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Filing yourself, a Texas LLC costs 300 dollars in state fees over its first three years: the fee for the certificate of formation [107]. Texas charges no fee for a yearly report to the Secretary of State. It has a franchise tax instead, which this site names but does not compute.

The state fees

• Formation: the filing fee for a certificate of formation for an LLC is 300 dollars [107].
• Every year: the franchise tax report is due May 15 [108]. For the 2026 and 2027 reports, the no tax due threshold is 2,650,000 dollars; an LLC at or below it files the Public Information Report or the Ownership Report [108].
• Registered agent: an LLC must keep a registered agent and a registered office address in Texas [107].
• Optional fees: standard expedited processing costs 50 dollars per document, and a name reservation for 120 days costs 40 dollars [109].
• An LLC formed in another state pays 750 dollars to register in Texas [109].

Over three years

Formation is the only fixed state fee we count, so the total is 300 dollars whatever the formation date. Whether an LLC owes franchise tax is set by the Comptroller’s rules, which include the no tax due threshold; the calculator does not compute it. The Comptroller’s page explains the thresholds and the reports [108].

Through a formation service the total grows by the service’s package and, if you use it, its registered agent. The calculator for Texas adds them for each service whose prices we could read. The fees of the other states are in the table of filing fees.

This page reports the fees the state publishes. It is not legal or tax advice.