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Starting an LLC in Oregon: what you should know first
Filing a Oregon LLC costs $100. The Annual Report costs $100 a year. Our pick is Mainstay Filing; $897 covers three years.
By kind of owner
- Side hustle
- Quiet-year cost: $299 in year 2 with Mainstay Filing, including the $100 state report in that year.
- Online business
- Required registered agent. The address has to be a physical street address in Oregon where papers can be handed over. A commercial mail receiving agency, mail-forwarding business or virtual office is not accepted.
- Startup
- Filing: Articles of Organization - Limited Liability Company with the Oregon Secretary of State. Write the operating agreement before you open the bank account.
- First-time owner
- Report due: Anniversary of the LLC's formation in Oregon, every year.
Questions
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Mainstay Filing: $299 in year 1 including the $100 filing fee, $299 in year 2.
Sources
- ORS 63.044 (formation) and ORS 63.047 (articles of organization); filing fee set administratively by the Secretary of State (Business Registry Fee Schedule) (multira state research spine): www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors063.html, checked August 12, 2026
- Oregon formation fee: Filing fee, official source read 2026-10-01: sos.oregon.gov/business/Documents/business-registry-forms/br-fee-schedule.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (multira state research spine): sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/obr-annual-report-renewal.aspx, checked August 12, 2026
- Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (multira state research spine): sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/renew.aspx, checked August 12, 2026
- Oregon report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_63.787, checked August 12, 2026