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Form a Florida LLC

We file your Articles of Organization, act as your Florida registered agent and help you get an EIN, all online from outside the US with no SSN. Then Florida asks for one thing a year: an annual report by May 1.

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Florida's annual report year, 2027Formed in 2026: first report in 2027
  • Filed by May 1$138.75$50 report fee plus $88.75 supplemental fee.
  • Filed after May 1$538.75A flat $400 late fee, one day or four months late.
  • Unfiled by Sep 17DissolvedOn Sep 24; it may only wind up. Reinstatement is $100 plus fees owed.

Florida fees and dates checked Oct 2026: Sunbiz LLC fees · annual report · s. 605.0213 · s. 607.193 · s. 605.0714 · s. 605.0715. Operating in another state can add that state's fees.

What Florida asks for

One filing with the Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) creates the LLC. Only the registered agent has to be in Florida.

Articles of Organization

Florida Limited Liability Company · $125

Article I · NameYour company name LLC

Article II · Principal and mailing addressPrincipal office address

Article III · Registered agent, Florida street addressRegistered agent name and address

Registered agentSigned acceptance

Articles of Organization

A name with "LLC", "L.L.C." or "limited liability company", the principal office addresses, and your agent's Florida street address and signed acceptance. $100 plus $25 for the agent.

How LLC formation works
Your company name LLCPublic
Principal address
Principal address
Mailing address
Mailing address
Registered agent
Registered agent
Manager
Manager

A record anyone can read

Florida publishes what you file. Naming managers on the Articles is optional, but every annual report names at least one manager, with an address. Choose that address with care.

Keeping a home address off the record

A registered agent in Florida

Every Florida LLC keeps a registered office and agent in the state: a Florida resident or a company authorized there. Ours is included in every package and renews with it.

About our registered agent

State taxes, only where they apply

No personal income tax. An LLC taxed as a corporation files a corporate income tax return; sales tax comes only with taxable sales, reemployment tax only with employees. Federal filings are separate.

Federal filings for foreign-owned LLCs

An office, staff or property in another state may mean registering there as a foreign LLC (foreign qualification guide). An LLC formed elsewhere needs a certificate of authority to transact business in Florida.

Sources: s. 605.0201 · Sunbiz Articles instructions · s. 605.0212 · s. 605.0113 · s. 605.0902 · Florida Department of Revenue: corporate income tax, sales tax, reemployment tax.

How to start an LLC in Florida

Four steps, all online. No SSN, no trip to Florida.

  1. 1.

    Pick a name

    It needs "LLC", "L.L.C." or "Limited Liability Company" and must differ from names on Florida's records. We check it first.

  2. 2.

    Choose a package

    Add extras like EIN help (the IRS charges nothing) or an address. Checkout shows the $125 Florida fee as its own line.

  3. 3.

    We file in Florida

    We file your Articles of Organization with the Division of Corporations, with your agent's signed acceptance.

  4. 4.

    Get your documents

    Your Articles and, if chosen, your EIN letter land in your panel. Florida and the IRS set processing times.

The first annual report is due January 1 to May 1 of the year after you form. Our Platinum package includes annual report filing; Florida's fee still goes to Florida.

Florida LLC FAQs

State fees, the May 1 deadline, registered agents, the public record and state taxes.

$125 to file the Articles of Organization: a $100 filing fee plus $25 to designate the registered agent. After that, $138.75 for the annual report each year. These are state fees, paid to Florida, and they are separate from our package price.

Between January 1 and May 1 every year, starting the year after the LLC is formed. The window is the same for every Florida LLC and doesn't depend on the month you formed in. If you file after May 1, Florida adds a $400 late fee.

After May 1 the report costs $538.75 instead of $138.75. If it still isn't filed by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday of September, Florida administratively dissolves the LLC on the fourth Friday of September. A dissolved LLC may only wind up its affairs until it is reinstated, which takes a $100 filing fee plus the fees it owes.

Florida's LLC law, Chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes, sets no citizenship or residency rule for an LLC's members or managers. What has to be in Florida is the registered agent and its street address. The Articles of Organization don't ask for an SSN, and the whole order happens online.

Yes. Every Florida LLC must keep a registered office and a registered agent in Florida. The agent is a person who lives in Florida or a company authorized there, and it accepts the role in writing on the Articles. A registered agent is included in every formation package and renews with it each year.

It can be. Florida publishes what you file. The Articles of Organization show the LLC's principal and mailing addresses and its registered agent; naming managers there is optional. Every annual report must name at least one person with authority to manage the LLC, with an address. Banks, payment platforms and the IRS ask who owns the company in any case.

Florida has no personal income tax. The Florida Department of Revenue says an LLC taxed as a corporation files a Florida corporate income tax return, and a single-member LLC that is disregarded for federal tax doesn't file a separate one; if its owner is a corporation, that corporation reports the LLC's income. Sales tax and reemployment tax registration apply only if you make taxable sales or have employees. This is general information, so ask a tax adviser about your case and your federal filings.

Florida LLCs: the longer answers

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How do I check if an LLC name is available in Florida?

Search the name on Sunbiz, the Florida Division of Corporations' records site, using its search by entity name. Florida only accepts a name that is distinguishable from every entity already on file, and a difference of just a suffix such as LLC, an article like "The", "and" versus "&", a plural or punctuation doesn't count. The name must also include "Limited Liability Company", "LLC" or "L.L.C.".

A clear search isn't an approval. Sunbiz's filing help says not to treat a name as approved until the Division acknowledges the filing, so wait for the filed Articles before you order branding. The name can't suggest a link to a government agency either, and Florida law says filing a name creates no ownership presumption beyond common law, so it isn't a trademark. How the formation process works.

Do I need an operating agreement for a Florida LLC?

Florida doesn't require you to file one, and its LLC law even counts an oral or implied agreement among the members as an operating agreement. Chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes supplies default rules for anything the members haven't agreed, so an LLC without a written agreement runs on the statute's defaults.

A written, signed agreement is still worth having. Banks and payment providers often ask for it to see who owns and controls the company. In a multi-member LLC it records each member's share, how decisions are made, what happens when someone leaves and who can sign for the company, so nobody has to rely on the statute's defaults in a dispute. Keep it with your Articles of Organization; it isn't sent to Sunbiz. The documents a new company needs.

How long does it take to form a Florida LLC?

It depends on Florida's queue on the day you file. Articles of Organization filed online with a credit card are processed in the order received, and the Division of Corporations publishes a Document Processing Dates page showing which receipt date it is working on for each type of filing. Check that page for the current wait instead of relying on a fixed number of days.

Mail filings have their own line on that page and add postage time. Once Florida files the Articles, the LLC exists, but most banks and payment providers also want an EIN, which is a separate IRS application with its own timing. Without an SSN, Form SS-4 goes to the IRS by fax or mail, so plan for both steps. The full formation timeline.

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