Missouri — statewide
Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
In short
Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division issues 3 permits we publish for Missouri — 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 Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division | $50 filed online; $105 on paper | perpetual — a Missouri LLC files no annual report at all | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division | $58 for authorised capital of $30,000 or less, rising $5 for every further $10,000 authorised — the same fee on paper or online | perpetual, but an annual registration report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Corporate Annual Registration Reportonly if it applies to you | Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division | $20 a year online or $45 on paper for a corporation, due annually by default; an LLC files no such report at all | annual by default, due the month the corporation was formed — a two-year cycle may be elected instead, at $40 online or $90 on paper | 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 Organization (LLC)
Filing online is genuinely cheaper here, at $50 against $105 on paper — the reverse of how some states price the two channels. What matters more than the discount is what happens afterward: a Missouri LLC files nothing recurring with the state at all. That is not merely an absence in this record's own research — the LLC statute contains no annual report section anywhere in it, and the Secretary of State's own fee schedule lists an annual filing for corporations and for nonprofits but has no such line for an LLC. A corporation is a different story; see the annual report record.
Articles of Incorporation
Priced by how much capital the corporation authorises rather than a flat figure — $58 covers up to $30,000, and every further $10,000 authorised adds $5, with no discount for filing online the way an LLC gets. A nonprofit corporation skips that formula at a flat $25. Unlike an LLC, a corporation then owes a recurring annual registration report — see that record for the fee and the biennial alternative.
Corporate Annual Registration Report
This obligation belongs to corporations, not to LLCs — a Missouri LLC files nothing of the kind. A for-profit corporation's report is due every year in the month it was originally incorporated, at $20 online or $45 on paper, unless it elects a two-year cycle instead, which costs $40 online or $90 on paper for the pair of years — a real discount for filing electronically either way. A nonprofit corporation's version is cheaper again, $10 online or $15 on paper annually, or $20 and $30 biennially.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri — statewide
- Phone
- (866) 223-6535
- Website
- www.sos.mo.gov/business
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.
- Missouri Revised Statutes chapter 347 — the complete limited liability company statute, containing no annual report provisionMissouri General Assembly, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Missouri Revised Statutes section 351.120 — the corporate annual registration report requirementMissouri General Assembly, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Missouri Revised Statutes section 351.122 — the biennial registration report election and feeMissouri General Assembly, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Missouri Secretary of State — schedule of fees and charges, covering LLC, corporation and nonprofit filingsMissouri Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Missouri Secretary of State form LLC-1 — Articles of Organization, revised January 2025Missouri Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Missouri statewide offices
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Environmental Health Services
- Missouri Department of Revenue
- Missouri Division of Professional Registration
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood
- Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau, Dealer Licensing Section
- Missouri Office of Statewide Electrical Contractors, Division of Professional Registration
- Missouri State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
- Missouri State Highway Patrol, Motor Vehicle Inspection Section
- Missouri Veterinary Medical Board
Missouri jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.