Updated August 10, 2026. Quick answer. Forming an LLC in Missouri costs $50 online; $105 by paper to file, and no periodic report is required. Five-year total: At least $50 over five years — one or more components (commonly the franchise/minimum tax) is unverified, so treat this as a floor, not a total.
What it actually costs
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Formation filing fee | $50 online; $105 by paper |
| Annual/biennial report | none – Missouri requires no periodic report from LLCs |
| Franchise / minimum tax | not verified |
| Publication requirement | No newspaper publication requirement was found. |
Five-year cost of ownership: At least $50 over five years — one or more components (commonly the franchise/minimum tax) is unverified, so treat this as a floor, not a total. Publication cost is excluded from this figure — it’s county-driven where it applies, not state-driven, so a single number would be wrong for most filers.
The trap worth knowing before you file
revisor.mo.gov served its pages normally. Surcharge section: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.740. Chapter list used to prove the no-report finding: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=347. Agency-vs-statute: the SOS’s charged amounts ($50/$105) equal statute plus the RSMo 347.740 surcharge, so there is no conflict – but a table citing only RSMo 347.179 would publish $45/$100 and be wrong.
Once the LLC exists, an operating agreement is what actually runs it
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Source
RSMo 347.179.1(1)-(2), 347.179.2, 347.740; absence of any periodic-report section in RSMo ch. 347. Read 2026-08-06 from statute. Formation-service sites were not used as a source for this figure.
If the LLC already exists somewhere else
Everything above prices forming a new Missouri LLC. A company that already exists in another state cannot become a Missouri one: Missouri is one of the eight jurisdictions with no jurisdiction-change route in either direction, and there is no section to cite, because nothing in the code read permits it. The substitute is a merger — form a Missouri LLC, then merge the older company into it, under Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 347.127 to 347.135 ($25 to file). A merger produces a surviving entity rather than a continuation, so it is genuinely not the same thing as domestication, but it keeps far more alive than dissolving and re-forming does.
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See LLC Cost by State: The Five-Year Number, Not the Filing Fee for more on this.
See LLC Annual Report Requirements by State: All 51 Jurisdictions for more on this.