Every official charge for forming an LLC in Pennsylvania 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 | $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 |
Official Department of State fee schedule: 'Domestic Limited Liability Company — Certificate of Organization $125'. The PA Business One-Stop Hub guide for registering a domestic LLC likewise states the Certificate of Organization fee is $125. No separate online/paper amounts are published in the fee schedule. Veteran/reservist-owned small business fee exemption exists under Act 135 of 2016 (noted on the fees page).
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Certificate of Organization: Domestic LLC form DSCB:15-8821 under 15 Pa.C.S. § 8821, filed with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations, via Business Filing Services (file.dos.pa.gov) or on paper. Pennsylvania uses a registered office / commercial registered office provider rather than a registered-agent filing.
Pennsylvania requires a annual report — fee $7.
LLCs file between January 1 and September 30 each year (deadline September 30); first annual report is due in the calendar year following formation or initial foreign registration — no report is due in the year of formation
NEW requirement: Beginning in 2025, annual reports (form DSCB:15-146) are required for most domestic and foreign filing associations, including LLCs, under Act 122 of 2022 — this replaced Pennsylvania's former decennial (every-10-years) report system. Official Annual Reports page: fee is $7 for LLCs and other for-profit associations, $0 for nonprofit corporations and LLCs/LPs with a not-for-profit purpose; file online at file.dos.pa.gov (online reports are automatically approved). The report must include entity name, jurisdiction, registered office address, at least one governor (member/manager), principal officers where applicable, principal office address, and the Department of State entity number.
| Annual Registration — restricted professional LLCs only | $500 |
Official fee schedule lists 'Annual Registration (restricted professional companies only) — at least $500' under Domestic Limited Liability Company. This applies ONLY to restricted professional LLCs, not to ordinary LLCs; amount is a statutory minimum ('at least $500').
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Pennsylvania Tax Brackets · Pennsylvania Income Tax Calculator · Pennsylvania Paycheck Calculator.
Pennsylvania'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.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/fees-and-payments
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/types-of-filings-and-registrations/annual-reports.html
Forming an LLC in Pennsylvania? 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 Pennsylvania in 2026: a $125 filing fee for the Certificate 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 Pennsylvania: you pay $125 to file the Certificate of Organization with the Pennsylvania Department of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $125; after that the recurring state cost is $7 annual report; $500 — Annual Registration — restricted professional LLCs only.
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 $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.
Pennsylvania requires a annual report costing $7. LLCs file between January 1 and September 30 each year (deadline September 30); first annual report is due in the calendar year following formation or initial foreign registration — no report is due in the year of formation
Certificate of Organization (DSCB:15-8821); Registered office address; Annual Report (DSCB:15-146). You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. Phone: (717) 787-1057. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://file.dos.pa.gov.
Beyond the filing fee, Pennsylvania charges: Annual Registration — restricted professional LLCs only ($500). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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