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

$100 to file Articles of Organization with the Wyoming Secretary of State, the same online or by mail, per the fee schedule effective July 1, 2026. Filing online through WyoBiz adds a payment processor card fee of 2.4% of the filing fee (minimum $1). Paper filings take up to 15 business days; online filings are effective immediately.

How much is the Wyoming LLC annual report fee?

A minimum of $60, but it is a license tax rather than a flat fee: you pay $60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002) of your assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater. $60 covers in-state assets up to $300,000; $1,000,000 of Wyoming assets produces a $200 tax. If the amount due exceeds $500 you cannot e-file it.

When is the Wyoming LLC annual report due?

On the first day of your anniversary month of formation, every year. The Secretary of State's own example is that a business registering on January 15 has a January 1 due date each year. If the report is not filed within 60 days after the due date the entity is administratively dissolved.

Does Wyoming have a franchise tax or state income tax on LLCs?

No. Wyoming's fee schedule and Secretary of State FAQ show no franchise or privilege tax on LLCs, and the only recurring state-level charge is the annual report license tax of $60 or $.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets, whichever is greater. Reinstatement for tax after administrative dissolution costs $100.

Wyoming LLC Cost (2026)

By Edmond Hui · Fees verified July 29, 2026 against the Wyoming Secretary of State fee schedule

In Wyoming, the first-year state cost of an LLC is at least $160, before any registered-agent service. Forming an LLC in Wyoming costs $100 to file the Articles of Organization with the state, the Annual Report License Tax costs at least $60 every year.

Bar chart of LLC costs in Wyoming: at least $160 in unavoidable state charges in the first year and at least $60 a year after that. Wyoming charges at least $60 for its annual report. — Both figures are the LEAST Wyoming charges: the first-year bar contains the recurring one. At least one of the charges inside them scales with the LLC's own figures, so the bill can be higher. Source: Wyoming's published filing fee schedule, verified July 2026.

Articles of Organization$100

Annual Report License Taxfrom $60

First-year state costfrom $160

Five-year state costfrom $400

How much does it cost to form an LLC in Wyoming?

Wyoming charges $100 for Articles of Organization and a minimum $60 annual report license tax, both on the fee schedule effective July 1, 2026. The $60 is a floor, not a flat fee: it is the greater of $60 or $.0002 per dollar of assets located and employed in Wyoming, so the $60 headline only holds while in-state assets stay at or below $300,000. Certificates of Good Standing are free online through WyoBiz, versus $20 from the fee schedule, and a certified copy of ten pages or fewer is $10. A name reservation is $60 for 120 days, but the Secretary of State notes it is unnecessary if you are filing Articles of Organization at the same time. Paper filings take up to 15 business days, and the fee schedule's expedite options are $700 for next business day and $1,400 for same business day.

Which fees does a Wyoming LLC pay, and how often?

Cost	Amount	How often	Charged by
Articles of Organization	$100	One time	Wyoming Secretary of State
Annual Report License Tax (minimum)	from $60	Every year	Wyoming Secretary of State
Required state cost, first year	from $160	N/A	N/A
Registered agent service (optional)	$50 to $300	Every year	Commercial provider
Expedite and special handling fees in our record: Same business day ($1,400), Next business day ($700)	$700 to $1,400, by option	One time	Wyoming Secretary of State
Name reservation (optional)	$60	One time	Wyoming Secretary of State
Certificate of good standing (optional)	$0	Per copy	Wyoming Secretary of State

The $100 fee is identical online and on paper; filing online through WyoBiz adds a payment card processing fee of 2.4% of the filing fee (minimum $1) charged by the payment processor, not the state.

This is a minimum, not a flat fee. The annual report license tax is $60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002) of the company's assets located and employed in the state of Wyoming, whichever is greater. $60 therefore covers Wyoming assets up to $300,000; above that the tax is 0.02% of in-state assets, so $1,000,000 of Wyoming assets produces a $200 tax and $10,000,000 produces $2,000. If the tax due exceeds $500, WyoBiz does not permit e-filing.

Wyoming law forms the company on signing and delivering articles of organization to the Secretary of State and imposes no newspaper publication step. Across all 82 sections of the Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act the only publication provision is permissive ("may publish") notice to claimants of a dissolved company.

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 Wyoming.

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What does a Wyoming 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)	from $160	from $285
Each year after	from $60/yr	from $185/yr
Five-year total	from $400	from $1,025

First filing timing: Annual reports are due every year on the first day of the anniversary month of formation. The Secretary of State's example: a business that registers on January 15 has an annual report due date of January 1 each year.

Is Wyoming expensive compared with other states?

Wyoming ranks 24th cheapest of 50 states on first-year cost , $72.16 below the $232.16 national average. On ongoing annual cost it ranks 32nd.

Cheaper state	First-year cost	You would save
Montana	$35	from $125
Arizona	$50	from $110
Missouri	$50	from $110

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

When is the Wyoming filing deadline, and what happens if you miss it?

Annual Report License Tax

Frequency	every year
Due	The first day of the anniversary month of formation
Fee	from $60

Wyoming charges no flat late fee, but if the report is not filed within 60 days following the due date the entity is administratively dissolved.

If the annual report is not filed within 60 days following the due date the entity is administratively dissolved. Reinstatement for tax costs $100 for an LLC; reinstatement for failure to maintain a registered agent costs $350. Wyoming statutes prevent reinstatement after two years in administratively dissolved status.

Full Wyoming annual report filing guide · Deadline calculator

What cost traps are specific to Wyoming?

The $60 annual report is a minimum tied to your Wyoming assets

Wyoming's annual report is a license tax equal to the greater of $60 or two-tenths of one mill ($.0002) per dollar of assets located and employed in Wyoming. Once in-state assets pass $300,000 the bill rises above $60 - $1,000,000 of Wyoming assets means $200 and $10,000,000 means $2,000 - so the 'cheap state' framing only holds for companies with few Wyoming-situated assets.

Miss the deadline by 60 days and you are dissolved

Wyoming charges no flat late fee, but if the annual report is not filed within 60 days after the first day of your anniversary month the entity is administratively dissolved. Reinstatement for tax is $100, and Wyoming statutes bar reinstatement after two years in dissolved status.

Expedited filing costs more than seven formations

The fee schedule effective July 1, 2026 prices expedited filing at $700 for next business day and $1,400 for same business day, against a $100 formation fee. Standard paper processing is up to 15 business days; online WyoBiz filings are effective immediately and are the practical fast path.

Frequently Asked Questions

: $100 to file Articles of Organization with the Wyoming Secretary of State, the same online or by mail, per the fee schedule effective July 1, 2026. Filing online through WyoBiz adds a payment processor card fee of 2.4% of the filing fee (minimum $1). Paper filings take up to 15 business days; online filings are effective immediately.
: A minimum of $60, but it is a license tax rather than a flat fee: you pay $60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002) of your assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater. $60 covers in-state assets up to $300,000; $1,000,000 of Wyoming assets produces a $200 tax. If the amount due exceeds $500 you cannot e-file it.
: On the first day of your anniversary month of formation, every year. The Secretary of State's own example is that a business registering on January 15 has a January 1 due date each year. If the report is not filed within 60 days after the due date the entity is administratively dissolved.
: No. Wyoming's fee schedule and Secretary of State FAQ show no franchise or privilege tax on LLCs, and the only recurring state-level charge is the annual report license tax of $60 or $.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets, whichever is greater. Reinstatement for tax after administrative dissolution costs $100.

Where do these numbers come from?

Every fee above was checked against Wyoming's own published sources on July 29, 2026 , the Wyoming 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.

Sources

9 documents

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Wyoming sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so. Where we hold the citation but no stable public link, the citation is printed on its own rather than pointed at a guessed address.

sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/BusinessFees.pdf
sos.wyo.gov/faqs.aspx?root=BUS
sos.wyo.gov/Business/Default.aspx
wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/AnnualReport.aspx
sos.wyo.gov/forms/business/llc/llc-articlesorganization.pdf
sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/General/LLC/LLC-NameReservation.pdf
sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/General/CertifiedCopy-CertificateRequest.pdf
Wyoming statute: W.S. 17-29-201 (LLC formation)
Wyoming statute: W.S. 17-29-704 (notice to claimants of a dissolved company)

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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.

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