Every official charge for forming an LLC in Connecticut 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 Organization | $120 |
| First-year minimum total | $120 |
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.
| Online filing | $120 |
| Paper / by mail filing | $120 |
Single $120 fee for the Certificate of Organization, including appointment of Statutory Agent; the same $120 figure appears on both the online forms-and-fees list and the paper-filings list. No online/paper price difference is published.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Certificate of Organization: Domestic LLC form; the filing includes appointment of a statutory agent, per the Secretary of the State's Business Services Division forms-and-fees list.
Connecticut requires a annual report — fee $80.
Filed online annually from January 1 to March 31 (first report due in that window in the calendar year following formation).
All annual reports must be filed online via Business.CT.gov; the LLC Annual Report fee is listed as $80 on both the domestic LLC forms-and-fees page and the domestic annual report forms-and-fees page.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Connecticut Tax Brackets · Connecticut Income Tax Calculator · Connecticut Paycheck Calculator.
Connecticut's first-year minimum of $120 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://business.ct.gov/knowledge-base/articles/domestic-limited-liability-companies-forms-and-fees
https://business.ct.gov/knowledge-base/articles/submit-paper-filings
Forming an LLC in Connecticut? 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 Connecticut in 2026: a $120 filing fee for the Certificate of Organization, a first-year minimum of $120, 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 Connecticut: you pay $120 to file the Certificate of Organization with the Connecticut Secretary of the State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $120; after that the recurring state cost is $80 annual report.
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 Organization costs $120 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $120. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Connecticut requires a annual report costing $80. Filed online annually from January 1 to March 31 (first report due in that window in the calendar year following formation).
Certificate of Organization; Statutory agent (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 Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division. Phone: 860-509-6003. Email: bsd@ct.gov. File online at https://business.ct.gov.
No — beyond the Certificate of Organization filing fee and the annual report, Connecticut records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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