Virginia · Limited liability company
What an LLC costs in Virginia
$150 in your first year. That's $100 to file with Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Clerk's Office, and about $50 a year to keep it in good standing after that.
First-year breakdown
- State filing fee $100 One-time, paid when you form the LLC
- Annual Registration Fee (NOT an informational annual report) $50 Due every year by the last day of the month in which the LLC was originally formed.
- Total, first year $150
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 registration fee (not an informational annual report)
| Filing | Annual Registration Fee (NOT an informational annual report) |
|---|---|
| How often | annual |
| Fee | $50 |
| When it's due | Due every year by the last day of the month in which the LLC was originally formed. |
| If you're late | $25 late payment penalty, commonly reported to apply shortly after the due date. Not confirmed officially. |
| If you keep ignoring it | SCC may automatically cancel the LLC's existence by operation of law if the annual registration fee remains unpaid (commonly reported as ~3 months after the due date); exact timeline unconfirmed. |
State tax: No entity-level franchise or income tax on default pass-through LLCs; the flat annual registration fee is the only recurring state charge.
What we're less sure about
Caveats on this page
- STATUTE-CONFIRMED (10 Sep 2026). Va. Code 13.1-1062: an LLC 'shall pay into the state treasury... an annual registration fee of $50', due 'on or before the last day of the twelfth month next succeeding the month in which it was organized'. Article 11 is titled 'Annual Registration Fees' — Virginia LLCs file no informational annual report at all.
- QUIRK: Virginia charges an annual REGISTRATION FEE, not an annual report - worth a distinct content note.
- $100 + $50 = $150.
Ready to file?
You can file directly with Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Clerk's Office 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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