Comparisons

Compare New Hampshire LLCs Against Every Other State

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

What New Hampshire costs today

Forming an LLC in New Hampshire 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 $200. After year one New Hampshire has $100 a year in recurring state charges, annualized. See what New Hampshire actually requires each year, including what the filing is called and when it is first due.

Filing fee, online$100
First year, state charges$200
Minimum recurring state cost, annualized$100
States cheaper in year one27

Measured on first-year cost alone, 27 of these 49 states are cheaper than New Hampshire, 17 cost more, and 5 cost the same. 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 New Hampshire's $200.

Compare New Hampshire withTheir first yearDifference
New Hampshire vs Montana$35-$165
New Hampshire vs Arizona$50-$150
New Hampshire vs Mississippi$50-$150
New Hampshire vs Missouri$50-$150
New Hampshire vs New Mexico$50-$150
New Hampshire vs Hawaii$62.50-$137.50
New Hampshire vs Iowa$65-$135
New Hampshire vs Colorado$75-$125
New Hampshire vs Michigan$75-$125
New Hampshire vs Utah$77-$123
New Hampshire vs Ohio$99-$101
New Hampshire vs Idaho$100-$100
New Hampshire vs South Carolina$110-$90
New Hampshire vs Indiana$110.50-$89.50
New Hampshire vs Oklahoma$125-$75
New Hampshire vs Kansas$130-$70
New Hampshire vs Louisiana$130-$70
New Hampshire vs Pennsylvania$132-$68
New Hampshire vs Nebraska$137.50-$62.50
New Hampshire vs Virginia$150-$50
New Hampshire vs Minnesota$155-$45
New Hampshire vs West Virginia$155-$45
New Hampshire vs Wisconsin$155-$45
New Hampshire vs Wyoming$160-$40
New Hampshire vs Georgia$170-$30
New Hampshire vs North Dakota$185-$15
New Hampshire vs Arkansas$195-$5
New Hampshire vs Alabama$200Same
New Hampshire vs Connecticut$200Same
New Hampshire vs New Jersey$200Same
New Hampshire vs Oregon$200Same
New Hampshire vs Vermont$200Same
New Hampshire vs South Dakota$205+$5
New Hampshire vs Illinois$225+$25
New Hampshire vs Kentucky$230+$30
New Hampshire vs Maine$260+$60
New Hampshire vs Florida$263.75+$63.75
New Hampshire vs Washington$270+$70
New Hampshire vs Alaska$300+$100
New Hampshire vs Texas$300+$100
New Hampshire vs North Carolina$325+$125
New Hampshire vs Maryland$400+$200
New Hampshire vs Nevada$425+$225
New Hampshire vs New York$479.50+$279.50
New Hampshire vs Delaware$510+$310
New Hampshire vs Rhode Island$600+$400
New Hampshire vs Tennessee$700+$500
New Hampshire vs California$880+$680
New Hampshire vs Massachusetts$1040+$840

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.