Every official charge for forming an LLC in Alabama in 2026: the filing fee, the other mandatory state costs, the documents you need, and the filing office's own contact details — taken from the state's published sources, not from a filing service.
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Filing fee — Certificate of Formation | $200 |
| Certificate of Name Reservation (mandatory prerequisite to formation) | No fixed fee |
| Business Privilege Tax (Alabama Department of Revenue) | No fixed fee |
| First-year minimum total | $200 |
The total is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one. Variable charges are listed at “No fixed fee” and are not folded into the total.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Certificate of Formation: Domestic LLC Certificate of Formation filed with the Secretary of State; file the original and one copy. Entity name must contain 'Limited Liability Company' or 'L.L.C.'/'LLC'.
| Standard filing | $200 |
Secretary of State fee of $200.00 listed on the official SOS LLC page and on the Domestic LLC Certificate of Formation form ('$200.00 processing fee'). The form notes credit/debit card convenience fees of 3% of the total charge plus $2.00 are not shown on the stamped document of record.
Alabama does not require an annual report for LLCs — there is no yearly report fee to budget.
The state charges that still apply are listed below.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Alabama Tax Brackets · Alabama Income Tax Calculator · Alabama Paycheck Calculator.
Alabama's first-year minimum of $200 sits in the full ranking of all 51 jurisdictions — the cheapest first year is Montana at $35 and the most expensive is California at $870.
Official sources — fees verified 3 November 2026:
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities/llcs
https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/notice-important-changes-to-the-2024-business-privilege-tax-filing-requirements/
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-services
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/Business-Entities/Domestic%20Business%20Entities%20Brochure%202022.pdf
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2026-03/DomesticLLCFormation.pdf
Forming an LLC in Alabama? This page lists every official state charge for 2026 — filing fee, mandatory extras, the annual report and the documents — with the filing office's own phone, website and portal.
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Every official charge for forming and keeping an LLC in Alabama in 2026: a $200 filing fee for the Certificate of Formation, a first-year minimum of $200, the documents the state asks for, and the filing office's own phone, website and portal — read from the state's published sources, not a filing service's price list.
Forming an LLC in Alabama: you pay $200 to file the Certificate of Formation with the Alabama Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $200; after that the recurring state cost is no fixed recurring state charge.
Every figure comes from the state's own published fee schedule or statute (the page lists its official sources) and was checked on 3 November 2026. The first-year minimum is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one; annual report fees fall due after year one, and variable charges such as newspaper publication have no fixed amount, so both are shown separately rather than folded into the total.
Filing the Certificate of Formation costs $200 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $200. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
No — Alabama does not require LLCs to file an annual report, so there is no yearly report fee. There is no fixed recurring state charge either.
Certificate of Formation; Certificate of Name Reservation; Registered agent. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division (under Business Services). Phone: 334-242-5324. Email: business.services@sos.alabama.gov. File online at https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities/llcs.
Beyond the filing fee, Alabama charges: Certificate of Name Reservation (mandatory prerequisite to formation) (no fixed fee); Business Privilege Tax (Alabama Department of Revenue) (no fixed fee). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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