Missouri LLCs file no annual report and owe $0 a year to the Secretary of State. Registered agent rules, tax filings, and what formation actually costs.
This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state publishes about filing deadlines, fees, and the consequences of missing them, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you what your own company owes: the date turns on when and where you formed, states change these rules between our reviews, and in several states an entity-level tax falls due in a year when no report does. Confirm your own dates with the filing office named on this page before you rely on one here, because the penalty for missing a deadline can be administrative dissolution of the company.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Missouri is one of only seven states whose LLCs file no annual report, and the Secretary of State's FAQ answers the question in a single word. After paying the $50 online formation fee ($105 if you file the paper Articles of Organization), you owe the Secretary of State nothing on a recurring basis: no report, no deadline to track, and no annual fee. RSMo 347.179 lists every fee the Secretary of State may charge an LLC and includes no annual report fee, no late fee and no reinstatement fee. You must still maintain a registered agent and registered office in Missouri and file an amendment when something stated in your Articles of Organization changes. You are also responsible for federal tax obligations, Missouri tax filings, and any local business licenses your municipality requires. To confirm nothing affects your LLC's status this year, contact the Secretary of State's Corporations Division at (573) 751-4153.
Missouri LLCs must maintain a registered agent with a current Missouri street address who can accept legal documents on behalf of the company. That is the primary ongoing compliance requirement, and RSMo 347.030.1 requires you to "continuously maintain" both the agent and a registered office. If either changes, file the Secretary of State's change of registered agent or registered office form. RSMo 347.179.1(12) sets that fee at $5, and the published fee schedule charges $10 once the $5 technology fund charge is added. There is no annual report and no renewal fee, which removes the recurring cost and the recurring deadline that most states impose. You should still keep accurate records of member information, your operating agreement, and financial transactions, which members are entitled to inspect. Update the Secretary of State promptly after any change so service of process reaches you rather than a stale address. File your federal and Missouri tax returns on schedule. Contact the Secretary of State's Corporations Division at (573) 751-4153 to confirm your registered agent information is current.
Filing Articles of Organization with the Missouri Secretary of State costs $50 online, or $105 if you mail the paper LLC-1 form. The $50 rate applies only to domestic LLCs filing online, so a foreign LLC registering in Missouri should budget the $105 paper rate, and card payments add a small convenience fee that the state does not retain. Because Missouri requires no annual report and imposes no franchise tax, that one payment is your complete state filing obligation indefinitely, not just in year one. First-year state costs average about $232 nationally, so a Missouri LLC saves roughly $182 and ranks 3rd cheapest in the country. Budget separately for the things the state does not charge for: a professional registered agent if you use one, and any city or county business license your industry requires. To proceed, confirm your name is available through the Secretary of State's business entity search, complete the Articles of Organization, and file online to get the $50 rate.
Missouri's location at the crossroads of the Great Plains and Mississippi watershed provides direct access to farmers, agricultural cooperatives, and distribution networks throughout America's agricultural heartland. The state's focus on agriculture technology innovation, combined with its business-friendly LLC laws and minimal compliance requirements, creates an attractive environment for agtech startups and related ventures.
The compliance side is unusually simple. An agricultural LLC files no annual report and no biennial report in Missouri, because the state requires neither of an LLC, and it pays no franchise tax, so the recurring state cost of the entity is $0. The only ongoing obligation to the Secretary of State is keeping a registered agent and registered office on file. Missouri's Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority separately supports farming-related businesses with loan participation, tax credit and grant programs worth checking before you plan your capital needs. That combination of no recurring state filing, no franchise tax, and dedicated state programs is what makes Missouri cost-effective for agricultural operations. Contact the Secretary of State's Corporations Division to confirm your LLC's status, and the Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to see which of its programs you qualify for.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Missouri 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.
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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.
