Connecticut — statewide
Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
In short
Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division issues 4 permits we publish for Connecticut — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division | $250 one-time filing for a stock corporation authorising up to 20,000 shares; a nonstock corporation is $50 | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Certificate of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division | $120 one-time filing, including appointment of the statutory agent | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Reportonly if it applies to you | Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division | $80 a year for an LLC, $150 for a stock corporation, $50 for a nonstock corporation | annual — an LLC files online between 1 January and 31 March | 2026-09-04 |
| General Business License — Connecticut position (licensing by activity)only if it applies to you | Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division | No fee | set by the specific license a business actually needs | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Certificate of Incorporation
The $250 figure is not a flat filing fee — it is the filing fee bundled with the minimum franchise tax due on up to twenty thousand authorised shares, and a corporation authorising more shares owes additional franchise tax on top under a separate statutory schedule. A nonstock corporation, having no shares to tax, costs only $50. Either way, a further one-time Organization and First Report is due shortly after incorporation — $150 for a stock corporation, $50 for a nonstock one — distinct from the annual report that follows every year after.
Certificate of Organization (LLC)
A hundred and twenty dollars, and it already includes appointing the statutory agent rather than charging for that separately. A nonstock corporation forms much more cheaply, at $50, while a stock corporation costs $250 — see the corporate registration record for why.
Annual Report
The fee depends on entity type rather than being flat: $80 for an LLC, filed online in a fixed January-to-March window each year, against $150 for a stock corporation and $50 for a nonstock one. Non-filing does lead to administrative dissolution, on an identical timeline for both entity types: an LLC becomes subject to 'dissolution by forfeiture' once it is more than one year in default of filing its annual report (General Statutes § 34-267g), and a corporation to 'administrative dissolution' on the same one-year threshold (§ 33-890) — both statutes then require the Secretary of the State to give a further three months' notice before actually filing the dissolution certificate. Reinstatement pricing reflects the same split: $120 for an administratively dissolved LLC and $300 or $160 to reinstate a dissolved stock or nonstock corporation, the corporate figures explicitly bundling the missed annual report back in.
General Business License — Connecticut position (licensing by activity)
Business.CT.gov's licenses and permits page says every type of business has its own set of rules and regulations, and directs a business to apply for or renew a license with the appropriate agency for its business type — the Department of Consumer Protection for industries such as accounting, real estate, construction and retail, the Department of Public Health for healthcare facilities and professionals, and so on. The page lists no single general business license, so no state fee is shown here. Licensing runs by activity through whichever agency governs it: consumer protection for trades, public health for food and personal care, motor vehicles for dealers and repairers, early childhood for child care. The one filing that looks like a general registration, a trade name, is not handled by a state office: under Connecticut General Statutes section 35-1(b), a trade name certificate application is filed in the office of the town clerk where the business is principally transacted, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut — statewide
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- portal.ct.gov/sots
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Business.CT.gov — licenses and permits, confirming Connecticut has no single statewide general business licenseState of Connecticut · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Connecticut General Statutes § 33-890 — Administrative dissolution (a corporation more than one year in default of filing its annual report, after a further three months' notice)Connecticut General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Connecticut General Statutes § 34-267g — Dissolution by forfeiture (an LLC more than one year in default of filing its annual report, after a further three months' notice)Connecticut General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Connecticut Secretary of the State — business filing fee schedule, revised 1 July 2020, covering formation and annual report feesConnecticut Secretary of the State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Connecticut statewide offices
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, License Services Division
- Connecticut Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program
- Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations
- Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, Dealers and Repairers Licensing Unit
- Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
- Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing
Connecticut jurisdictions
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