Form an LLC in Washington
Forming an LLC in Washington costs $200 in state filing fees, paid to the Washington Secretary of State. FastBusinessFiling prepares and files your articles for a flat $100, so the total to have it done for you is $300. The state's $200 is passed through at cost, not marked up. Fees are taken from each state's official fee schedule, last checked August 4, 2026.
Source: Washington 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 Washington LLC cost in total?
$300 in total: $200 to the Washington Secretary of State plus our $100 flat fee to prepare and file it.
- Washington government fee
- $200
- Our service fee
- $100 flat
- Total through us
- $300
- Filed with
- Washington Secretary of State
- Prepared and submitted
- Within one business day
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
What is different about forming an LLC in Washington?
Includes Washington's online filing charge. Washington also requires a separate business license, which we handle if you order the reseller permit.
What does Washington require after you form an LLC?
Washington requires an annual report ($70 to the state) and a registered agent at all times, plus sales tax registration if you sell taxable goods.
Annual report
$70 to the state. Annual report, due at the end of your anniversary month. More on Washington annual reports.
Sales tax registration
$50 to the state, and only if you sell taxable goods. Washington bundles sales tax registration into the Business License Application. A new business pays $50; adding to an existing business is $10. More on Washington reseller permits.
Registered agent
Every Washington 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
$5 to the state, plus our $50. The trade name is filed with the Department of Revenue rather than the Secretary of State and does not expire.
What else do people ask about forming an LLC in Washington?
$200 goes to the Washington Secretary of State as the state filing fee. Our service fee is $100 flat, so $300 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 $200.
Yes. Washington charges $70. Annual report, due at the end of your anniversary month. We file it for $50 plus that fee.
Yes, if you have a street address in Washington 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. Washington's sales tax registration costs $50. Washington bundles sales tax registration into the Business License Application. A new business pays $50; adding to an existing business is $10.. 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 Washington 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 Washington filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page are paid to the Washington 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 Washington.
