Comparisons

Compare Indiana LLCs Against Every Other State

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

What Indiana costs today

Forming an LLC in Indiana costs $95 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 $110.50. After year one Indiana has $15.50 a year in recurring state charges, annualized. See what Indiana actually requires each year, including what the filing is called and when it is first due.

Filing fee, online$95
First year, state charges$110.50
Minimum recurring state cost, annualized$15.50
States cheaper in year one13

Measured on first-year cost alone, 13 of these 49 states are cheaper than Indiana, 36 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 Indiana's $110.50.

Compare Indiana withTheir first yearDifference
Indiana vs Montana$35-$75.50
Indiana vs Arizona$50-$60.50
Indiana vs Mississippi$50-$60.50
Indiana vs Missouri$50-$60.50
Indiana vs New Mexico$50-$60.50
Indiana vs Hawaii$62.50-$48
Indiana vs Iowa$65-$45.50
Indiana vs Colorado$75-$35.50
Indiana vs Michigan$75-$35.50
Indiana vs Utah$77-$33.50
Indiana vs Ohio$99-$11.50
Indiana vs Idaho$100-$10.50
Indiana vs South Carolina$110-$0.50
Indiana vs Oklahoma$125+$14.50
Indiana vs Kansas$130+$19.50
Indiana vs Louisiana$130+$19.50
Indiana vs Pennsylvania$132+$21.50
Indiana vs Nebraska$137.50+$27
Indiana vs Virginia$150+$39.50
Indiana vs Minnesota$155+$44.50
Indiana vs West Virginia$155+$44.50
Indiana vs Wisconsin$155+$44.50
Indiana vs Wyoming$160+$49.50
Indiana vs Georgia$170+$59.50
Indiana vs North Dakota$185+$74.50
Indiana vs Arkansas$195+$84.50
Indiana vs Alabama$200+$89.50
Indiana vs Connecticut$200+$89.50
Indiana vs New Hampshire$200+$89.50
Indiana vs New Jersey$200+$89.50
Indiana vs Oregon$200+$89.50
Indiana vs Vermont$200+$89.50
Indiana vs South Dakota$205+$94.50
Indiana vs Illinois$225+$114.50
Indiana vs Kentucky$230+$119.50
Indiana vs Maine$260+$149.50
Indiana vs Florida$263.75+$153.25
Indiana vs Washington$270+$159.50
Indiana vs Alaska$300+$189.50
Indiana vs Texas$300+$189.50
Indiana vs North Carolina$325+$214.50
Indiana vs Maryland$400+$289.50
Indiana vs Nevada$425+$314.50
Indiana vs New York$479.50+$369
Indiana vs Delaware$510+$399.50
Indiana vs Rhode Island$600+$489.50
Indiana vs Tennessee$700+$589.50
Indiana vs California$880+$769.50
Indiana vs Massachusetts$1040+$929.50

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.