Alaska LLC Cost 2026 — Filing Fee & First-Year Total

Every official charge for forming an LLC in Alaska 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.

Forming an LLC in Alaska costs $250 to file the Articles of Organization, and the first-year minimum is $300 once Initial Report ($0) is counted. The biennial report costs $100.

Filing fee

$250

Articles of Organization

First-year minimum

$300

Filing + mandatory year-1 state costs

Annual report

$100

Biennial report

Other year-1 costs

$50

Mandatory, on top of the filing fee

What you pay in year one — Alaska

Charge	Amount
Filing fee — Articles of Organization	$250
Initial Report	$0
Alaska Business License	$50
First-year minimum total	$300

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.

Articles of Organization: Form 08-484, filed with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Corporations Section.

After you form

Get the free EIN from the IRS, then open a business bank account so company and personal money stay separate.
Stay compliant: the biennial report costs $100 — diary the due date before you form.

Employer Identification Number (EIN) — free from the IRS; a federal step that is the same in every state.

Who you file with

DepartmentAlaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

DivisionDivision of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing — Corporations Section

PhoneNot published on the official pages — use the website below

Emailcorporations@alaska.gov

Websitewww.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees/FormsbyEntity.aspx

File onlinewww.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees/FormsbyEntity.aspx

File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.

Filing fee by channel

Standard filing

$250

Single fee of $250.00 listed on the Division's official Forms by Entity page for 'Articles of Organization (online) / Articles of Organization (PDF)', Form 08-484 — the same fee is shown for both filing channels, so online/paper are left null.

Alaska tax pages

Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Alaska Tax Brackets · Alaska Income Tax Calculator · Alaska Paycheck Calculator.

Documents you need

Articles of Organization (Form 08-484) — Form 08-484, filed with the Corporations Section, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Available online or as a hardcopy PDF; hardcopy processing is normally 10-15 business days.
Initial Report — Online, no charge; the Division instructs filers to 'file after creation to avoid non-compliance.' AS 10.50.760(d) (Alaska Legislature) requires a limited liability company to file a biennial (initial) report within six months after original organization.
Registered agent — Reports must set out the address of the registered office in Alaska and the name of the registered agent in Alaska at that address (AS 10.50.755, contents of biennial report, Alaska Legislature). The Division provides a Statement of Change form (08-409, $25) to change a registered agent; registered agent information cannot be changed on the Biennial Report itself.

How forming works in Alaska

Line up the agent: Registered agent — Reports must set out the address of the registered office in Alaska and the name of the registered agent in Alaska at that address (AS 10.50.755, contents of biennial report, Alaska Legislature). The Division provides a Statement of Change form (08-409, $25) to change a registered agent; registered agent information cannot be changed on the Biennial Report itself.
File the Articles of Organization with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development — the filing fee is $250 at the cheapest channel (file online at the official portal linked below).
Handle the filings due straight after formation: Initial Report; Alaska Business License.

Annual report & ongoing costs

Alaska requires a biennial report — fee $100.

Due before January 2 of the filing year. LLCs formed/registered in an even-numbered year file in every even-numbered year; LLCs formed/registered in an odd-numbered year file in every odd-numbered year. Reports postmarked/filed after February 1 incur late-fee penalties. The filing period opens three months before the due date (Division Biennial Reports page; AS 10.50.760).

Called the Biennial Report (Alaska has no annual report for LLCs). Fee of $100.00 for a domestic LLC is listed on the Division's official Forms by Entity page; due-date rule is from the Division's Biennial Reports page.

Compare Alaska with the rest of the country

Alaska's first-year minimum of $300 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.

LLC Cost by StateEvery state compared: filing fees, annual reports and first-year totals. UK LTD Formation CostForming in Britain instead? One national Companies House fee. States Ranked by Take-Home PayWhere a salary keeps the most after tax, all 51 ranked.

Official sources — fees verified 3 November 2026:
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees/FormsbyEntity.aspx
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/BiennialReports.aspx
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/BusinessLicensing/BusinessLicensingFormsFees.aspx

Forming an LLC in Alaska? 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.

UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS

Alaska LLC Cost — Filing Fees, Documents and State Contacts guide

Every official charge for forming and keeping an LLC in Alaska in 2026: a $250 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $300, 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.

How to use this tool

Check the filing fee table — Alaska charges $250 at the cheapest channel, and the page shows every channel the state offers.
Read the year-one breakdown: each mandatory charge is itemised, and the total is exactly the sum of the rows above it.
Work through the documents checklist, including the registered agent rule, then file through the official portal in the department card.
Diary the recurring costs from the annual report card before you form, so nothing falls due by surprise.

A worked example

Forming an LLC in Alaska: you pay $250 to file the Articles of Organization with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $300; after that the recurring state cost is $100 biennial report.

What you can do with this tool

See the Alaska LLC filing fee — every channel the state offers, exactly as published.
Get a first-year minimum of $300 that adds up: every mandatory year-one charge itemised above the total.
Work through the Alaska documents checklist, including its registered agent rule.
Find the filing office's phone, website and official online portal — never a third-party filing service.
Compare Alaska against all 51 jurisdictions in the LLC cost ranking.

How it works

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.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to form an LLC in Alaska?

Filing the Articles of Organization costs $250 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $300. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.

What is the biennial report fee in Alaska?

Alaska requires a biennial report costing $100. Due before January 2 of the filing year. LLCs formed/registered in an even-numbered year file in every even-numbered year; LLCs formed/registered in an odd-numbered year file in every odd-numbered year. Reports postmarked/filed after February 1 incur late-fee penalties. The filing period opens three months before the due date (Division Biennial Reports page; AS 10.50.760).

What documents do I need to form an LLC in Alaska?

Articles of Organization (Form 08-484); Initial Report; Registered agent. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.

Who do I file with in Alaska, and how do I contact them?

You file with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing — Corporations Section. Email: corporations@alaska.gov. File online at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees/FormsbyEntity.aspx.

Are there other mandatory state charges in Alaska?

Beyond the filing fee, Alaska charges: Initial Report ($0); Alaska Business License ($50). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.