Every official charge for forming an LLC in Louisiana 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 | $125 |
| First-year minimum total | $125 |
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.
| Standard filing | $125 |
Single $125 fee listed on the current Secretary of State Forms & Fee Schedule for Articles of Organization - Louisiana Limited Liability Company (#365); the schedule does not differentiate online vs paper. Credit card payments are subject to an additional $5 statutory convenience fee (per the File Business Documents page). Expedited service is optional: $35 (24-hour) / $60 (priority expedite).
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Articles of Organization: Form #365, Domestic Limited Liability Company (R.S. 12:1301). Must be filed together with the domestic LLC Initial Report (Form 973), which contains the registered agent affidavit; the Articles cannot be accepted for filing unless an Initial Report is also filed (per the official Articles form instructions).
Louisiana requires a annual report — fee $35.
On or before the anniversary date of organization of the LLC each year (La. R.S. 12:1308.1).
Fee $35 per the current Secretary of State Forms & Fee Schedule (Annual Reports, under Domestic Limited Liability Companies). Failure to file for three consecutive years results in revocation of the articles (R.S. 12:1308.2). Filed online through geauxBIZ or by mail.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Louisiana Tax Brackets · Louisiana Income Tax Calculator · Louisiana Paycheck Calculator.
Louisiana's first-year minimum of $125 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.la.gov/business-services/forms-fee-schedule
https://www.sos.la.gov/business-services/file-business-documents
https://www.sos.la.gov/media/az4hakzc/365-articles-of-organization-louisiana-limited-liability-company.pdf
https://legis.la.gov/legis/LawPrint.aspx?d=76256
Forming an LLC in Louisiana? 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 Louisiana in 2026: a $125 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $125, 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 Louisiana: you pay $125 to file the Articles of Organization with the Louisiana Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $125; after that the recurring state cost is $35 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 Articles of Organization costs $125 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $125. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Louisiana requires a annual report costing $35. On or before the anniversary date of organization of the LLC each year (La. R.S. 12:1308.1).
Articles of Organization (Form #365); Initial Report (Form 973); Registered office and registered agent; Annual report content. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. Phone: 225-925-4704. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://geauxbiz.sos.la.gov.
No — beyond the Articles of Organization filing fee and the annual report, Louisiana records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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