Form an LLC in Wisconsin
Forming an LLC in Wisconsin costs $130 in state filing fees, paid to the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. FastBusinessFiling prepares and files your articles for a flat $100, so the total to have it done for you is $230. The state's $130 is passed through at cost, not marked up, and was verified against the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on August 4, 2026.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. 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 by someone who files these all day. 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
The lowest published rate of the five services we compare, sitting 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.
Wisconsin llc formation at a glance
- Wisconsin government fee
- $130
- Our service fee
- $100 flat
- Total through us
- $230
- Prepared and submitted
- Within one business day
- Renewals or subscriptions
- None
What Wisconsin asks for after you form
Annual report
$25 to the state. Annual report, due in the calendar quarter containing your organization anniversary. More on Wisconsin annual reports.
Sales tax registration
$20 to the state, and only if you sell taxable goods. The $20 business tax registration covers 2 years and all locations, then renews at $10. More on Wisconsin reseller permits.
Registered agent
Every Wisconsin 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
Wisconsin registers trade names at the county level, so there is no single state fee. Wisconsin does not require or offer a state trade name registration for LLCs, so there is nothing for us to file. A Wisconsin LLC may simply operate under another name.
Wisconsin questions
$130 goes to the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions as the state filing fee. Our service fee is $100 flat, so $230 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 $130.
Yes. Wisconsin charges $25. Annual report, due in the calendar quarter containing your organization anniversary. We file it for $50 plus that fee.
Yes, if you have a street address in Wisconsin 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. Wisconsin's sales tax registration costs $20. The $20 business tax registration covers 2 years and all locations, then renews at $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 Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions'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 Wisconsin filings
What other states charge
Government fees on this page were read from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions and last checked on August 4, 2026. States change them without much warning; we recheck all 51 on a schedule and your exact total is recalculated at checkout, so the number you pay is the number in force that day. 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 Wisconsin.