Updated August 10, 2026. Quick answer. Forming an LLC in Indiana costs $100 by paper; online fee via INBiz not verified to file, and an ongoing report requirement ($50 by paper, filed BIENNIALLY (online fee not verified)). Five-year total: At least $250 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 | $100 by paper; online fee via INBiz not verified |
| Annual/biennial report | $50 by paper, filed BIENNIALLY (online fee not verified) |
| Franchise / minimum tax | none found in the sources searched |
| Publication requirement | No newspaper publication requirement was found. |
Five-year cost of ownership: At least $250 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
Official-site failure, recorded rather than worked around: the Indiana General Assembly site serves no statute text. https://iga.in.gov/laws/2025/ic/titles/23/articles/0.5/chapters/9 returned a near-empty page with no statute text on it, and https://iga.in.gov/laws/2025/ic/titles/23 likewise. Verbatim mirrors were also unreachable: law.justia.com HTTP 403, codes.findlaw.com HTTP 403, casetext.com HTTP 410, indiana.public.law does not resolve. Fees above therefore come from the Secretary of State’s own current forms, read directly: Articles of Organization https://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=16989 (State Form 494
Source
IC 23-18-2-4 and IC 23-0.5-9-19 (articles of organization); IC 23-0.5-9-34 (business entity report) — cited on the official forms; statutory text not retrievable. 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 Indiana LLC. A company that already exists in another state does not have to be dissolved and re-formed: Indiana takes it in as the same legal entity by the route its own code captions domestication, Ind. Code § 23-0.6-5-1(b), and the entity-law filing fee for it is $30 — a separate filing from the formation costs above. Going the other way, an Indiana LLC may leave for another US state under Ind. Code § 23-0.6-5-1(a). 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 Indiana. The catch-up bill is only half the story — in Indiana five years to reinstate, but only 120 days of name protection — the two clocks are not close to each other. The figures, and the statute they come from, are on reinstating an Indiana LLC.
Indiana LLC Business Entity Report: $32 Online vs. $50 Paper and Revocation Risk
Use these official filing checkpoints when reconciling the recurring-cost estimate on this page.
- Indiana's first Business Entity Report is due two years after formation or registration, then every other year.
- For-profit filing costs $32 on INBiz or $50 on paper.
- Failure to file results in administrative dissolution or revocation.
Match the entity’s formation or registration record, filing mode, and current status to the controlling rule before submitting; use the official filing authority for the current interface.
Compare LLC reporting systems across all jurisdictions, then verify this state’s rule in the official source.
Moving an LLC you already own is a different question from what it costs to form a new one here: Indiana’s statute calls the mechanism domestication, at Ind. Code § 23-0.6-5-1(b). See how to move an LLC to Indiana.
Looking for the annual-report due date and fee instead? See Indiana LLC annual report.
Related: Indiana’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.
Related: Indiana’s LLC Certificate of Good Standing cost, including who issues it and how fast you can get one.