South Dakota · Limited liability company

What an LLC costs in South Dakota

$205 in your first year. That's $150 to file with South Dakota Secretary of State, and about $55 a year to keep it in good standing after that.

First-year breakdown

  • State filing fee $150 One-time, paid when you form the LLC
  • Annual Report $55 $55 online / $70 paper. Due the first day of the LLC's anniversary month each year (SDCL 47-34A-211 et seq. per secondary source).
  • Total, first year $205

Don't file on this alone. We're still verifying figures state by state. Open the source link below and confirm before you pay anything or rely on a deadline.

Verified Checked Source: sdsos.gov All sources

In context

$205 puts South Dakota near the top nationally

13 of 51 jurisdictions cost more than South Dakota. The national range runs $35 to $1,000, median $150.

Montana — $35Arizona — $50Hawaii — $50Iowa — $50Mississippi — $50Missouri — $50New Mexico — $50Colorado — $75Indiana — $75Michigan — $75Utah — $77Kansas — $85District of Columbia — $99Ohio — $99Idaho — $100Louisiana — $100New Hampshire — $100New Jersey — $100Georgia — $110South Carolina — $110Florida — $125Nebraska — $125North Carolina — $125Oklahoma — $125Pennsylvania — $125Virginia — $150Minnesota — $155West Virginia — $155Wisconsin — $155Wyoming — $160Maine — $175North Dakota — $185Arkansas — $195Alabama — $200Connecticut — $200Oregon — $200Vermont — $200Kentucky — $215Illinois — $225Alaska — $250Washington — $250Texas — $300Maryland — $400Nevada — $425Delaware — $510New York — $550Rhode Island — $550Tennessee — $700California — $890Massachusetts — $1,000

$35 · Montana$1,000 · Massachusetts

Keeping it alive

Your annual report

FilingAnnual Report
How oftenannual
Fee$55
When it's due$55 online / $70 paper. Due the first day of the LLC's anniversary month each year (SDCL 47-34A-211 et seq. per secondary source).
If you're late$50 additional fee for a delinquent annual report.
If you keep ignoring itCan be administratively revoked for failing to file annual reports; reinstatement requires delinquent reports plus fees, including a cited $150 reinstatement fee (secondary source).

State tax: None. South Dakota has no corporate income tax or franchise tax.

What we're less sure about

Caveats on this page

  • $150 + $55 = $205.
  • DISCREPANCY: a separate SD SOS annual-report PDF listed $65, inconsistent with the $55/$70 on the current fee schedule. Fee schedule treated as authoritative - re-check before use.

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File directly with South Dakota Secretary of State. It is the cheapest route in every state, it takes about twenty minutes online, and the form is linked below.

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