Updated August 10, 2026. Quick answer. Forming an LLC in Alaska costs an unverified filing fee (see the table below), and an unverified ongoing report requirement. Five-year total: Not computed — unverified input(s) a reader cannot do without: the formation filing fee and the annual report fee. Treating an unverified fee as zero would understate this state.
What it actually costs
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Formation filing fee | Not verified — see notes |
| Annual/biennial report | Not verified |
| Franchise / minimum tax | Not verified — see notes |
| Publication requirement | Not verified. |
Five-year cost of ownership: Not computed — unverified input(s) a reader cannot do without: the formation filing fee and the annual report fee. Treating an unverified fee as zero would understate this state. 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
No figure in this row could be verified: the official source was unreachable, and that is recorded here rather than worked around. Sources tried, all on 2026-08-06: (1) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/FeeSchedule.aspx — blocked to outside readers; body is a 770-byte ‘Please enable JavaScript’ shield page, i.e. the whole commerce.alaska.gov domain is closed to automated readers. (2) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/corporations.aspx — same 403 shield. (3) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp (Alaska Administrative Code, where 3 AAC 16 fees would live) —
Source
AS 10.50 (Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act); fees believed to be set by regulation at 3 AAC 16 — neither text was readable. Read 2026-08-06 from official. Formation-service sites were not used as a source for this figure.
Once the LLC exists, an operating agreement is what actually runs it
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If the LLC already exists somewhere else
Everything above prices forming a new Alaska LLC. A company that already exists in another state does not have to be dissolved and re-formed: Alaska takes it in as the same legal entity by the route its own code captions domestication, AS 10.55.501; AS 10.50.075, and the entity-law filing fee for it is $275 as the agency last published it (that fee page carries no date) — a separate filing from the formation costs above. Going the other way, an Alaska LLC may leave for another US state under AS 10.55.501. Either way the move needs both ends to allow it — the state being left as well as the state being joined — which is where most published advice goes wrong.
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What letting it lapse costs in Alaska. The catch-up bill is only half the story — in Alaska two years to come back, but the name is released after six months and the bill is double the delinquent amount, not simple back pay. The figures, and the statute they come from, are on reinstating an Alaska LLC.
Closing an LLC in Alaska and forming a new one elsewhere is not the only route out, and it is rarely the cheapest: moving an LLC out of Alaska covers whether Alaska’s statute permits the move and what the Alaska-side filing costs.
Looking for the annual-report due date and fee instead? See Alaska LLC annual report.
Related: Alaska’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.
Related: Alaska’s LLC Certificate of Good Standing cost, including who issues it and how fast you can get one.