How much does an LLC cost in Tennessee?
$300.00 to file, paid to the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations. Then $300.00 every year to stay in good standing.
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What you pay, and when
| To form it | $300.00, once. Tennessee charges $50 per member, so $300 is a floor rather than a price: one member or six members is $300, seven is $350, and it stops at $3,000. Count heads before you budget if you are going in with partners. |
| Every year after | $300.00. Due on or before the first day of the fourth month after your fiscal year ends — so April 1 if your year ends in December, which it does by default, because the Division records December unless you tell it otherwise. Same $300 floor, same $50 a member above six. |
| If you miss it | The state can administratively dissolve the company and mark it inactive. Getting it back costs $70 on top of the reports you already owe. |
| Registered agent | Required, with a street address in Tennessee — a PO box is rejected. You can be your own if you have one. |
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 Tennessee.
File with Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
Check the name is free first: tncab.tnsos.gov