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

The Oregon Secretary of State charges $100 to file Articles of Organization for a domestic LLC. There is no expedited option on the published fee schedule. If you reserve the name first that is another $100, and a foreign LLC registering in Oregon pays $275 rather than $100.

How much is the Oregon LLC annual report fee?

$100 per year, the same as the formation fee. Under ORS 63.787 the report is due by the LLC's anniversary — the day each year exactly one or more years after the Secretary of State filed the Articles of Organization — and the information in it must be current as of 30 days before that anniversary.

What happens if you miss the Oregon LLC annual report deadline?

There is no late fee, but ORS 63.647 lets the Secretary of State start administrative dissolution for a late annual report, and ORS 63.651 dissolves the LLC if it does not cure within 45 days after written notice. You can reinstate within five years of dissolution by fixing the problem and paying a reinstatement fee plus every missed $100 annual fee.

Does an Oregon LLC pay state business tax?

Oregon has no LLC franchise tax, but the Corporate Activity Tax applies to LLCs. You must register within 30 days of reaching $750,000 in Oregon commercial activity, and once you exceed $1 million you file a return and owe $250 plus 0.57% of taxable commercial activity above $1 million.

LLC Costs · OR

How Much Does an LLC Cost in Oregon?

By Edmond Hui · Fees verified July 29, 2026 against the Oregon Secretary of State 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 Oregon costs $100 to file the Articles of Organization with the state, the Annual Report costs $100 every year. That puts the first-year state cost at $200, before any registered-agent service.

Articles of Organization$100

Annual Report$100

First-year state cost$200

Five-year state cost$600

What you actually pay in Oregon

Oregon charges $100 for LLC Articles of Organization and $100 again every year for the annual report (renewal), so the recurring Secretary of State cost is one of the highest flat annual fees in the country. The annual report is keyed to the LLC's own anniversary date, not a fixed calendar deadline, and there is no late fee — Oregon's enforcement is administrative dissolution instead. A name reservation costs $100, the same as forming the LLC, and an amendment to a filed annual report is free ($0.00). A foreign LLC pays $275 to apply for authority and $275 for each annual renewal.

Oregon LLC fee breakdown

Cost	Amount	How often	Charged by
Articles of Organization	$100	One time	Oregon Secretary of State
Annual Report	$100	Every year	Oregon Secretary of State
Required state cost, first year	$200	—	—
Registered agent service (optional)	$50–$300	Every year	Commercial provider
Name reservation (optional)	$100	One time	Oregon Secretary of State

Corporate Activity Tax (CAT): Graduated on gross receipts, not profit: $250 plus 0.57% of taxable Oregon commercial activity above $1 million, with registration required within 30 days of reaching $750,000 of Oregon commercial activity and a return required above $1 million.

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.

Oregon 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)	$200	$325
Each year after	$100	$225
Five-year total	$600	$1,225

First filing timing: The first annual report is due by the first anniversary of the date the Articles of Organization were filed; the information in it must be current as of 30 days before that anniversary (ORS 63.787(2)).

Is Oregon expensive compared with other states?

Oregon ranks 31st cheapest of 50 states on first-year cost — $34.53 below the $234.53 national average. On ongoing annual cost it ranks 39th.

Cheaper state	First-year cost	You would save
Montana	$35	$165
Arizona	$50	$150
Missouri	$50	$150

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

Oregon filing deadline and late penalties

Annual Report

Frequency	every year
Due	By the limited liability company's anniversary — the day each year exactly one or more years after the date the Secretary of State filed the articles of organization (ORS 63.001(1)(a), ORS 63.787(1))
Fee	$100

Oregon imposes no separate late fee; the $100 annual fee is simply owed for each year missed and all missed annual fees must be paid to reinstate.

ORS 63.647(2) lets the Secretary of State begin administrative dissolution when the annual report is not delivered when due; under ORS 63.651(2) the LLC is dissolved if it does not cure within 45 days after written notice. A dissolved LLC keeps its existence but may only wind up, and may apply for reinstatement within five years of dissolution (ORS 63.654).

Full Oregon annual report filing guide · Deadline calculator

Cost traps specific to Oregon

$100 every single year, on your anniversary

Oregon's annual report fee equals its entire formation fee, and the deadline is the LLC's own filing anniversary rather than a common calendar date, so a five-year-old Oregon LLC has paid $500 in renewals on a date most owners no longer remember.

Reserving a name costs as much as forming

The Business Registry Fee Schedule prices an Application for Name Reservation at $100 — identical to Articles of Organization — so reserving first and filing later turns a $100 formation into $200.

Corporate Activity Tax hits LLCs on gross receipts

Oregon's CAT applies to LLCs, requires registration once Oregon commercial activity reaches $750,000, and imposes $250 plus 0.57% of activity over $1 million — a cost driven by revenue, not profit, so a low-margin LLC can owe CAT while losing money.

Frequently Asked Questions

: The Oregon Secretary of State charges $100 to file Articles of Organization for a domestic LLC. There is no expedited option on the published fee schedule. If you reserve the name first that is another $100, and a foreign LLC registering in Oregon pays $275 rather than $100.
: $100 per year, the same as the formation fee. Under ORS 63.787 the report is due by the LLC's anniversary — the day each year exactly one or more years after the Secretary of State filed the Articles of Organization — and the information in it must be current as of 30 days before that anniversary.
: There is no late fee, but ORS 63.647 lets the Secretary of State start administrative dissolution for a late annual report, and ORS 63.651 dissolves the LLC if it does not cure within 45 days after written notice. You can reinstate within five years of dissolution by fixing the problem and paying a reinstatement fee plus every missed $100 annual fee.
: Oregon has no LLC franchise tax, but the Corporate Activity Tax applies to LLCs. You must register within 30 days of reaching $750,000 in Oregon commercial activity, and once you exceed $1 million you file a return and owe $250 plus 0.57% of taxable commercial activity above $1 million.

Where these numbers come from

Every fee above was checked against Oregon's own published sources on July 29, 2026 — the Oregon Secretary of State 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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