How much does it cost to start an LLC in Alaska?

The Alaska Division of Corporations charges $250 to file the Articles of Organization (form 08-484), the same fee online or by mail. Add the mandatory $50-per-year Alaska business license and realistic first-year state cost is $300. Name reservation is optional at $25.

Does an Alaska LLC have to file an annual report?

No. Alaska LLCs file a Biennial Report every two years, not annually. The fee is $100 for a domestic LLC, due January 2 of each even-numbered year if you formed in an even-numbered year (odd-numbered years if you formed in an odd year). Filing opens October 2 of the preceding year.

What is the penalty for filing an Alaska biennial report late?

A domestic LLC biennial report postmarked on or after February 2 costs $137.50 instead of $100, a $37.50 late fee. Foreign LLCs pay $247.50 instead of $200. Missing reports entirely can lead to involuntary dissolution plus reinstatement fees.

Does Alaska charge LLCs a franchise tax?

No. Alaska has no franchise tax and no personal income tax, so a standard pass-through LLC owes no state entity-level tax. Recurring state costs are the $100 biennial report and the $50 annual business license. An LLC electing C-corporation treatment would fall under Alaska's corporate income tax.

LLC Costs · AK

How Much Does an LLC Cost in Alaska?

By Edmond Hui · Fees verified July 29, 2026 against the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing fee schedule

Forming an LLC in Alaska costs $250 to file the Articles of Organization with the state, the Biennial Report costs $100 every two years. That puts the first-year state cost at $300, before any registered-agent service.

Bar chart of LLC costs in Alaska: $300 minimum total in the first year and $50 recurring every year after. Alaska charges $100 for its biennial report. — The recurring figure covers the biennial report plus any flat state entity tax. Source: Alaska's published filing fee schedule, verified July 2026.

Articles of Organization$250

Biennial Report$100

First-year state cost$300

Five-year state cost$500

What you actually pay in Alaska

Alaska's $250 Articles of Organization fee (form 08-484) is the same online or on paper and is among the highest formation fees in the country. Ongoing state cost is a $100 Biennial Report every two years due January 2, preceded by a free Initial Report that may be due within 6 months of formation. Separately, every business must buy a statewide Alaska business license for $50 per year (form 08-4181) before engaging in business activity, which most first-year estimates omit. A Certificate of Compliance, which serves as the certificate of good standing, is $10 online, and name reservation is $25.

Alaska LLC fee breakdown

Cost	Amount	How often	Charged by
Articles of Organization (08-484)	$250	One time	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Biennial Report	$100	Every 2 years	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Required state cost, first year	$300	N/A	N/A
Registered agent service (optional)	$50, $300	Every year	Commercial provider
Name reservation (optional)	$25	One time	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Certificate of good standing (optional)	$10	Per copy	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing

: Alaska imposes no franchise tax and no personal income tax, so a pass-through LLC owes no state entity-level tax.

AS 10.50.075 lists the required contents of the articles of organization (name, purpose, registered office and agent, any manager statement, internal-affairs provisions) and imposes no newspaper publication step.

Registered agent is listed separately because it is a commercial service, not a state charge. Commercial registered-agent services, not a state charge. Range and $125 midpoint match the assumption used by /tools/llc-true-cost. Most states let you serve as your own registered agent at no cost if you have a physical in-state address. Run your own numbers in the true-cost calculator. For what formation services charge on top of these state fees, see the best LLC services in Alaska.

Alaska LLC cost over five years

State charges only in the first column; the second adds a registered-agent service at the $125/yr market midpoint.

Period	State cost only	With registered agent
Year 1 (formation + first filing)	$300	$425
Each year after	$50	$175
Five-year total	$500	$1,125

First filing timing: A free Initial Report is due within six months of original organization under AS 10.50.760(d). The first $100 Biennial Report is then due under AS 10.50.760(a), which says the report is due BEFORE January 2, making the deadline 1 January, and which assigns the cycle by formation year: a company organized in an even-numbered year files EACH even-numbered year, and one organized in an odd-numbered year files each odd-numbered year. So an LLC formed in 2026 first files 1 January 2028. The Division's own guidance says 'by January 2nd', which is looser than the statute.

Is Alaska expensive compared with other states?

Alaska ranks 40th cheapest of 50 states on first-year cost , $67.97 above the $232.03 national average. On ongoing annual cost it ranks 27th.

Cheaper state	First-year cost	You would save
Montana	$35	$265
Arizona	$50	$250
Missouri	$50	$250

A cheaper filing fee elsewhere rarely saves money if you live and operate in Alaska. Doing business here with an out-of-state LLC generally means registering it as a foreign LLC in Alaska anyway. Paying both states. See foreign qualification in Alaska before forming elsewhere to save on fees.

Alaska filing deadline and late penalties

Biennial Report

Frequency	every two years
Due	January 2; reporting opens October 2 of the preceding year, and reports postmarked after February 1 incur a late penalty
Fee	$100
Late penalty	$37.50

A domestic LLC biennial report filed on or after February 2 costs $137.50 ($100 plus a $37.50 late fee); a foreign LLC pays $247.50 instead of $200.

An entity involuntarily dissolved for missing one or more Biennial Reports must pay additional reinstatement fees; the Division does not publish a fixed number of months before dissolution.

Full Alaska annual report filing guide · Deadline calculator

Cost traps specific to Alaska

$50/year state business license on top of SOS fees

Alaska requires a separate statewide business license at $50 per year before you engage in business activity. It is issued by the same division but is not covered by the $250 formation fee.

Free Initial Report is easy to miss

A no-charge Initial Report may be due within 6 months of formation; skipping it puts the LLC into non-compliant status even though no money is owed.

Late biennial report costs 37.5% more

A domestic LLC biennial report postmarked on or after February 2 jumps from $100 to $137.50, and missing reports altogether leads to involuntary dissolution plus reinstatement fees.

Frequently Asked Questions

: The Alaska Division of Corporations charges $250 to file the Articles of Organization (form 08-484), the same fee online or by mail. Add the mandatory $50-per-year Alaska business license and realistic first-year state cost is $300. Name reservation is optional at $25.
: No. Alaska LLCs file a Biennial Report every two years, not annually. The fee is $100 for a domestic LLC, due January 2 of each even-numbered year if you formed in an even-numbered year (odd-numbered years if you formed in an odd year). Filing opens October 2 of the preceding year.
: A domestic LLC biennial report postmarked on or after February 2 costs $137.50 instead of $100, a $37.50 late fee. Foreign LLCs pay $247.50 instead of $200. Missing reports entirely can lead to involuntary dissolution plus reinstatement fees.
: No. Alaska has no franchise tax and no personal income tax, so a standard pass-through LLC owes no state entity-level tax. Recurring state costs are the $100 biennial report and the $50 annual business license. An LLC electing C-corporation treatment would fall under Alaska's corporate income tax.

Where these numbers come from

Every fee above was checked against Alaska's own published sources on July 29, 2026 , the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing fee schedule, the governing statute, and where a state-level tax applies, the state tax authority. Commercial formation-service pages were not used.

The first-year total is the Articles of Organization fee plus the first year of any recurring state charge. Where a state's first report is not due until the following year, that is noted above. The five-year total is the filing fee plus five years of recurring charges, which avoids the timing question entirely. Registered-agent service is excluded from all state figures.

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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.