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Starting an LLC in Kansas: what you should know first
Filing a Kansas LLC costs $85. The Information Report costs $90 every two years. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $772 covers three years.
By kind of owner
- Side hustle
- Quiet-year cost: $289 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, including the $0 state report in that year.
- Online business
- Required registered agent. The address has to be a Kansas address where the agent is regularly present. P.O. boxes are not accepted.
- Startup
- Filing: Articles of Organization (DL) with the Kansas Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
- First-time owner
- Report due: 15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end.
Questions
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Mainstay Filing: $284 in year 1 including the $85 filing fee, $289 in year 2.
Sources
- Kansas Secretary of State, Form DL fee schedule ($85 online, effective February 27, 2026): sos.ks.gov/media/press-releases/2026/05-26-26-secretary-of-state-reduces-fees-for-kansans.html, checked October 1, 2026
- Kansas formation fee: Filing fee, official source read 2026-10-01: sos.ks.gov/publications/Register/Volume-45/Issues/Issue-07/02-12-26-53865.html, checked October 1, 2026
- Kansas Form ILC, Information Report ($90 online, $110 paper): sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/ILC.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Kansas report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_076_0139.html, checked August 12, 2026
- Kansas registered agent statute (K.S.A. 17-7925): ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_079_0025.html, checked October 20, 2026