Every official charge for forming an LLC in Maine 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 | $175 |
| First-year minimum total | $175 |
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 | $175 |
Single $175.00 fee listed on the official Secretary of State LLC forms page for MLLC-6 Certificate of Formation; the forms page instructs filers to complete forms on-screen, print and mail them with the fee, so no separate online formation fee is published. Optional expedited service (24-hour $50 / immediate $100 additional per entity) appears on Maine filing forms and is not mandatory.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Certificate of Formation: Form MLLC-6, filed under 31 MRSA §1531 with the Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Maine Tax Brackets · Maine Income Tax Calculator · Maine Paycheck Calculator.
Maine requires a annual report — fee $85.
Filed between January 1 and June 1 each year; first annual report is due between January 1 and June 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the entity was formed.
$85 for domestic business entities ($150 for foreign entities) per the official Filing Requirement Reminders page and the LLC forms list (MLLC-13, Annual Report - Domestic, $85.00). A late filing penalty applies after June 1 (Secretary of State news release, 2026). Filed online via Annual Reports Online (SOSonline.org) or on a preprinted paper form.
Maine's first-year minimum of $175 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.maine.gov/sos/corporations-commissions/i-need-a-business-form/limited-liability-company-forms
https://www1.maine.gov/sos/cec/corp/helpful.html
https://mobile.maine.gov/sos/news/annual-reports-business-and-nonprofit-entities-are-due-june-1-1
https://www.maine.gov/sos/sites/maine.gov.sos/files/content/assets/mllc6.pdf
Forming an LLC in Maine? 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 Maine in 2026: a $175 filing fee for the Certificate of Formation, a first-year minimum of $175, 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 Maine: you pay $175 to file the Certificate of Formation with the Maine Department of the Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $175; after that the recurring state cost is $85 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 Formation costs $175 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $175. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Maine requires a annual report costing $85. Filed between January 1 and June 1 each year; first annual report is due between January 1 and June 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the entity was formed.
Certificate of Formation (Form MLLC-6); Registered agent designation; Annual Report (Form MLLC-13). You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions. Phone: 207-624-7752. Email: cec.corporations@maine.gov. File online at https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS.
No — beyond the Certificate of Formation filing fee and the annual report, Maine records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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