Starting an LLC in Georgia: what you should know first

Filing a Georgia LLC costs $110. The Annual Registration costs $60 a year. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $827 covers three years.

By kind of owner

Side hustle: Quiet-year cost: $259 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, including the $60 state report in that year.
Online business: Required registered agent. The address has to be a Georgia street address that is also the agent's business office, and the agent has to be located there. A P.O. box or mail drop cannot be used.
Startup: Filing: Articles of Organization (CD 030) with the Georgia Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
First-time owner: Report due: April 1.

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Mainstay Filing: $309 in year 1 including the $110 filing fee, $259 in year 2.

Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division fee schedule Rev. 8/2025, effective September 6, 2025 (Articles of Organization $100 + $10 service charge, online and paper; georgia.gov still shows the older $100 online / $110 mail split, the newer SOS schedule is used): sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Reference%20-%20Filing%20Fees_0.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
Georgia Secretary of State fee schedule Rev. 8/2025 and annual registration guide (annual registration $50 + $10 service charge = $60, online and paper, effective September 6, 2025): sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-file-annual-registration, checked October 16, 2026
Georgia report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-14/chapter-11/article-11/section-14-11-1103/, checked August 12, 2026
Georgia registered agent statute (O.C.G.A. § 14-11-209): sos.ga.gov/page/business-division-faq, checked October 20, 2026