Starting an LLC in Alaska: what you should know first

Filing a Alaska LLC costs $250. The Biennial Report costs $100 every two years. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $947 covers three years.

By kind of owner

Side hustle: Quiet-year cost: $299 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, including the $0 state report in that year.
Online business: Required registered agent. The registered office needs a physical Alaska address. A P.O. box can be given only as a separate mailing address.
Startup: Filing: Articles of Organization (08-484) with the Alaska Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
First-time owner: Report due: January 2 of the filing year.

Best LLC formation service in Alaska for a first-time owner?

Mainstay Filing: $449 in year 1 including the $250 filing fee, $299 in year 2.

Alaska Stat. §§ 10.50.070 (organizers), 10.50.075 (contents of articles of organization) (multira state research spine): www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50&secEnd=10.50.995, checked August 12, 2026
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Corporations Section (multira state research spine): www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/, checked August 12, 2026
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Corporations Section (multira state research spine): www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/corporations/biennialreports.aspx, checked August 12, 2026
Alaska report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/Search/Entities, checked August 12, 2026