How Much Does a Wyoming LLC Cost? Full 2026 Fee Breakdown

A Wyoming LLC costs $100 to form and a minimum of $60 a year to keep active. Both figures come from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s fee schedule.

Most people don’t pay only $100, though. What you spend depends on whether you can act as your own registered agent, how you file, and, if you’re a non-US owner, one federal filing that carries a penalty larger than every state fee on this page combined.

Below is every cost, priced against the state’s own documents.

Wyoming LLC Cost at a Glance

Your Real First-Year Cost

A single number doesn’t help much, because two founders filing the same paperwork can pay very different amounts. Find your situation:

The state fee doesn’t change across those rows. Wyoming charges a non-US founder exactly the same $100 it charges a Cheyenne resident, and there’s no non-resident surcharge anywhere in the fee schedule.

What moves your total is the registered agent line, and whether you file yourself.

One-Time Formation Costs

Here’s what you can expect to pay during the Wyoming LLC formation process:

Articles of Organization: $100

This is the filing that creates your LLC. Once the Secretary of State approves it, your company legally exists. The fee is $100 either way you file.

Online Filing Fee, Reconciled

Your LLC Name: $0

Your name gets approved as part of the Articles of Organization filing. No separate form, no separate fee.

Search the state database before you submit. A rejected filing means paying the $100 again, and the most common reason for rejection is a name that isn’t distinguishable from one already on record.

Name Reservation: $60 (Usually Unnecessary)

You can hold an available name for 120 days for $60 under Wyo. Stat. § 17-29-109.

Three constraints appear on the state’s own form, and they’re the reason most founders should skip this:

• Payment must be by check or money order. There’s no online option, and the form can’t be submitted by email.

• Processing takes up to 15 business days.

• The form states directly that a reservation isn’t required if you’re submitting Articles of Organization at the same time.

If you’re filing this week, there’s no reason to spend $60 and wait two weeks for a name reservation. It only makes sense when you’re waiting on a co-founder or capital, you’re several weeks out from filing, and the name is central to a brand you’ve already built.

Note that from outside the US, a mail-only, check-only filing is a real logistical problem. Plus, a $60 reservation can end up costing more in courier fees and time than the reservation itself.

Operating Agreement: $0

Wyoming doesn’t require you to file an operating agreement with the state, so there’s no state fee attached to it.

Write one anyway. Banks routinely ask to see it before opening a business account, and it’s the document that evidences your LLC as a separate entity from you personally.

Single-member LLCs get the most out of having an operating agreement, since that separation is harder to demonstrate when one person owns everything and there are no other members to point to.

EIN: $0

Your Employer Identification Number is free directly from the IRS.

Services that charge for an EIN are charging for the paperwork, which is a fair thing to sell. The number itself costs nothing, so treat any line item labeled “EIN fee” as a service fee and price it accordingly.

If you hold a Social Security Number or ITIN, the online application usually returns your EIN the same day. Without one, you can’t use the online tool and will need to apply through another channel, which takes considerably longer.

Trade Name (DBA): $100

Registering a public-facing name that differs from your legal LLC name costs $100, with renewal at $50. Reserving a trade name before registering it costs $30, which is cheaper than the $60 entity name reservation.

Skip this unless you have a specific reason to operate under two names.

Series LLC: $10 Per Series

Wyoming lets you set up a parent LLC with separate series beneath it. The parent costs the standard $100. Each series designated or established under it costs $10.

For someone holding several rental properties or distinct brands, $10 per compartment is remarkable value compared to forming separate LLCs at $100 each. 

The tradeoff is administrative: series structures require careful separate bookkeeping to hold up, and the liability shield between series has been tested less in court than the shield around a standalone LLC.

Registering an Existing Out-of-State LLC: $150

If your LLC was formed elsewhere and you want it authorized in Wyoming, you file a Certificate of Authority for $150, not the $100 domestic rate.

Recurring Yearly Costs

Forming your LLC is only the beginning. You’ll also need to budget for these recurring yearly costs costs to keep your Wyoming LLC active and in good standing:

Annual Report License Tax: $60 Minimum

Every Wyoming LLC pays this, every year, for as long as the company exists.

The tax is $60, or two-tenths of one mill ($0.0002) per dollar of assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater.

Two corrections worth making, because both circulate widely in the wrong form.

The tax runs on assets, not revenue. A Wyoming LLC turning over $2 million with no assets physically located in the state still pays $60. Only Wyoming-situated assets enter the calculation, which is why the fee stays flat for most e-commerce, consulting, and software businesses regardless of how much they earn.

And the break-even point is $300,000, not the $250,000 figure you’ll see repeated. Apply the state’s own formula and the arithmetic is clear:

Anything at or below $300,000 in Wyoming assets produces a calculated figure under $60, so the minimum governs. That covers the overwhelming majority of small and remote businesses.

Filing online adds the same 2.4% processing fee, so a $60 tax becomes $61.44. 

Two things worth knowing from that page: you can complete the online wizard and then print and mail the report at no extra cost if you’d rather avoid the card fee, and any report with a license tax above $500 can’t be e-filed at all.

Wyoming LLC Deadlines

This causes more Wyoming dissolutions than any fee on this page.

Your annual report is due on the first day of your LLC’s anniversary month. The state’s own example: register on January 15, and your report is due January 1 every year after .

For example, an LLC formed March 22 has a March 1 deadline. One formed August 9 is due August 1. One formed December 30 is due December 1.

Look closely at that first example and you’ll see the trap: an LLC created on March 22 owes its first report on March 1 the following year, which is eleven months and nine days later, not twelve.

Founders who form late in a month and assume they have a full year get caught by that gap. Calendar it the day you file.

Registered Agent: Required, But Not a State Fee

Wyoming requires every LLC to maintain a registered agent with a physical Wyoming street address. That agent can be a Wyoming resident or a business entity authorized to operate in the state.

With a Wyoming street address and availability during business hours, you can serve as your own agent for nothing. Without one, you hire a service, and the price is set by private companies rather than the state, which is why it isn’t a state fee and why quoted ranges vary.

One data point the state does publish: commercial registered agents pay $50 a year to register with Wyoming, and changing your agent costs $5. Useful context when you’re comparing quotes.

Related Read: Wyoming Registered Agent for Forming an LLC

What Wyoming Doesn’t Charge You

Part of why Wyoming stays cheap is the absence of costs other states impose.

Wyoming doesn’t require a general statewide business license. The Secretary of State handles LLC formation but doesn’t issue a blanket business license.

For licensing and permits, it directs businesses to the Wyoming Business Council. Sales and use tax questions go to the Department of Revenue. Industry and municipal permits can still apply, food service, construction, and childcare all typically need one, but a remote consultancy generally won’t.

There’s also no separate annual report form fee beyond the license tax itself. And Certificates of Good Standing, which banks and payment processors frequently request, are available free online, even though the fee schedule prices a certified Certificate of Existence at $20. Don’t pay for the free version.

Expedited Filing Exists Now, But Not for New LLCs

This changed in mid-2026, and older guidance hasn’t caught up. Wyoming’s own legacy LLC instructions still state that its statutes don’t permit expedited filing.

Wyoming House Bill 16 (2026) authorized the Secretary of State to charge an expedite fee, effective July 1, 2026. The current fee schedule lists $1,400 for same-business-day service and $700 for next-business-day service, charged per document and on top of the standard filing fee.

New entity formations are excluded. Expedited review covers eligible paper filings, and anything that can already be completed online isn’t eligible. The fee also buys priority examination, not approval, so a rejected filing doesn’t get the money back.

If a provider offers you rush formation for a few hundred dollars, that’s their internal handling speed, not a state service. Online filing is already the fast path.

On timelines: Mail filings take up to 15 business days from receipt, per the state’s filing guidance. Online submissions move through the WyoBiz queue, and you can check which day the office is currently processing on the official website.

The Federal Cost That Isn’t on Any Fee Schedule

If you’re a non-US person who owns a US single-member LLC, there’s an annual IRS filing that no state document mentions and that carries the largest number on this page.

A foreign-owned US disregarded entity, which includes a single-member LLC owned by a non-US person, must file Form 5472 attached to a pro forma Form 1120 each year. The requirement applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017 under Treasury Regulation § 1.6038A-1.

Failing to file, or filing a substantially incomplete form, carries a $25,000 penalty under Internal Revenue Code § 6038A(d). If the failure continues more than 90 days after the IRS issues notice, another $25,000 applies for each 30-day period after that, with no statutory cap.

Three assumptions cause most of the damage here:

• “No income” doesn’t mean “no filing.” The trigger is a reportable transaction between you and the LLC, not profit. Wiring in your own money to cover the $60 annual report can qualify.

• “Disregarded entity” doesn’t mean disregarded for reporting. The disregarded treatment applies to income tax. The information return sits outside that.

• Filing your Wyoming annual report on time does nothing for your IRS position. Different agency, different statute, different deadline.

Budget for a preparer who has done this before. For a non-US owner, it’s the largest recurring compliance risk of holding a Wyoming LLC, and it’s invisible on every state fee schedule.

Related Read: Wyoming LLC Taxation for Non-US Residents

Where BOI Reporting Stands

Wyoming LLCs are currently exempt from beneficial ownership reporting. 

FinCEN published an interim final rule on March 26, 2025 that narrowed the definition of “reporting company” to cover only entities formed under the law of a foreign country, exempting all entities created in the United States.

Two caveats. It’s an interim rule, and a final rule hasn’t been issued, so the position could shift. And BOI exemption has no bearing on Form 5472, which some providers conflate when selling compliance packages.

What It Costs to Miss the Deadline

The fastest way to make a $60 obligation expensive is to ignore it.

If the annual report and license tax go unpaid for 60 days past the due date, your entity becomes subject to dissolution.

Coming back costs more than staying current:

All three fees come from the Wyoming Secretary of State. Reinstatement also requires paying every missed annual report and any unpaid license taxes.

The registered agent version at $350 is the expensive one, and it’s easier to trigger than people expect. An agent who resigns or a service that lapses because a card expired both put you there. If your agent’s renewal is on autopay, check that the card on file hasn’t expired.

Wyoming LLC Costs Compared to Other Popular States

Wyoming’s recurring cost is among the lowest in the country, it levies no state income tax, and the license tax is bounded by your Wyoming assets rather than your earnings.

Nevada is also grouped with Wyoming in a lot of advice because neither state charges personal or corporate income tax. On fees, they aren’t close.

Nevada requires three filings before your LLC can operate, and all three are due up front:

• Articles of Organization: $75

• Initial List of Managers or Members: $150

• State Business License: $200

First-year Total: $425

The $200 State Business License line catches people. Nevada charges it to every LLC, partnership, and sole proprietorship, with corporations paying $500, and it renews every year. Wyoming has no equivalent, which is the single biggest structural difference between the two states.

Both states tie the deadline to your anniversary month, but in opposite directions. Wyoming’s annual report is due the first day of that month. Nevada’s Annual List and license renewal are due the last day. If you hold entities in both states, that difference is worth writing down.

Nevada’s late penalties also stack, because there are two separate filings to miss. Reinstating a Nevada LLC costs $300, compared to Wyoming’s $100 for tax reinstatement.

Related Read: How Much Does an LLC Cost by State? A Complete Breakdown of Filing & Ongoing Fees

Five Years of Ownership: Wyoming vs Nevada

Running the sourced state fees forward, and assuming no penalties or optional filings:

That’s a $1,485 difference over five years for two companies doing identical work. Neither state taxes your income, so the fee gap is the whole story.

When Forming in Wyoming Doesn’t Save You Money

If you live and operate in another US state, forming in Wyoming usually saves you nothing. You’ll likely need to register the Wyoming LLC as a foreign LLC in your home state, pay that state’s fees, and file that state’s taxes on the same income. Two sets of filings, one set of benefits.

Wyoming makes the most sense in two situations: you’re a Wyoming resident, or you operate entirely from outside the US with no fixed footprint in any single state.

There’s a real caveat, though, and it cuts against the common advice. If you live and operate in another US state, forming in Wyoming usually doesn’t save you anything. You’ll likely need to register the Wyoming LLC as a foreign LLC in your home state, pay that state’s fees, and file that state’s taxes on the same income. Two sets of filings, one set of benefits. 

Wyoming makes the most sense if you’re a Wyoming resident, or if you operate entirely from outside the US with no fixed footprint in any single state.

The Cheapest Legitimate Path

If the lowest possible number is your only priority:

1. File online yourself. $102.40 with the card fee.
2. Skip the name reservation. Saves $60 and two weeks.
3. Act as your own registered agent, if you have a Wyoming street address.
4. Write your own operating agreement.
5. Get your EIN directly from the IRS.
6. Skip the DBA unless you need a second public name. Saves $100.
7. Pull your Certificate of Good Standing free from WyoBiz rather than paying $20.
8. Set a calendar reminder for your anniversary month, which costs nothing and prevents the $100 to $350 reinstatement scenario.

Floor: $102.40 in year one, $61.44 in year two.

That path assumes you’re physically in Wyoming and comfortable handling filings yourself. 

For most people reading this, a paid registered agent isn’t an optional upsell but a requirement you can’t satisfy on your own. 

And for a non-US owner, paying someone competent to handle Form 5472 is cheap insurance against a $25,000 assessment.

Common Mistakes That Cost Money

• Filing without searching the name first. A rejection means another $100.

• Assuming a January 1 deadline. It’s your anniversary month, and this is the leading cause of Wyoming dissolutions.

• Paying for an EIN. Free from the IRS.

• Paying $20 for a Certificate of Good Standing. Free online.

• Buying expedited service for a new LLC. Formations aren’t eligible.

• Treating Wyoming compliance as federal compliance. It isn’t.

• Forming in Wyoming while living and operating in another US state. You’ll usually pay twice.

• Letting a registered agent lapse. That’s the $350 reinstatement.

Where doola Fits Into This

Everything above is doable on your own. Plenty of people file online themselves, act as their own registered agent, and never think about it again. If that’s you, the $102.40 path is the right one and you can stop reading here.

This path, however, stops working the moment you’re outside the US. No Wyoming street address means you can’t be your own agent. No SSN means the IRS online tool is closed to you. And foreign ownership triggers a Form 5472 obligation every year, whether the LLC earns anything or not. 

doola handles the filing, the registered agent, the annual report deadline, and the federal filings that go with foreign ownership. Non-US founders welcome, and the state charges you the same $100 it charges everyone else.

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