West Virginia — statewide
West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division
In short
West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division issues 3 permits we publish for West Virginia — 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 | West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Reportonly if it applies to you | West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division | $25 a year; a late-filed report adds $50 for a profit entity or $25 for a nonprofit | annual — filed between 1 January and 30 June of the year after registration | 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
A business that chooses to incorporate files Articles of Incorporation, form CD-1, with the Secretary of State's Business and Licensing Division, signed by at least one incorporator. The fee is $100 for a for-profit corporation, the same as an LLC's articles of organization, against a flat $25 for a nonprofit, and the form states the fee is waived for a qualifying veteran-owned or young-entrepreneur corporation. Standard processing takes five to ten business days at no extra cost; expediting adds $25 for next-business-day or in-person same-day service, $250 for two-hour or $500 for one-hour service. The corporation then files a $25 annual report between 1 January and 30 June of every year after the year it registered, with a $50 late fee for a profit entity, and the Secretary of State's fee schedule tells a new business to apply to the Department of Tax and Revenue for a business license once this registration is complete — see the Business Registration Certificate record.
Articles of Organization (LLC)
A hundred dollars for a domestic LLC; a foreign LLC registering in from another state pays $150. A corporation costs the same $100 to form. Expedited handling costs extra: $25 for 24-hour service, $250 for two-hour service and $500 for one-hour service.
Annual Report
Twenty-five dollars, filed within a genuinely wide window — the first half of the calendar year, from 1 January through 30 June — rather than a single narrow deadline. Missing 30 June adds a real penalty, $50 for a profit entity or $25 for a nonprofit, on top of the base fee, and can lead to administrative dissolution or revocation if left unresolved.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- West Virginia — statewide
- Phone
- (304) 558-8000
- Website
- sos.wv.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.
- West Virginia Secretary of State — annual reports, the filing window and penaltiesWest Virginia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- West Virginia Secretary of State — fee schedule for services and registrationWest Virginia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- West Virginia Secretary of State form CD-1 — articles of incorporation, with filing instructions, fee waivers and expedite optionsWest Virginia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
Other West Virginia statewide offices
- West Virginia State Tax Division
- West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
- West Virginia Division of Labor
- West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
- West Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine
- West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board
- West Virginia Department of Human Services
- West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office
West Virginia jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.