Idaho — statewide
Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division
In short
Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division issues 4 permits we publish for Idaho — 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 Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division | $100 filed online; $120 in person or by mail | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division | $100 filed online; $120 in person or by mail | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| General Business License — Idaho state positiononly if it applies to you | Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Reportonly if it applies to you | Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services Division | $20 only if filed on paper in person — filing online is free | annual — due by the close of the entity's own anniversary month | 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 Organization (LLC)
A hundred dollars online against $120 on paper — the paper fee is really the online base plus a $20 manual-processing surcharge, and a paper form must additionally be typed rather than handwritten. A corporation costs the identical amount either way.
Articles of Incorporation
The same $100 online, $120 on paper as an LLC: the Secretary of State charges $100 to file the corporation online and $120 in person or by mail. Expedited service adds $40 on top of either channel, and same-day service adds $100.
General Business License — Idaho state position
No fee, and Idaho's own small-business portal says so in as many words: its FAQ states that 'Idaho does not have a state business license requirement' and that business licenses are issued by cities, many of which do not require them. Its licensing page adds that registering a name and entity type with the Secretary of State is a registration rather than a license, and that a business whose activity is not listed in the portal's Business Wizard needs no special license or permit. City-level licensing varies widely, so contact the city clerk where the business will be located.
Annual Report
Filing this online costs nothing at all; the only version that carries a fee is a paper filing accepted in person at the Boise office, priced at the same $20 manual-processing charge that applies across the Secretary of State's other paper filings. The due date tracks each entity's own formation anniversary rather than one shared calendar date. Missing it triggers a notice of intent to dissolve, and the entity then has sixty days to cure before administrative dissolution follows; reinstatement remains possible for up to ten years after that.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Idaho — statewide
- Phone
- (208) 334-2301
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.
- Idaho Secretary of State — articles of incorporation form and feeIdaho Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho Secretary of State — LLC certificate of organization form and feeIdaho Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho Secretary of State — SOSBiz filing portal, free annual reports filed onlineIdaho Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho small business portal — stating outright that Idaho has no state business licenseState of Idaho · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Idaho statewide offices
Idaho jurisdictions
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