First LLC Guide › Missouri
Starting an LLC in Missouri: what you should know first
Filing a Missouri LLC costs $50. There is no annual report afterwards. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $647 covers three years.
By kind of owner
- Side hustle
- Quiet-year cost: $199 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, no state report.
- Online business
- Required registered agent. The address has to be a physical street address in Missouri. A P.O. box can be listed only together with a street address.
- Startup
- Filing: Articles of Organization (LLC-1) with the Missouri Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
- First-time owner
- Nothing to file yearly.
Questions
Best LLC formation service in Missouri for a first-time owner?
Mainstay Filing: $249 in year 1 including the $50 filing fee, $199 in year 2.
Sources
- RSMo 347.037 (Missouri Limited Liability Company Act - formation); registered office/agent required by RSMo 347.030 (multira state research spine): revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.037, checked August 12, 2026
- Missouri formation fee: Filing fee, official source read 2026-10-01: www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/fees.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division (multira state research spine): www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/filings, checked August 12, 2026
- Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division (multira state research spine): www.sos.mo.gov/fileonline/reports, checked August 12, 2026
- Missouri report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations, checked August 12, 2026
- Missouri registered agent statute (RSMo 347.030): revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.030, checked October 20, 2026