Delaware — statewide
Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
In short
Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations issues 4 permits we publish for Delaware — 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 Formation (LLC)only if it applies to you | Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations | $110 one-time filing | perpetual, but a flat $300 tax is owed every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Certificate of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations | $109 minimum one-time filing; rises with a larger authorized-share structure | perpetual, but an annual report and franchise tax are due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| LLC Annual Taxonly if it applies to you | Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations | $300 a year, flat | annual — due every June 1 | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Report and Franchise Taxonly if it applies to you | Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations | $200–$450 a year — a $50 report fee ($25 if exempt) plus a franchise tax of at least $175 by the authorized-shares method or $400 by the assumed-par-value method, capped at $200,000 | annual — due every March 1 | 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 Formation (LLC)
A hundred and ten dollars to file, regardless of company size — Delaware's LLC filing fee does not scale with anything.
Certificate of Incorporation
The $109 figure is a floor tied to a modest authorized-share structure — a corporation authorizing many more shares pays more to incorporate.
LLC Annual Tax
A flat $300 every June 1st, with no annual report to file alongside it — an LLC's yearly state obligation is a single number, not a calculation. This is a tax paid to keep the LLC in good standing, not a fee for any additional service.
Annual Report and Franchise Tax
A corporation pays two things every March 1st: a $50 annual report filing fee (only $25 if the corporation is a qualifying exempt entity) and a franchise tax computed the more favorable of two ways — a minimum of $175 under the authorized-shares method, or $400 under the assumed-par-value-capital method — with either method's tax capped at $200,000. Missing the deadline adds a flat $200 penalty plus 1.5% monthly interest on any unpaid balance.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware — statewide
- Phone
- (302) 739-3073
- Website
- corp.delaware.gov
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.
- Delaware Division of Corporations — fee schedule, LLC formation $110 and corporation incorporation $109 minimumDelaware Division of Corporations · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Delaware Division of Corporations — LLC flat $300 annual tax and corporate annual report fee and franchise tax computationDelaware Division of Corporations · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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