North Carolina · Limited liability company
What an LLC costs in North Carolina
$125 in your first year. That's $125 to file with North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division, and about $200 a year to keep it in good standing after that.
First-year breakdown
- State filing fee $125 One-time, paid when you form the LLC
- Annual Report $200 — year 2 Not owed in your first year — see the ongoing filings below
- Total, first year $125
Don't file on this alone. We're still verifying figures state by state. Open the source link below and confirm before you pay anything or rely on a deadline.
Keeping it alive
Your annual report
| Filing | Annual Report |
|---|---|
| How often | annual |
| Fee | $200 |
| When it's due | Due April 15 of each year FOLLOWING the year the LLC was created. $200 paper; online adds a transaction fee ($202 ACH, $203 credit card). |
| If you're late | Not confirmed from an official source. |
| If you keep ignoring it | Not confirmed (NC SOS administrative-dissolution page could not be located). |
State tax: North Carolina's corporate franchise tax applies to C corporations and any LLC electing corporate treatment; a standard pass-through NC LLC is not subject to it. Based on general NCDOR scope, not a fetched page.
What we're less sure about
Caveats on this page
- $200 annual report excluded from year one because it falls in the second calendar year.
- NOTE: $200/year is among the highest recurring report fees in the dataset - good comparison content.
- Late penalty and dissolution consequences unconfirmed (sosnc.gov URLs returned errors).
Ready to file?
You can file directly with North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division yourself — that's always the cheapest route, and we link to the form above. If you'd rather someone handle the paperwork and act as your registered agent, we compare the services that do it.
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