Oklahoma — statewide
Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department
In short
Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department issues 4 permits we publish for Oklahoma — 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 Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department | The greater of $50 or one-tenth of one per cent of authorised capital stock; a nonprofit corporation is a flat $25 | perpetual — a domestic corporation files no recurring state report at all | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual certificate is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Certificate (LLC) / No Recurring Filing (domestic corporation)only if it applies to you | Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department | $25 a year for an LLC; a domestic corporation owes nothing recurring since the franchise tax was repealed, though a foreign corporation still owes $100 to the Tax Commission and $10 to the Secretary of State | annual for an LLC, on the anniversary of its formation date | 2026-09-04 |
| General Business License — Oklahoma Department of Commerce Positiononly if it applies to you | Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department | 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
Certificate of Incorporation
Priced by capital rather than flat: a tenth of a per cent of authorised shares, with no-par shares valued at $50 each purely for this calculation, and $50 as the floor for a small filing. A nonprofit corporation skips that formula entirely at a flat $25. What happens after formation is the more surprising part — see the annual filing record.
Articles of Organization (LLC)
Articles of Organization are filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State by a business that chooses to organise as a limited liability company, for a flat $100. Filings can be submitted online, by mail, by fax or in person; a document presented in person can be dropped off at no additional fee or, for an extra $50 per document, given same-day service, and an in-person filing received after 4:30 pm Central time is processed the following business day. Once formed, the LLC files a $25 annual certificate with the Secretary of State every year on the anniversary date of its registration, and one that is more than sixty days late ceases to be in good standing.
Annual Certificate (LLC) / No Recurring Filing (domestic corporation)
An LLC files a $25 annual certificate every year on its own formation anniversary, and falls out of good standing if it is more than sixty days late. A corporation is a different story entirely, and one worth getting right because the old assumption is now wrong: Oklahoma repealed its corporate franchise tax outright, with 2023 the last year a return was required. What survives afterward is explicitly foreign-only — the Secretary of State's annual certificate line item is marked for foreign profit corporations alone, at $10 plus a share of any increase in invested capital, and the Tax Commission's $100 annual registered agent fee is likewise foreign-only, due 1 July and risking forfeiture if unpaid by 1 September. On the evidence of every fee schedule that touches this, a domestic Oklahoma corporation owes nothing recurring to either agency at all.
General Business License — Oklahoma Department of Commerce Position
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce's own How to Start a Business page states that 'In Oklahoma, there is no general license required to start or own a business,' adding that specific business types may still need a license, permit or registration before opening; under that statement there is no state general business license fee. A business may still need an industry-specific state license, an Oklahoma Tax Commission sales tax permit if it sells taxable goods, and whatever a city or county separately requires.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma — statewide
- Phone
- (405) 521-3912
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.
- Oklahoma Department of Commerce — how to start a business, stating no general license is requiredOklahoma Department of Commerce · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Oklahoma Secretary of State — Business Filing Department, how documents are submitted and the $50 same-day in-person serviceOklahoma Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Oklahoma Secretary of State — fee list, form 0035, covering formation and annual certificate feesOklahoma Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Oklahoma Secretary of State — LLC annual certificate form 0097, with the $25 fee and 60-day good-standing ruleOklahoma Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Oklahoma Tax Commission — notice that the franchise tax was repealed after tax year 2023Oklahoma Tax Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Oklahoma Tax Commission form FRX-200-R — the $100 annual registered agent fee for foreign corporationsOklahoma Tax Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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