Reference · Connecticut
Connecticut LLC requirements
Every requirement we've verified for a domestic LLC in Connecticut, with the source for each. For the plain-English cost answer, use the cost calculator.
| Filing agency | Connecticut Secretary of the State - Business Services Division |
|---|---|
| Formation filing fee | $120 |
| Filing fee notes | Certificate of Organization (including appointment of statutory agent) per official CT SOTS fee schedule. |
| Standard processing | Not confirmed. |
| Expedited options | Not confirmed. |
| Periodic report | Annual Report |
| Report frequency | annual |
| Report fee | $80 |
| Report deadline | Filed each year between January 1 and March 31 - a fixed calendar window, not anniversary-based. |
| Late penalty | No monetary late fee. A delinquent entity cannot obtain a Certificate of Legal Existence (good standing). |
| Administrative dissolution | SOTS may administratively dissolve any entity more than one year in default of its Annual Report obligation. |
| State tax | No franchise tax. The flat $250 biennial Business Entity Tax on LLCs was repealed for periods on or after 1 January 2020. |
| Minimum state tax | None |
| Newspaper publication | Not required |
| Registered agent required | Yes |
| First-year minimum | $200 |
Confidence
What we're less sure about
Verified against the official state page
- $120 + $80 = $200, an upper bound - CT does not explicitly state whether an LLC formed late in a year is exempt from the next Jan-Mar window.
- $120 fee sourced from a 2020-dated fee schedule PDF; corroborated as current by secondary sources but no 2026-dated official schedule located.
Provenance
Sources
Every figure above traces to one of these. If a state changes a fee and we haven't caught it, tell us — we log corrections publicly.
- Connecticut Secretary of the State - Business Services Division — business.ct.gov
- Connecticut Secretary of the State - Business Services Division — business.ct.gov
- Connecticut Secretary of the State - Business Services Division fee schedule (PDF) — portal.ct.gov
Keep reading
More on Connecticut, and the states most like it
This page is the raw record. These are the places that record gets used — and the states whose rules work the same way.
- Connecticut filing deadlinesWhen the annual report is due, and what late costs
- What an LLC costs in ConnecticutThe whole first year — $200
- What an LLC costs in MassachusettsNext door, $800 more
- What an LLC costs in New YorkNext door, $350 more
- What an LLC costs in Rhode IslandNext door, $350 more
- What an LLC costs in AlabamaCosts about the same — $200
- What an LLC costs in NevadaThe "cheap incorporation state" that costs $350 a year to keep
- How we verify every figureOur sourcing standard
- What changed and whenDated record of fee changes