Form an LLC in Connecticut
Forming an LLC in Connecticut costs $120 in state filing fees, paid to the Connecticut Secretary of the State. FastBusinessFiling prepares and files your articles for a flat $100, so the total to have it done for you is $220. The state's $120 is passed through at cost, not marked up. Fees last checked Oct 2, 2026, on the official site of the Connecticut Secretary of the State.
Source: Connecticut Secretary of the State. Fees last checked Oct 2, 2026.
Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Filed within one business day
One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.
A specialist reads every filing
Prepared and checked before it is filed. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.
Registered agent at $99, only if you want one
Optional, and it sits beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.
One price, and nothing starts on its own
$100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.
What does a Connecticut LLC cost in total?
$220 in total: $120 to the Connecticut Secretary of the State plus our $100 flat fee to prepare and file it.
- Connecticut government fee
- $120
- Our service fee
- $100 flat
- Total through us
- $220
- Filed with
- Connecticut Secretary of the State
- Prepared and submitted
- Within one business day
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
What does Connecticut require after you form an LLC?
Connecticut requires an annual report ($80 to the state) and a registered agent at all times, plus sales tax registration if you sell taxable goods.
Annual report
$80 to the state. Annual report, filed between January 1 and March 31. More on Connecticut annual reports.
Sales tax registration
$100 to the state, and only if you sell taxable goods. Connecticut is one of the few states that charges for a sales tax permit. It renews every 2 years at no cost. More on Connecticut reseller permits.
Registered agent
Every Connecticut LLC has to name one. It can be you at no cost if you have a street address in the state. Ours is $99 a year and optional, with no first year that quietly becomes a renewal.
Trade name, if you use one
Connecticut registers trade names at the county level, so there is no single state fee. Connecticut registers trade names with the town clerk. Contact us and we will quote your town by hand.
What else do people ask about forming an LLC in Connecticut?
$120 goes to the Connecticut Secretary of the State as the state filing fee. Our service fee is $100 flat, so $220 covers everything to have the filing prepared and submitted for you. You can also file it yourself directly with the state and pay only the $120.
Yes. Connecticut charges $80. Annual report, filed between January 1 and March 31. We file it for $50 plus that fee.
Yes, if you have a street address in Connecticut where somebody can accept legal papers during business hours. A PO box will not do. Using your own address costs nothing. Our registered agent service is $99 a year and exists for people forming out of state or keeping a home address off the public record.
Only if you sell taxable goods. Connecticut's sales tax registration costs $100. Connecticut is one of the few states that charges for a sales tax permit. It renews every 2 years at no cost.. It is a separate filing from forming the LLC, and we handle it for $50.
We prepare and submit your filing within one business day of your order. After that it is the Connecticut Secretary of the State's queue, which moves at a different speed in different weeks; we tell you what the state is quoting when you order rather than promising a date we do not control.
Other Connecticut filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page are paid to the Connecticut Secretary of the State. Fees last checked Oct 2, 2026, on the official site of the Connecticut Secretary of the State. States change them without much warning, and your exact total is recalculated at checkout from the same table. FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice. You can file any of this yourself directly with Connecticut.
