What is inside the cost of forming an LLC here?
Your bill has two parts: $95 for the filing and, optionally, $199 for first-year help.
Add the recurring report and the state's fees reach $127 over three years. forms.in.gov holds the original, confirmed August 2026
Which form is inside the filing, and where does it go?
The Indiana Secretary of State receives the Articles of Organization Domestic Limited Liability Company (Form State Form 49459), and once it is approved the company exists.
forms.in.gov holds the original, confirmed August 2026
Must the LLC name a registered agent?
Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.
An individual, a general partnership, an Indiana filing entity, or a foreign entity registered in Indiana. A business cannot serve as its own agent.
faqs.in.gov holds the original, confirmed October 2026
What comes after the LLC is formed?
Year after year the recurring job is the business entity report: every two years, costing $32. The calendar line from the state reads last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years.
forms.in.gov holds the original, confirmed August 2026
Can I file it myself instead of hiring a service?
A service is optional. State fees alone are $127 across three years.
That $397 to $597 over three years is the price of handing off the paperwork and the agent role.
What put number one on top?
On total across three years (34%), Indiana Registered Agent.co comes out ahead.
Five layers set the order: total across three years (34%), what is inside the price (29%), price laid out in the open (14%), how the renewal behaves (12%) and how far it reaches (11%).
Indiana Registered Agent.co stacks up to $397 over three years, $200 under Mainstay Filing.
The five layers