How Much Does an LLC Cost in Arizona?
By Edmond Hui · Fees verified July 29, 2026 against the Arizona Corporation Commission 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.
What you actually pay in Arizona
Arizona LLCs are formed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, not the Secretary of State, and Articles of Organization (form L010) cost $50, or $85 with expedited review, under the Commission's fee schedule revised March 2026. There is no annual report and no franchise tax for Arizona LLCs, making it one of the cheapest states to maintain. The offsetting cost is publication: A.R.S. 29-3201(G) requires notice to run three consecutive times in a newspaper in the statutory agent's county within 60 days, though LLCs whose statutory agent address is in Maricopa or Pima County get the notice posted by the Commission for free. Accelerated processing is priced separately at $100 next-day, $200 same-day and $400 for two-hour service, name reservation is $10, a Certificate of Good Standing is $10, and foreign LLC registration is $150.
Arizona LLC fee breakdown
| Cost | Amount | How often | Charged by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Articles of Organization (L010) | $50 | One time | Arizona Corporation Commission |
| Newspaper publication | — | One time | County-designated newspapers |
| Required state cost, first year | $50 | — | — |
| Registered agent service (optional) | $50–$300 | Every year | Commercial provider |
| Expedited processing (optional) — Expedited processing $35, Next Day Service (received before 5pm) $100, Same Day Service (received before 10am) $200, 2-Hour Service (available 8am-3pm) $400 | $35+ | One time | Arizona Corporation Commission |
| Name reservation (optional) | $10 | One time | Arizona Corporation Commission |
| Certificate of good standing (optional) | $10 | Per copy | Arizona Corporation Commission |
The fee is $50 whether filed online through eCorp or on paper; expedited review brings the total to $85.
: Arizona imposes no franchise tax and no annual entity-level minimum tax on LLCs.
A.R.S. 29-3201(G) requires that within 60 days after the Commission FILES the Articles of Organization, either (1) a notice of the filing is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the statutory agent's street address for three consecutive publications, or (2) where that county has a population over 800,000 (currently Maricopa and Pima, per the Commission's own form L010i), the Commission enters the information into its own database under A.R.S. 10-130 - which 10-130(B) bars it from charging for. Route (2) is a statutory substitute, not an exemption. The affidavit of publication is OPTIONAL: the statute says one 'may be filed with the commission', the Commission's FAQ confirms 'although it is not required, many customers choose to file' it, and the Title 29 fee schedule carries no fee for it. Arizona publishes NO official dollar figure for the newspaper cost; under A.R.S. 39-221(A) the maximum is the rate 'shown by the local rate card of the newspaper in which publication is to be made', so the cost is set by the newspaper, not the state. Still in force: the requirement was carried forward into 29-3201(G) by Laws 2018, Ch. 168 effective 2019-09-01 (old Title 29 Ch. 4 repealed 2020-08-31). It was NOT repealed in 2023 - no 2023 Arizona act amended 29-3201.
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.
Arizona 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) | $50 | $175 |
| Each year after | $0 | $125 |
| Five-year total | $50 | $675 |
Is Arizona expensive compared with other states?
Arizona ranks 2nd cheapest of 50 states on first-year cost — $184.53 below the $234.53 national average. On ongoing annual cost it ranks 2nd.
| Cheaper state | First-year cost | You would save |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | $35 | $15 |
A cheaper filing fee elsewhere rarely saves money if you live and operate in Arizona. Doing business here with an out-of-state LLC generally means registering it as a foreign LLC in Arizona anyway — paying both states. See foreign qualification in Arizona before forming elsewhere to save on fees.
Cost traps specific to Arizona
Filed with the Corporation Commission, not the Secretary of State
Arizona LLC formation documents go to the Arizona Corporation Commission at azcc.gov; the Arizona Secretary of State handles trade names and trademarks, not LLC formation.
Newspaper publication within 60 days outside Maricopa and Pima
If your statutory agent's street address is in a county of 800,000 or fewer residents you must publish notice three consecutive times in a local newspaper within 60 days of approval and pay that newspaper's rate; the state charges nothing and publishes no price.
Do not publish before approval
The Commission instructs filers not to publish until the Articles are approved for filing, since publishing early can force you to pay a newspaper twice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where these numbers come from
Every fee above was checked against Arizona's own published sources on July 29, 2026 — the Arizona Corporation Commission 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 plus the mandatory publication cost. 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.