Nebraska — statewide
Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
In short
Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division issues 5 permits we publish for Nebraska — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice of Formation Publication | Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division | Set by the newspaper itself, not the state, so the state publishes no figure — commonly reported in the region of $80 to $250; ask the newspaper for its current rate | a one-time notice, published for three successive weeks | 2026-09-04 |
| Biennial Reportonly if it applies to you | Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division | For an LLC, $25 filed electronically or $30 in writing; for a corporation, an occupation tax starting at $26 domestic or $52 foreign, rising in tiers by paid-in capital | an LLC reports in odd-numbered years by 1 April, delinquent 16 June; a corporation reports in even-numbered years by 1 March, delinquent 15 April | 2026-09-04 |
| Certificate of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division | $100 filed online; $110 in person or by mail | perpetual, but a biennial report is due in odd-numbered years | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division | $100 filed online; $110 in person or by mail | perpetual, but a biennial occupation tax report is due in even-numbered years | 2026-09-04 |
| General Business License — State of Nebraska positiononly if it applies to you | Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division | No fee | not applicable | 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
Notice of Formation Publication
Nebraska is one of a small number of states that still requires a company to announce its own existence in print — notice of organisation must run in a legal newspaper of general circulation near the entity's designated office for three consecutive weeks, and proof of that publication has to be filed back with the Secretary of State before formation is truly complete. The state sets no price for this at all; the newspaper does, and rates vary by publication and county. Skipping this step after paying the formation fee leaves the filing incomplete.
Biennial Report
The two entity types sit on opposite calendars entirely, not just different fees. An LLC's report is due only in odd-numbered years, an ordinary corporation's only in even-numbered ones, each with its own due date and its own separate delinquency date weeks later. A corporation's charge is not a flat report fee but a genuine occupation tax, starting at $26 for a domestic corporation with modest paid-in capital and $52 for a foreign one, climbing through statutory tiers as capital grows — a large corporation can owe tens of thousands of dollars on this filing. Missing either deadline leads straight to administrative dissolution or, for a foreign entity, revocation of its authority to do business, effective the day after the delinquency date.
Certificate of Organization (LLC)
A hundred dollars online, $110 in person or by mail — filing online genuinely saves ten dollars. A corporation costs the same either way. Neither figure is the whole story, though: Nebraska formation is not complete until the newspaper publication requirement below is satisfied.
Articles of Incorporation
The same $100 online, $110 in person or by mail as an LLC, before newspaper publication. A nonprofit corporation is cheaper at $25 online or $30 in person.
General Business License — State of Nebraska position
No fee, because Nebraska's own business registration portal lists only industry-specific licenses and tax registrations, never a universal operating license. What a business actually needs is entity registration with the Secretary of State, tax registration with the revenue department if it sells taxable goods, and whichever industry-specific license applies below.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska — statewide
- Phone
- (402) 471-4079
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.
- Nebraska One Stop Business Registration — the state's own business licensing portalState of Nebraska · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nebraska Revised Statutes section 21-193 — the requirement to publish notice of LLC formation in a local newspaperState of Nebraska · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 21-303 and 21-304 — the corporate occupation tax and its due dateState of Nebraska · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nebraska Secretary of State — biennial reporting due dates, delinquency and administrative dissolutionNebraska Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nebraska Secretary of State — business filing fee scheduleNebraska Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Nebraska statewide offices
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit
- Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Consumer Protection
- Nebraska Department of Labor, Contractor Registration
- Nebraska Board of Barber Examiners
- Nebraska Department of Revenue
- Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board
- Nebraska State Electrical Division
Nebraska jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.