Comparisons

Compare Idaho LLCs Against Every Other State

Every comparison below is written for an owner based in Idaho and ranked by first-year cost against Idaho itself.

What Idaho costs today

Forming an LLC in Idaho costs $100 to file online. Counting that filing fee plus one year of the state's recurring charges, meaning the annualized report and any minimum entity-level tax, a first year comes to $100. After year one Idaho has no minimum recurring state cost. See what Idaho actually requires each year, including what the filing is called and when it is first due.

Filing fee, online$100
First year, state charges$100
Minimum recurring state cost, annualized$0
States cheaper in year one11

Measured on first-year cost alone, 11 of these 49 states are cheaper than Idaho, 38 cost more. Cost is only one input. Forming outside the state where you actually operate usually means registering as a foreign LLC at home as well, so you pay both states. Each comparison below works through that trade for one specific pair.

All 49 comparisons, cheapest first

The difference column is that state's first-year minimum minus Idaho's $100.

Compare Idaho withTheir first yearDifference
Idaho vs Montana$35-$65
Idaho vs Arizona$50-$50
Idaho vs Mississippi$50-$50
Idaho vs Missouri$50-$50
Idaho vs New Mexico$50-$50
Idaho vs Hawaii$62.50-$37.50
Idaho vs Iowa$65-$35
Idaho vs Colorado$75-$25
Idaho vs Michigan$75-$25
Idaho vs Utah$77-$23
Idaho vs Ohio$99-$1
Idaho vs South Carolina$110+$10
Idaho vs Indiana$110.50+$10.50
Idaho vs Oklahoma$125+$25
Idaho vs Kansas$130+$30
Idaho vs Louisiana$130+$30
Idaho vs Pennsylvania$132+$32
Idaho vs Nebraska$137.50+$37.50
Idaho vs Virginia$150+$50
Idaho vs Minnesota$155+$55
Idaho vs West Virginia$155+$55
Idaho vs Wisconsin$155+$55
Idaho vs Wyoming$160+$60
Idaho vs Georgia$170+$70
Idaho vs North Dakota$185+$85
Idaho vs Arkansas$195+$95
Idaho vs Alabama$200+$100
Idaho vs Connecticut$200+$100
Idaho vs New Hampshire$200+$100
Idaho vs New Jersey$200+$100
Idaho vs Oregon$200+$100
Idaho vs Vermont$200+$100
Idaho vs South Dakota$205+$105
Idaho vs Illinois$225+$125
Idaho vs Kentucky$230+$130
Idaho vs Maine$260+$160
Idaho vs Florida$263.75+$163.75
Idaho vs Washington$270+$170
Idaho vs Alaska$300+$200
Idaho vs Texas$300+$200
Idaho vs North Carolina$325+$225
Idaho vs Maryland$400+$300
Idaho vs Nevada$425+$325
Idaho vs New York$479.50+$379.50
Idaho vs Delaware$510+$410
Idaho vs Rhode Island$600+$500
Idaho vs Tennessee$700+$600
Idaho vs California$880+$780
Idaho vs Massachusetts$1040+$940

Each first-year figure is that state's online filing fee plus one year of its recurring charges: the report annualized over its cycle, any minimum entity-level tax, and any publication cost the state publishes. It is not a prediction of your own first year. Seven states file only every second year, and several do not require a first report until year two, so check the state's own deadline. Registered agent service is excluded throughout, being a commercial charge rather than a state one. A state showing no recurring cost may still owe an entity-level tax above that state's threshold. Arizona, Nebraska and New York additionally require newspaper publication whose full cost no state publishes.

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Edmond Hui

Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.