Every official charge for forming an LLC in South Dakota 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 | $150 |
| First-year minimum total | $150 |
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.
| Online filing | $150 |
| Paper / by mail filing | $165 |
Official Secretary of State Filing Fees page, 'Limited Liability Company (LLC) - Domestic & Foreign': Domestic Articles of Organization — Filed Electronically online $150; Filed via Paper $165 (includes the $15 paper filing fee). Standard fee is the online fee, $150.
Articles of Organization: Filed with the South Dakota Secretary of State under SDCL 47-34A (Uniform Limited Liability Company Act). Filed online via SOS Enterprise or on paper; paper filings that could be filed online carry the additional $15 paper filing fee.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
South Dakota requires a annual report — fee $55.
Due every year on the 1st day of the anniversary month of when the business was initially filed with the Secretary of State (first report due in the anniversary month of the following year)
Official SOS FAQ: 'Yes, annual reports are due EVERY YEAR on the 1st day of the anniversary month of when the business was initially filed with the Secretary of State's office.' (Exception noted there is only for Limited Partnerships and Business Trusts.) Fee per the official Filing Fees page: Annual Report — Filed Electronically online $55; Filed via Paper $70 (includes $15 paper filing fee). fee_usd records the $55 online fee. The same fee schedule lists a $55 late fee for delinquent annual reports.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: South Dakota Tax Brackets · South Dakota Income Tax Calculator · South Dakota Paycheck Calculator.
South Dakota's first-year minimum of $150 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://sdsos.gov/general-information/filing-fees.aspx
https://sdsos.gov/Business-Services/corporations/contact.aspx
https://sdsos.gov/Business-Services/corporations/corporate-forms/limited-liability-companies.aspx
Forming an LLC in South Dakota? 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 Dakota in 2026: a $150 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $150, 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 Dakota: you pay $150 to file the Articles of Organization with the South Dakota Secretary of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $150; after that the recurring state cost is $55 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 Articles of Organization costs $150 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $150. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
South Dakota requires a annual report costing $55. Due every year on the 1st day of the anniversary month of when the business was initially filed with the Secretary of State (first report due in the anniversary month of the following year)
Articles of Organization; Registered agent in South Dakota; 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 South Dakota Secretary of State, Business/UCC Filings Division. Phone: (605) 773-4845. Email: corpinfo@state.sd.us. File online at https://sosenterprise.sd.gov.
No — beyond the Articles of Organization filing fee and the annual report, South Dakota records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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