC one-time costs

What Vermont 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.

Vermont LLC ongoing costs

What Vermont 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.

Vermont LLC annual fee

Vermont's recurring requirement: $45/year, due within 3 months of fiscal year-end. Vermont calls the filing the Annual Report, and it goes to the Vermont Secretary of State at bizfilings.vermont.gov. The Annual Report is due March 31 for a calendar-year LLC, every year. In the state's words: Within 3 months of fiscal year-end.

If you file late: No flat late fee published; a missed report still risks loss of good standing. After one missed report, Vermont administratively dissolves the LLC, and the state's total to reinstate it at that point is $80.

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

Other recurring obligations

• Annual report. within 3 months after fiscal-year end on record. $45.
• Register with VT Department of Taxes (myVTax) if applicable. before taxable activity. varies.
• Business entity tax return (Form BI-471) for LLCs not disregarded for federal tax, such as multi-member LLCs. March 15 each year (calendar year). $250 minimum.

Vermont LLC filing fee: $155

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

Vermont's published processing time: Online normally < 1 business day; mail 7-10 business days.

Vermont does not sell expedited review of the formation filing.

By filing fee, Vermont ranks 42 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year Vermont LLC cost: $380

$155 to form, plus $45 a year in report fees for five years, comes to $380 paid to Vermont 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 Vermont 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. Vermont 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. Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Vermont LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. Vermont takes it online at bizfilings.vermont.gov for the $155 state fee alone.
• Be your own registered agent if you have a Vermont 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 Vermont does not file it.
• File the Annual Report on time. Vermont 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 Vermont but is formed elsewhere must register in Vermont as a foreign LLC anyway, paying Vermont's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How Vermont compares

By filing fee, Vermont is number 42 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 Vermont costs only the state's own fee: $155. The state takes formations at bizfilings.vermont.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the Vermont filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and Vermont'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 Vermont's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• sos.vermont.gov (sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/domestic-formation/llc)
• legislature.vermont.gov (legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/04023)
• sos.vermont.gov (sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes)
• sos.vermont.gov (sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/annualbiennial-reports)
• bizfilings.vermont.gov (Vermont Secretary of State, Annual Report filing)