New Jersey LLC Fees for 2026: Formation, Annual Report & Agent
Budgeting a New Jersey LLC is refreshingly quick, because the state publishes a short fee schedule and sticks to it. Every dollar below goes to the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), the Treasury office that runs the business registry, except for the clearly marked rows that are ours.
What does New Jersey charge to form an LLC?
$125, collected when your Certificate of Formation is recorded. The official DORES instructions state it plainly: $125 per filing for all domestic entities except nonprofits. Filing happens on the DORES formation portal, and the unnumbered paper route through the public records filing packet carries the same price tag. No numbered form exists for this filing, so ignore anyone selling you one.
What does the annual report run each year?
$75, due by the final day of your anniversary month, payable only through the online annual report portal because paper reports are not accepted. Card payments add a $3 processing charge; eCheck adds $1. New Jersey imposes no flat late fine on a tardy report, but let two consecutive years lapse and the state can revoke your charter.
What about changing your registered agent?
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The Numbers, Side by Side
| Fee | Amount | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Formation | $125 | One time |
| Annual report | $75 | Yearly |
| Report portal processing | $3 card / $1 eCheck | With each report |
| Agent or office change (Form L-122) | $25 | When needed |
| Formation service (us) | $199 | One time, first-year agent included |
| Registered agent service (us) | $99/yr | Ongoing or standalone |
| Foreign qualification (us) | $199 + state fees | One time |
First Year Versus Every Year After
Year one through us: $199 for the service plus $125 to the state, $324 all told, with registered agent coverage already bundled in. From year two onward the picture is $75 to New Jersey for the report and $99 to us for the agent seat.
Registering an LLC You Formed Elsewhere
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Get StartedOut-of-state companies expanding into New Jersey use our foreign qualification service at $199 plus whatever the state bills for the registration itself. No estimates and no "call for a quote," just the flat rate with state fees passed through untouched.