Every official charge for forming an LLC in South Carolina 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 — Articles of Organization | $110 |
| CL-1 Initial Annual Report + corporate license fee — ONLY for LLCs taxed as corporations | $25 |
| First-year minimum total | $135 |
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.
Articles of Organization: Form F0006, filed with the South Carolina Secretary of State under the SC Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, S.C. Code § 33-44-101 et seq. (contents per § 33-44-203). SOS Business Entities page confirms LLCs file under § 33-44-101 et seq. and that filings are made online via Business Entities Online or on paper forms.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
| Paper / by mail filing | $110 |
Statutory fee set by S.C. Code § 33-44-1204(a)(1): 'articles of organization of a limited liability company: one hundred ten dollars.' The statute sets one fee for the document when delivered for filing, regardless of channel; $110 is therefore recorded as standard and paper. See flags on the unverified online portal charge.
South Carolina does not require an annual report for LLCs — there is no yearly report fee to budget.
The state charges that still apply are listed below.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: South Carolina Tax Brackets · South Carolina Income Tax Calculator · South Carolina Paycheck Calculator.
South Carolina's first-year minimum of $135 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://sos.sc.gov/node/154
https://dor.sc.gov/tax/corporate
http://sos.sc.gov/node/155
https://www.sos.sc.gov/index.php/node/135
Forming an LLC in South Carolina? 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 South Carolina in 2026: a $110 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $135, 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 South Carolina: you pay $110 to file the Articles of Organization with the South Carolina Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $135; after that the recurring state cost is no fixed recurring state charge.
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 Articles of Organization costs $110 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $135. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
No — South Carolina does not require LLCs to file an annual report, so there is no yearly report fee. There is no fixed recurring state charge either.
Articles of Organization; Registered agent and registered office. You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the South Carolina Secretary of State, Business Filings. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://businessfilings.sc.gov.
Beyond the filing fee, South Carolina charges: CL-1 Initial Annual Report + corporate license fee — ONLY for LLCs taxed as corporations ($25). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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