Form an LLC in South Carolina
Forming an LLC in South Carolina costs $125 in state filing fees, paid to the South Carolina Secretary of State. FastBusinessFiling prepares and files your articles for a flat $100, so the total to have it done for you is $225. The state's $125 is passed through at cost, not marked up. Fees are taken from each state's official fee schedule, last checked August 4, 2026.
Source: South Carolina Secretary of State. Checked August 4, 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 South Carolina LLC cost in total?
$225 in total: $125 to the South Carolina Secretary of State plus our $100 flat fee to prepare and file it.
- South Carolina government fee
- $125
- Our service fee
- $100 flat
- Total through us
- $225
- Filed with
- South Carolina Secretary of State
- Prepared and submitted
- Within one business day
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
What is different about forming an LLC in South Carolina?
Includes South Carolina's $15 electronic records access fee.
What does South Carolina require after you form an LLC?
South Carolina requires no annual report and a registered agent at all times, plus sales tax registration if you sell taxable goods.
Annual report
South Carolina does not require an annual report from LLCs unless the LLC is taxed as a corporation, in which case the filing goes to the Department of Revenue with the tax return. More on South Carolina annual reports.
Sales tax registration
$50 to the state, and only if you sell taxable goods. South Carolina calls this a retail license. It is a one-time $50 per location with no renewal. More on South Carolina reseller permits.
Registered agent
Every South Carolina 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
South Carolina registers trade names at the county level, so there is no single state fee. South Carolina does not register trade names at the state level. Contact us and we will quote your county by hand.
What else do people ask about forming an LLC in South Carolina?
$125 goes to the South Carolina Secretary of State as the state filing fee. Our service fee is $100 flat, so $225 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 $125.
South Carolina does not require an annual report from LLCs unless the LLC is taxed as a corporation, in which case the filing goes to the Department of Revenue with the tax return.
Yes, if you have a street address in South Carolina 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. South Carolina's sales tax registration costs $50. South Carolina calls this a retail license. It is a one-time $50 per location with no renewal.. 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 South Carolina Secretary of 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 South Carolina filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page are paid to the South Carolina Secretary of State. Fees are taken from each state's official fee schedule, last checked August 4, 2026. 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 South Carolina.
