Every official charge for forming an LLC in New Hampshire 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 | $100 |
| First-year minimum total | $100 |
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.
Certificate of Formation: Form LLC-1, filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State (NH Department of State), Corporation Division, under RSA 304-C:31.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
| Standard filing | $100 |
RSA 304-C:191, II(c): 'Upon the receipt for filing of a certificate of formation under RSA 304-C:31, a fee in the amount of $100.' The statute sets a single flat fee; no separate online/paper amount is set in the statute (see flags on a reported $2 electronic handling charge).
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: New Hampshire Tax Brackets · New Hampshire Income Tax Calculator · New Hampshire Paycheck Calculator.
New Hampshire requires a annual report — fee $100.
An annual report and filing fee are due by April 1 of each year following the year of registration (filed January 1-April 1); a late fee of $50 is assessed for reports and fees received after April 1.
Fee $100 per RSA 304-C:191, II(f), which also adds a $50 late filing fee if the report or fee is not in by April 1 (late total $150). Due rule and $50 late fee are also stated on the Secretary of State Forms and Fees page.
New Hampshire's first-year minimum of $100 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://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVIII/304-C/304-C-191.htm
https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/forms-and-fees
Forming an LLC in New Hampshire? 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 New Hampshire in 2026: a $100 filing fee for the Certificate of Formation, a first-year minimum of $100, 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 New Hampshire: you pay $100 to file the Certificate of Formation with the New Hampshire Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $100; after that the recurring state cost is $100 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 $100 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $100. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
New Hampshire requires a annual report costing $100. An annual report and filing fee are due by April 1 of each year following the year of registration (filed January 1-April 1); a late fee of $50 is assessed for reports and fees received after April 1.
Certificate of Formation (Form LLC-1); Registered agent and registered office in New Hampshire; Operating agreement (not filed); 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 New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division, NH Department of State. Phone: 603-271-3246. Email: corporate@sos.nh.gov. File online at https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Account/LandingPage.
No — beyond the Certificate of Formation filing fee and the annual report, New Hampshire records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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