Every official charge for forming an LLC in Massachusetts 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 | $500 |
| First-year minimum total | $500 |
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 | $500 |
$500 per Mass.gov's official LLC guide ('The filing fee for the Certificate is $500') and the Corporations Division filing fees page (Limited Liability Companies: Certificate of Registration $500.00). Neither current official page checked distinguishes an online vs paper amount for a domestic LLC certificate, so online_usd/paper_usd are null. See flags for an older fee-schedule discrepancy.
Certificate of Organization: Filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division, under M.G.L. c. 156C §12. Massachusetts provides no pre-printed form for limited liability entities; filers follow the statutory guidelines.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Massachusetts requires a annual report — fee $500.
On or before the anniversary date of the filing of the LLC's original certificate of organization, each year.
950 CMR 112.14 and the Corporations Division LLC information page both state the annual report must be filed on or before the anniversary date of the original certificate of organization and accompanied by a fee of $500.00. Mass.gov's LLC guide likewise states a $500 annual report fee due by the anniversary of the LLC's original filing.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Massachusetts Tax Brackets · Massachusetts Income Tax Calculator · Massachusetts Paycheck Calculator.
Massachusetts's first-year minimum of $500 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.mass.gov/info-details/starting-a-limited-liability-company-llc-in-massachusetts
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-by-subject/limited-liability/corporations-limited-liability-company.htm
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/about-us/contact-us.htm
Forming an LLC in Massachusetts? 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 Massachusetts in 2026: a $500 filing fee for the Certificate of Organization, a first-year minimum of $500, 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 Massachusetts: you pay $500 to file the Certificate of Organization with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $500; after that the recurring state cost is $500 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 $500 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $500. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Massachusetts requires a annual report costing $500. On or before the anniversary date of the filing of the LLC's original certificate of organization, each year.
Certificate of Organization; Resident agent; Operating agreement; Annual Report. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. Phone: 617-727-9640. Email: corpinfo@sec.state.ma.us. File online at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/corporations.htm.
No — beyond the Certificate of Organization filing fee and the annual report, Massachusetts records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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