Louisiana — statewide
Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division
In short
Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division issues 4 permits we publish for Louisiana — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division | $75 one-time filing — rising to $95 from 1 October 2026 | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Reportonly if it applies to you | Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division | $30 a year for an LLC or a corporation, rising to $35 from 1 October 2026; a nonprofit's is $10 | annual, within thirty days of the entity's own renewal date | 2026-09-04 |
| General Business License — Louisiana Position (geauxBIZ checklist)only if it applies to you | Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division | $100 one-time filing — rising to $125 from 1 October 2026 | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 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
Articles of Incorporation
Seventy-five dollars today, cheaper than an LLC's $100, and rising to $95 on 1 October 2026 under the same statewide fee increase — still cheaper than the LLC's $125 after the change. Louisiana also unusually folds amendments, mergers, dissolutions and corrections into the same fee bracket as new formation rather than pricing them separately.
Annual Report
Thirty dollars a year for an LLC or a corporation alike, rising to $35 under the same 1 October 2026 fee increase that touches formation. It can only be filed within thirty days of the entity's own renewal date, which the Secretary of State notifies individually rather than fixing on one shared calendar date for everyone. A nonprofit's version is a flat $10 regardless of the increase touching the for-profit figures.
General Business License — Louisiana Position (geauxBIZ checklist)
No fee applies at the state level. The Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal is a filing and registration hub: it bundles entity formation with the Secretary of State, tax account registration with the revenue department and unemployment insurance registration with the workforce commission, and, through its business license checklist, produces 'a list of possible federal, state and local licenses and permits required for your business' — the industry-specific licenses a particular business needs — rather than issuing one license that covers all of them.
Articles of Organization (LLC)
A hundred dollars today, verified directly from the Secretary of State's own live fee page rather than an older archived figure. That figure has a firm expiry date: Act 921 of the 2026 legislative session raises the whole Commercial Division fee schedule on 1 October 2026, taking this to $125. A corporation costs less to form outright, at $75 rising to $95 on the same date — see the corporate registration record.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana — statewide
- Phone
- (225) 925-4704
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.
- Louisiana Secretary of State — live business filing fee schedule, current as of 4 September 2026Louisiana Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Louisiana Secretary of State — the Act 921 fee schedule effective 1 October 2026Louisiana Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Louisiana statewide offices
- Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Retail Food Program
- Louisiana Board of Barber Examiners
- Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Louisiana Department of Education, Early Childhood Division
- Louisiana Department of Revenue, Central Registration Section
- Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission
- Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology
- Louisiana State Police, Transportation and Environmental Safety Section
Louisiana jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.