Pennsylvania LLC: fees, how to start and deadlines
Pennsylvania charges $125 to file an LLC Certificate of Organization. The annual report costs $7 and is filed between January 1 and September 30 each year.
Filing fee$125
Ongoing state fee$7 yearly
DeadlineJanuary 1 to September 30 each year.
How to start an LLC in Pennsylvania
Pick a name and check it is available with the Department of State.
Set up a registered office. Pennsylvania does not require a registered agent. You need a registered office at a Pennsylvania street address (a PO box alone is not accepted), or you can list a Commercial Registered Office Provider (CROP).
File the Certificate of Organization (Form 15-8821) and pay $125.
Get an EIN from the IRS. It is free.
File the annual report ($7) between January 1 and September 30 each year.
The Department of State says Pennsylvania does not require a registered agent. Instead, an LLC needs a registered office: an actual Pennsylvania street address or rural route box (15 Pa.C.S. §135(c)(1)), or a listed Commercial Registered Office Provider (§109). Changing the registered office is a $5 filing.
Fee $7, filed between January 1 and September 30 each year (required since 2025). For reports due in 2027 and later, an LLC that doesn't file faces administrative dissolution 6 months after the due date. The old decennial report has been repealed.
Pennsylvania LLC fees and deadlines Cited (official pages)
Filing office
Department of State, Bureau of Corporations
Formation fee details
$125 Certificate of Organization.
Year-1 state total
$125
Ongoing filing
Annual Report (from 2025)
Ongoing fee
$7
Deadline
January 1 to September 30 each year.
Late penalty
From reports due in 2027 onward, administrative dissolution 6 months after the due date
Newspaper publication
None found
Registered agent
No registered agent required. A registered office at a Pennsylvania street address (15 Pa.C.S. §135) or a Commercial Registered Office Provider (§109) is required.