Every official charge for forming an LLC in Utah 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 | $59 |
| First-year minimum total | $59 |
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 Organization: Utah has no Secretary of State for business filings; LLCs are formed with the Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, under the Utah Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Utah Code Title 48, Chapter 3a).
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
| Standard filing | $59 |
Single non-refundable processing fee of $59 for a domestic LLC Certificate of Organization per the Division's FY2026 fee schedule (effective July 1, 2025). The schedule publishes no separate online vs. paper amounts. Expedited processing is an optional additional $75 per filing and is not included.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Utah Tax Brackets · Utah Income Tax Calculator · Utah Paycheck Calculator.
Utah requires a annual report — fee $18.
The renewal (annual report) is due one year from the date of registration and annually thereafter; the renewal period opens 60 days before the anniversary date, and the Division sends a renewal notice to the registered agent on file.
All registered business entities must file an annual report (renewal) to maintain active status. The $18 LLC renewal fee per the FY2026 fee schedule includes a $5 surcharge for the State of Utah single sign-on portal. A late renewal fee of $10 applies; LLC reinstatement is $54. Due rule per the Division's 'How to Renew a Business' FAQ; fee per the FY2026 fee schedule.
Utah's first-year minimum of $59 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://commerce.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/currentfees.pdf
https://commerce.utah.gov/corporations/business-entities/domestic-limited-liability-company/
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title48/Chapter3A/C48-3a-S111_1800010118000101.pdf
Forming an LLC in Utah? 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 Utah in 2026: a $59 filing fee for the Certificate of Organization, a first-year minimum of $59, 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 Utah: you pay $59 to file the Certificate of Organization with the Utah Department of Commerce. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $59; after that the recurring state cost is $18 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 Organization costs $59 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $59. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Utah requires a annual report costing $18. The renewal (annual report) is due one year from the date of registration and annually thereafter; the renewal period opens 60 days before the anniversary date, and the Division sends a renewal notice to the registered agent on file.
Certificate of Organization; Registered agent in Utah; Operating agreement (written agreement among the members). You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. Phone: (801) 530-4849. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://businessregistration.utah.gov.
No — beyond the Certificate of Organization filing fee and the annual report, Utah records no other mandatory state charges for a standard LLC.
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