LLC guides, business entity search and service reviews
Boost Suite publishes state-by-state LLC filing fees and deadlines, searches each state’s business registry for free, and compares formation and registered agent services on total cost. It also files Delaware LLCs through its own Delaware LLC formation service.
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Delaware LLC formation, $159 with the state fee
| Service fee | $49 |
| Delaware filing fee | $110 |
| Registered agent, first year | $0 |
Name availability checked against Delaware records. From year two, Delaware’s annual LLC tax ($400, due June 1) and the registered agent at $99 a year, cancelable from the dashboard.
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Free business entity search and LLC tools
Each state keeps its own business registry, and there is no national database of LLCs. The Business Entity Search queries those state records directly: by company name, by the name of an officer, member or registered agent, or to check whether a name is still free before you file. The other tools pick up after formation, with the annual report due date and fee in each state, the public sources where a company’s EIN appears, and name ideas sorted by industry.
50 states
Business entity search
Look up an LLC, corporation or partnership in the records of the state where it was formed. Each result gives the legal name, status, entity type and entity number, and the full record adds the registered agent and its address.
Search state business records Delaware business entity search
Most searched state registries
Florida (Sunbiz) Nevada (ORION) Virginia (SCC) Oregon Kentucky Wisconsin
Built and maintained by the Boost Suite team
The entity search and the calculator are developed in-house, one for the formation step and one for the years that follow. A name typed once is searched in the registries of all 50 states, each under that state’s own rules; for Nevada and Missouri, the result links the state’s own search. The calculator holds each state’s annual report rule (a fixed date, the anniversary month, a two-year cycle) and applies it to one LLC’s formation date.
Due date calculator
LLC annual report due dates and fees
LLCs file a report in 42 of the 50 states. Enter the state and the formation date to get the next deadline, the fee and what happens if it’s late.
Guide
EIN lookup: where a company’s EIN is listed
There is no public IRS database of EINs. Where the number can be found depends on the type of business.
| Public company | SEC EDGAR filings |
| Nonprofit | IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search |
| Private LLC or corporation | Form W-9 requested from the business |
| Your own LLC | IRS notice CP 575 |
Name ideas
Business name generator
Start from a few keywords, an industry and a tone for a list of name ideas, then check the favorites in the state registry before filing.
Club names Car club names Crochet business names Production company names
What it costs to start an LLC in the most searched states
The filing fee is only the first payment. Several states charge more every year than they do at formation: California’s $800 franchise tax is due whether or not the LLC earns anything, while Arizona asks for no annual report at all.
| State | Filing fee | What it owes each year |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona LLC | $50 | No annual report; a publication rule can apply after filing |
| California LLC | $70 | $800 franchise tax, plus a $20 Statement of Information every two years |
| Delaware LLC | $110 | $400 annual tax due June 1, no report |
| Florida LLC | $125 | $138.75 annual report on Sunbiz by May 1 |
| Georgia LLC | $110 | $60 Annual Registration, January 1 to April 1 |
| North Carolina LLC | $125 | $200 annual report by April 15 |
| Texas LLC | $300 | Public Information Report by May 15; franchise tax only above the revenue threshold |
Fees as listed in each state guide, which links the state’s official source. Filing and annual fees for every state, and the costs beyond them (registered agent, operating agreement, business licenses), are in the guide to how much it costs to start an LLC.
After the LLC is formed: questions owners ask
The paperwork doesn’t stop at the Certificate of Formation or the Articles of Organization. Each answer below is short; the linked guide covers the details and the exceptions.
Does an LLC expire?
No, not by default. An LLC exists until it is dissolved, unless its formation documents set an end date. How long an LLC lasts
How should “LLC” be written after the company name?
Exactly as it appears on the state filing, comma and periods included, and the same way on contracts, invoices and bank forms. How to write LLC after a company name
Does “LLC” have to appear on a logo or business card?
The legal name, designator included, belongs on contracts and official filings. A brand name or a DBA can carry the rest. Putting LLC in a business name
Which NAICS code fits an LLC?
The one that matches its main activity. NAICS, the North American Industry Classification System, labels what a business does, and the owner usually picks the code. NAICS code for an LLC
Can an LLC work as an independent contractor?
Yes. A client can hire and pay the LLC as a separate business, under a contract signed in the LLC’s name. An LLC as an independent contractor
Does renaming the LLC change its EIN?
No. A name change alone keeps the same EIN; the IRS only needs to be told the new name. EIN name change with the IRS
What is the Texas Public Information Report?
Form 05-102, filed with the Comptroller by May 15 each year, even when the LLC owes no franchise tax. Texas Public Information Report
Can a PO box be the LLC’s address?
As a mailing address, yes. Most states require a street address for the registered agent, so a PO box can’t fill that role. A USPS box runs about $62 to $1,354 a year, depending on its size and the post office. How much a PO box costs per year
Compare services and states before you file
How to start an LLC covers each state’s filing, fees and timeline. For Delaware in particular, the guide to starting an LLC in Delaware explains the foreign registration an LLC run from another state also needs, and the guide to the best state to form an LLC puts the yearly costs side by side.
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Reviews and the Boost Suite service
Boost Suite sells its own Delaware LLC formation service and earns commissions from some of the services it reviews. Our own service is evaluated against the same criteria as the others and labeled as ours wherever it appears. The Editorial Policy explains how rankings are decided.
How guides are checked
Fees and deadlines come from the state, with the source linked
Legal review of selected guides
In February 2026, Sergei Tokmakov, Esq. (State Bar of California #279869) reviewed two guides: How Much Does an LLC Cost? and Best State to Form an LLC.
About Boost Suite
Forming an LLC is a public process with public prices: the forms, fees and deadlines are published by each state. The guides follow those sources and link them. More about Boost Suite
What is Boost Suite?
A publisher of LLC guides for every state, free business registry search tools and reviews of formation and registered agent services. It is published by ACCORP LLC, which also runs a Delaware LLC formation service.
Are the guides and tools free?
Yes. Reading the guides and using the entity search, the annual report calculator and the name generator cost nothing and need no account.
How does Boost Suite make money?
Through affiliate commissions: when a reader signs up with a reviewed service through a link, the provider may pay a commission, at no extra cost to the reader. The Delaware formation service is the other source of revenue, and the Advertising Disclosure explains how both are handled in our reviews and rankings.
How much does the Delaware LLC service cost?
$49 plus the $110 state fee, $159 in total, with the registered agent free for the first year and $99 a year after that. Cancel before the filing goes to Delaware and the whole order is refunded.