Nevada — statewide
Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division
In short
Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division issues 4 permits we publish for Nevada — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Listonly if it applies to you | Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division | $150 a year for an LLC; a corporation pays the same tiered schedule as its formation fee, from $150 up to a $11,125 ceiling | annual, filed alongside the state business license renewal | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division | $75 for authorised shares valued at $75,000 or less, rising in tiers to $375 for $1 million, then $275 for every further $500,000 authorised, capped at $35,000 | perpetual, but an annual list and the state business license are both due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| State Business License | Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division | $200 a year for most entity types; a corporation pays $500 | annual — due on the last day of the anniversary month the license was first filed | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division | $225 $75 to file plus a $150 initial list, filed together | perpetual, but an annual list and the state business license are both 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
Annual List
An LLC's annual list is a flat $150 regardless of size. A corporation instead pays on the same tiered scale used at formation, keyed to its authorised share value, and that scale can run all the way to an $11,125 ceiling for the largest corporations — a genuine cost of scale that a small LLC never faces. Missing the filing adds a flat $75 default penalty under either statute, and an entity left in default or revoked status for five consecutive years cannot be reinstated at all.
Articles of Incorporation
Priced by the value of the shares the corporation authorises rather than a flat figure, starting at $75 for the smallest tier and climbing through $175, $275 and $375 as authorised capital passes $75,000, $200,000 and $500,000, then $275 for every further $500,000 above a million, up to a $35,000 ceiling. An initial list of officers and directors is a further $150, filed at the same time, and the state business license sits on top of both — a small corporation opens for at least $725 once every piece is added together.
State Business License
Unlike most of the states covered here, Nevada genuinely does issue a statewide general business license, and a corporation pays more for it than anything else — $500 a year against $200 for an LLC, a partnership or a sole proprietorship. It is filed alongside formation and renews every year on the anniversary month rather than a fixed calendar date. A handful of exemptions exist: government bodies, most Nevada nonprofits, licensed insurance companies, film companies registered with the state's motion picture division, and a home-based sole proprietor whose net earnings fall below a threshold tied to two-thirds of the state's average annual wage — that threshold moves with wage data each year rather than being published as a flat dollar figure, so confirm the current number rather than assuming a fixed exemption line.
Articles of Organization (LLC)
Filing the articles themselves is $75, but Nevada requires an initial list of managers or members to be filed at the same time, at a further $150, and the state business license application on top of both — so opening an LLC costs $75 plus $150 plus at least $200 for the license, $425 in total before any expedited service. A corporation follows the same three-part structure at different prices; see the corporate registration record.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Nevada — statewide
- Phone
- (775) 684-5708
- Website
- www.nvsos.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.
- Nevada Revised Statutes section 78.150 — corporation articles of incorporation and initial list feesState of Nevada · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nevada Revised Statutes section 86.263 — LLC initial and annual list feesState of Nevada · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nevada Revised Statutes section 86.272 — the $75 default penalty for a late LLC listState of Nevada · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nevada Revised Statutes section 86.561 — LLC articles of organization feeState of Nevada · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Nevada Secretary of State — state business license FAQ, fees and renewalNevada Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Nevada statewide offices
- Southern Nevada Health District
- Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, Occupational and Business Licensing
- Nevada Department of Taxation
- Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, Child Care Licensing
- Nevada State Board of Cosmetology
- Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Nevada State Contractors Board
Nevada jurisdictions
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