Every official charge for forming an LLC in Indiana 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 — Articles of Organization | $95 |
| First-year minimum total | $95 |
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 | $95 |
| Paper / by mail filing | $100 |
Paper fee of $100.00 is printed on State Form 49459 (R12 / 01-26), citing Indiana Code 23-18-2-4 and 23-0.5-9-19. The online INBiz total is $95: the $75 statutory electronic filing fee plus the $20 Enhanced Access fee - the Secretary of State's rulemaking analysis (LSA Document #25-155, in.gov) lists the Enhanced Access fee for 'Domestic LLC Articles of Organization' as $20.00. INBiz also adds a payment processing fee (minimum $1, not to exceed 2.15%); the same SOS analysis's state comparison table lists Indiana's LLC registration cost as $96 including that minimum processing charge.
Articles of Organization: State Form 49459 (Domestic Limited Liability Company), filed with the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division, online through INBiz or by mail.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Indiana requires a biennial report — fee $32.
Business Entity Report is due every other year (biennially) in the anniversary month of the business forming; the first report is due two years after formation (State Form 48725 instructions; Indiana Code 23-0.5-2-13).
Indiana has no annual report; the periodic filing is the biennial Business Entity Report. Paper fee is $50 for domestic and foreign for-profit LLCs per State Form 48725 (R18 / 01-26). The online INBiz total is $32 - the Secretary of State's rulemaking analysis (LSA #25-155) lists the Enhanced Access fee for the Biennial Business Entity Report as $11.00 and its comparison table lists Indiana's entity report cost as $32. INBiz states there are no late fees; failure to file leads to administrative dissolution.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Indiana Tax Brackets · Indiana Income Tax Calculator · Indiana Paycheck Calculator.
Indiana's first-year minimum of $95 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://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=16989
https://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=16988
Forming an LLC in Indiana? 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 Indiana in 2026: a $95 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $95, 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 Indiana: you pay $95 to file the Articles of Organization with the Indiana Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $95; after that the recurring state cost is $32 biennial 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 Articles of Organization costs $95 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $95. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Indiana requires a biennial report costing $32. Business Entity Report is due every other year (biennially) in the anniversary month of the business forming; the first report is due two years after formation (State Form 48725 instructions; Indiana Code 23-0.5-2-13).
Articles of Organization (State Form 49459); Registered agent in Indiana. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Phone: (317) 234-9768. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://inbiz.in.gov.
No — beyond the Articles of Organization filing fee and the biennial report, Indiana records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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