Virginia in brief
23rd
of 50 for state fees across three years
Fee the state takes at filing
$100
Annual Registration Fee
$50 / yr
Deadline, as the state states it: last day of the LLC's anniversary month. Per
scc.virginia.gov, confirmed October 2026
Cost of missing the deadline
$25
What the state collects in 3 years
$200
Three years of fees paid to the state
Virginia: the services we would choose
We ordered the list with five criteria, and three-year fees and coverage count most (the
method page covers the rest).
Our top choice
1. Mainstay Filing: best for having fewer yearly chores
Year 1 is $199, later years $199, and the state fee is separate
Mainstay Filing ranks first for you since $199 a year gets you filed, gets you a registered agent and gets your annual registration fee sent in.
Three years of this provider's fees run $200 above VA Registered Agent.org's; what you get for the difference is a broader set of filings done for you.
Your Annual Registration Fee is filed as part of the price, and you pay the state's $50 at cost.
What your money gets you
- Prepares your formation papers and files them
- Acts as your registered agent all year
- Prepares and files your annual registration fee
- Applies for your EIN
- The state fee is handed on as is
What works
- There is no separate EIN fee
- No jump at renewal ($199)
- A yearly bundle at $199
What to weigh
- VA Registered Agent.org renews for $100 less
One state
2. VA Registered Agent.org: best for a thrifty first year
$199 plus the state fee; the agent then costs $99 a year from year 2
Next comes VA Registered Agent.org, because $199 gets you formed, and the agent renews at $99.
You send in the Annual Registration Fee on your own, every year.
What your money gets you
- Prepares and submits your articles
- First year of agent service
What works
- A year of agent service is in the price
- Then $99 a year
- $199 above the state fee
What to weigh
- A Annual Registration Fee service is not offered
- Help with the EIN is $99
The 2 picks compared
All prices come from the companies' own pages, as they stood on November 13, 2026. Virginia charges $100 to file, apart from what any provider bills.
Virginia LLC cost calculator
Pick how many years you want to total and which provider you would use. What the state takes is built from its own schedule: $100 when you form, then the Annual Registration Fee from year 2.
How Virginia compares with the states near it in the ranking
Virginia filing fee for 2026
You will pay $100, and you file the Articles of Organization of a Virginia Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1011) with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), as Va. Code § 13.1-1010 provides. The amount is the same whoever files for you.
The report Virginia wants again and again
You file the Annual Registration Fee every year, and the state words the deadline as last day of the LLC's anniversary month; the fee is $50. If you are late, you pay $25.
Why the first pick is first
Mainstay Filing wins on upkeep the price covers, which counts 26%, and VA Registered Agent.org is next.
Getting the Annual Registration Fee filed for you was worth more than the smaller three-year bill at VA Registered Agent.org.
Common questions
How much will Virginia charge me to form an LLC?
Filing costs $100 at the state office. Our picks charge $199 in year 1.
What will I pay for the Virginia Annual Registration Fee?
You pay $50, every year, and the deadline reads last day of the LLC's anniversary month. Filing late costs $25.
Is Virginia a low-cost state for LLCs?
Virginia ranks 23rd of 50 on three-year state fees, at $200. Rank 1 is the lowest total.
Will I need a registered agent in Virginia?
Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.
Which LLC services does this page rank?
Mainstay Filing ($199) and VA Registered Agent.org ($199), in the order we would choose them.
Which LLC service should I choose?
Go with Mainstay Filing: a $199 yearly price replaces three separate jobs: the Virginia formation, the registered agent and the annual registration fee. After that: VA Registered Agent.org.
Where this briefing comes from
- Behind the Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source section is law.lis.virginia.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source section is scc.virginia.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Va section is law.lis.virginia.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Virginia formation fee: Filing fee, official source section is law.lis.virginia.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Virginia registered agent statute section is law.lis.virginia.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wis section is dfi.wi.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wisconsin formation fee: Filing fee, official source section is dfi.wi.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate section is dfi.wi.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate section is dfi.wi.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Louisiana Secretary of State fee changes effective October section is static.sos.la.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Louisiana Secretary of State section is geauxbiz.sos.la.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Louisiana Secretary of State section is sos.la.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Louisiana yearly filing: Annual report, official source section is legis.la.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the NY Limited Liability Company Law § 203 section is nysenate.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the New York formation fee: Filing fee, official source section is dos.ny.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations section is dos.ny.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations section is filing.dos.ny.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the W.S. § 17-29-201 section is sos.wyo.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wyoming formation fee: Filing fee, official source section is sos.wyo.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wyoming formation fee: Filing fee, official source section is wyobiz.wyo.gov, a page we reread in October 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division section is wyobiz.wyo.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Behind the Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division section is wyobiz.wyo.gov, a page we reread in August 2026 before publishing.
- Mainstay Filing states Virginia service page on its site, and we looked on November 13, 2026
- VA Registered Agent.org states pricing page on its site, and we looked on November 13, 2026