How Much Does a West Virginia LLC Cost in 2026?

West Virginia LLC one-time costs

What West Virginia 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.

West Virginia LLC ongoing costs

What West Virginia 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.

West Virginia LLC annual fee

West Virginia's recurring requirement: $25/year, due June 30. West Virginia calls the filing the Annual Report, and it goes to the West Virginia Secretary of State at onestop.wv.gov. The Annual Report is due June 30, every year.

If you file late: $50 added by the state for a late report. After one missed report, West Virginia administratively dissolves the LLC, and the state's total to reinstate it at that point is $100.

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

Other recurring obligations

• WV State Tax Department business registration/license (done in the same One Stop flow online; separate if filed on paper). before doing business (filing the articles alone does not qualify the LLC to do business in WV). $30 one-time Business Registration Certificate fee.
• Annual report. January 1 - June 30 each year after the formation year. $25 ($75 after June 30); waived 4 years for veteran-owned.

West Virginia LLC filing fee: $100

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

West Virginia's published processing time: Standard 5-10 business days (Customer Order Request form)

Faster review from the state: Next business day $25; in-person same day $25; 2-hour $250; 1-hour $500.

By filing fee, West Virginia ranks 26 of 51 jurisdictions, cheapest first; the median state charges $100.

Five-year West Virginia LLC cost: $225

$100 to form, plus $25 a year in report fees for five years, comes to $225 paid to West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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. West Virginia 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. West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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. The state fee is identical either way.

How to pay less for a West Virginia LLC

• File the Articles of Organization yourself. West Virginia takes it online at business4.wv.gov for the $100 state fee alone.
• Write your own operating agreement. No state charges for it and West Virginia 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 $100.
• 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 West Virginia but is formed elsewhere must register in West Virginia as a foreign LLC anyway, paying West Virginia's registration fee and its recurring report on top of the home state's.

How West Virginia compares

By filing fee, West Virginia is number 26 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 West Virginia costs only the state's own fee: $100. The state takes formations at business4.wv.gov. Through us, you pay our service fee plus the West Virginia filing & processing, for the name check, the Articles of Organization prepared and submitted, the approved documents emailed to you and West Virginia'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 West Virginia's own fee schedule, forms and statutes:

• sos.wv.gov (sos.wv.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/lld-1_0.pdf)
• sos.wv.gov (sos.wv.gov/register-new-wv-business)
• sos.wv.gov (sos.wv.gov/limited-liability-companies)
• business4.wv.gov (business4.wv.gov/startmybusiness/pages/register-your-business.aspx)
• onestop.wv.gov (West Virginia Secretary of State, Annual Report filing)