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

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.

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.

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	—	—
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.

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.

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 may be due within 6 months of formation. The first $100 Biennial Report is then due January 2 of the next even-numbered year if the LLC was created in an even-numbered year, or the next odd-numbered year if it was created in an odd-numbered year.

Is Alaska expensive compared with other states?

Alaska ranks 39th cheapest of 50 states on first-year cost — $65.47 above the $234.53 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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