Every official charge for forming an LLC in New Jersey 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 |
| State tax/employer registration (Form NJ-REG) | No fixed fee |
| 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: Filed as the Public Records Filing for a New Business Entity with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury. New Jersey does not run business registration through a Secretary of State.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
| Standard filing | $100 |
DORES Registry Fee Schedule lists 'Certificate of formation $100.00' for LLCs. The schedule shows a single fee with no separate online/paper amount. Secondary sources report this was reduced from $125 effective July 1, 2026; older NJ form instruction sheets may still show $125.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: New Jersey Tax Brackets · New Jersey Income Tax Calculator · New Jersey Paycheck Calculator.
New Jersey requires a annual report — fee $75.
Due every year on the last day of the month in which the business formation was completed (anniversary month). Failure to file can result in revocation of the business.
Fee of $75 confirmed both on the DORES Registry Fee Schedule ('Annual Report $75.00' for LLCs) and on Business.NJ.gov.
| Partnership Filing Fee (Form NJ-1065) | Varies |
An entity classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (including a multi-member LLC taxed as a partnership) that has income or losses derived from New Jersey sources and has more than two owners must pay a $150 filing fee for each owner, up to a maximum of $250,000, plus a prepayment installment of 50% of the filing fee for the succeeding return period (no prepayment on a final return). Due on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the return period. The amount is per-owner and varies. Source: NJ Division of Taxation prepayment page.
New Jersey'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://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/fees.shtml
https://business.nj.gov/pages/filings-and-accounting?locale=en
https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/33lobby.shtml
https://www.nj.gov/www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/prepayment.shtml
Forming an LLC in New Jersey? 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 Jersey 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 Jersey: you pay $100 to file the Certificate of Formation with the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $100; after that the recurring state cost is $75 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 Jersey requires a annual report costing $75. Due every year on the last day of the month in which the business formation was completed (anniversary month). Failure to file can result in revocation of the business.
Certificate of Formation (Public Records Filing for a New Business Entity); Registered agent and registered office in New Jersey; Operating agreement. 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 Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES). Phone: 609-292-9292. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessFormation.
Beyond the filing fee, New Jersey charges: Partnership Filing Fee (Form NJ-1065) (no fixed fee); State tax/employer registration (Form NJ-REG) (no fixed fee). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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