Wyoming LLC Cost

Documents you need

• Articles of Organization (Limited Liability Company) — Per the SOS form: (1) LLC name — must include 'Limited Liability Company' or an accepted abbreviation ('LLC', 'L.L.C.', 'Limited Company', 'LC', 'L.C.', 'Ltd. Liability Company', 'Ltd. Liability Co.' or 'Limited Liability Co.') per W.S. 17-29-108; (2) optional close LLC election; (3) name and physical address of the registered agent; (4) mailing address; (5) principal office address; (6) certification consenting to electronic service of process at the required email address (W.S. 17-28-104(e)); executed by an organizer. An email address is required.
• Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent — The registered agent must sign a Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent filed with the Articles, certifying compliance with the requirements of W.S. 17-28-101 through W.S. 17-28-111 (SOS form RAConsent, included with the Articles of Organization form).
• Registered agent with a physical Wyoming address — required — Required, and must be maintained: the Secretary of State's 'What's Next' notice states 'You are required to maintain a valid registered agent who meets the requirements set forth under Wyoming law.' Per the Articles form, the registered agent may be an individual resident in Wyoming or a domestic or foreign business entity authorized to transact business in Wyoming, and must have a physical address in Wyoming (a drop box is not acceptable; a PO Box is acceptable only in addition to a physical address).

How forming works in Wyoming

1. Line up the agent: Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent — The registered agent must sign a Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent filed with the Articles, certifying compliance with the requirements of W.S. 17-28-101 through W.S. 17-28-111 (SOS form RAConsent, included with the Articles of Organization form).
2. File the Articles of Organization with the Wyoming Secretary of State — the filing fee is $100 at the cheapest channel (file online at the official portal linked below).
3. Handle the filings due straight after formation: the first report (Due on the first day of the anniversary month of formation each year (SOS Business FAQs example: a business that registers on January 15 has an annual report due date of January 1 each year)).

Annual report & ongoing costs

Wyoming requires a annual report — fee $60.

Due on the first day of the anniversary month of formation each year (SOS Business FAQs example: a business that registers on January 15 has an annual report due date of January 1 each year). The first annual report is not due until the first anniversary of filing (SOS 'What's Next' notice). Reports may be filed up to 120 days before the due date; the entity is delinquent on the second day of the month following its due date and is administratively dissolved if the report is not filed within 60 days following the due date (SOS Business FAQs).

fee_usd 60 is the MINIMUM. The annual report licence tax is '$60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002) whichever is greater based on the company's assets located and employed in the state of Wyoming' (Business Division Filing Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2026; same formula in the SOS FAQs). The SOS FAQs' worked examples confirm an entity with $300,000 or less in Wyoming assets pays $60 (e.g. $1,210,000 x .0002 = $242). If the annual report fee is greater than $500, e-filing is not permitted; online payments carry a convenience fee assessed by the payment processor (no fixed amount published — see flags).

Wyoming tax pages

Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Wyoming Tax Brackets · Wyoming Income Tax Calculator · Wyoming Paycheck Calculator.

Compare Wyoming with the rest of the country

Wyoming'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.