How much does an LLC cost in Alabama?
$200.00 to file, paid to the Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division. No annual report. There is a state tax instead — see below.
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What you pay, and when
| To form it | $200.00, once. $200 is the Certificate of Formation on its own, and Alabama will not accept it without a Certificate of Name Reservation obtained first — $25 by mail or $28 online. So forming here is really $225 to $228, and the second number is the one nobody quotes. |
| Annual report | Not required. There is no annual report. Alabama ended the one that used to be filed with the privilege tax return, and an LLC now files nothing yearly with the Secretary of State. What is left is a tax, and most small companies no longer owe it — see below. |
| State tax | The Business Privilege Tax goes to the Department of Revenue, not the Secretary of State, and from the 2024 tax year the instructions are blunt: you file a return only if the tax works out at more than $100. It is charged on net worth at 25 cents to $1.75 per $1,000 depending on your income, so a small company usually lands under the line and files nothing at all. Bigger ones file on the same date as the federal return. |
| Registered agent | Required. You can be your own if you have a street address in Alabama and do not mind it being public. |
Do it yourself
You file this directly with the state. There is nobody in the middle who has to be paid to do it, and nothing on this page is a Base888 charge — the fees above are paid to Alabama.
File with Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Check the name is free first: arc-sos.state.al.us