Start an LLC in Nevada · All 50 states
Nevada sells itself on low taxes and privacy. The taxes part holds up. The privacy part does not: Nevada lists your managers by name every year. Here is the process, the real cost including the Nevada business license, and who should pick it.
By the Lobi Space compliance team. Current as of October 2026. Lobi Space is not a law firm and does not give legal advice; we prepare and file documents at your direction.
Step by step
Five steps from name to EIN. We handle the filing steps for you at your direction, and you keep the decisions.
The name must include "Limited-Liability Company", "Limited Liability Company", "Limited Company", "Limited", "Ltd.", "L.L.C.", "L.C.", "LLC" or "LC", and be distinguishable on the Nevada record.
Every Nevada LLC must keep a registered agent with a Nevada address for legal papers and state notices.
The fee is $75. The articles list each organizer and the name and address of each initial manager, or of each initial member if the LLC is member managed (NRS 86.161).
At the same time you file the initial list of managers or managing members, $150, and obtain the Nevada state business license, $200 for an LLC.
Sign an operating agreement, get your free EIN from the IRS, and register as a foreign LLC in any other state where the company does business.
Want the general version first? Read how to set up an LLC and what every formation add-on actually is.
Costs
State fees only: what you pay once, what repeats and what is optional. You also need a registered agent in Nevada. Ours is $95 per entity, per state, per year, through our partner network.
Compare our service fees on formation pricing.
| Item | State cost | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Articles of Organization | $75 | One time |
| Initial list of managers or managing members | $150 | At formation |
| State business license | $200 | At formation, then every year |
| Annual list | $150 | Every year, by the end of your anniversary month |
| Expedited service | Up to $125 within 24 hours, $500 within 2 hours, $1,000 within 1 hour | Optional |
Privacy
Not the way most people think. The Articles of Organization must name each initial manager, or each initial member if there are no managers, with an address (NRS 86.161). The initial and annual lists repeat the names and addresses of every manager or managing member, every year (NRS 86.263).
What Nevada does not ask for is the members of a manager managed LLC. That is why some owners appoint a nominee manager. The lists are signed under penalty of perjury, and the statute specifically bars naming anyone with the fraudulent intent of concealing who actually runs the company in furtherance of unlawful conduct.
Federal reporting is not the issue it was: FinCEN's final rule of August 2026 removed beneficial ownership reporting for US companies and US persons. Read what changed in Anonymous LLC in 2026.
Timing
Nevada does not publish a fixed standard turnaround in its statutes. The Secretary of State may charge up to $125 for service within 24 hours, up to $500 for service within 2 hours and up to $1,000 for service within 1 hour (NRS 225.140).
Names
Registered agent
Ours is $95 per entity, per state, per year.
Is it right for you
Corporations
A Nevada corporation files Articles of Incorporation, with a fee that scales with its authorized stock, plus an initial and annual list naming the president, secretary, treasurer and every director, with addresses (NRS 78.150).
The state business license is $500 a year for a corporation, not the $200 an LLC pays (NRS 76.100).
We file corporations too. Pro and Premium include bylaws and initial corporate documents.
Taxes and publication
The Nevada Department of Taxation states that Nevada does not impose a state income tax on individuals.
Businesses with Nevada gross revenue over $4 million in a fiscal year pay the Commerce Tax.
Publication: Nevada has no newspaper publication requirement for LLCs.
Operating in Illinois
Forming in Nevada does not take your company out of Illinois. If your Nevada company has an office, staff or regular operations in Illinois, it generally has to register in Illinois as a foreign company before it does business here. For an LLC that is the Application for Admission to Transact Business, and the Illinois fee is $150, the same as forming a new Illinois LLC.
After that you pay both states every year: Nevada's own annual costs plus the Illinois annual report, $75 for an LLC. You also need an Illinois registered agent with a street address here. That is the double cost most Illinois founders do not see coming, and it is why a business that only operates in Illinois is usually better off with an Illinois LLC.
If you do form in Nevada and operate here, we can be your Illinois registered agent from our staffed office in Chicago.
We check the name, prepare the filing and send it at your direction. You get the documents and a team that answers the phone.
Filing service packages
One time service fees, prepared by a person you can call. The Nevada state fee is passed through at cost and confirmed in your quote before anything is filed.
plus the Nevada state fee, at cost
Your Nevada LLC or corporation filed, with your EIN, by a team you can call.
Continue with StarterIncluded
plus the Nevada state fee, at cost
Everything in Starter, plus the documents your bank asks for and a registered agent.
Continue with ProIncluded
plus the Nevada state fee, at cost
Everything in Pro, plus your first annual report filed and the documents to run the company.
Continue with PremiumIncluded
All 50 states
Same packages, same team, any state. These are the guides founders ask us about most, with the state fee to file and the yearly cost to keep the company active.
Lobi Space is not a law firm, and no one on our staff, including our notary public, is an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. We prepare and file formation documents only at your direction, using the information you give us. We cannot give legal or tax advice, tell you which entity type to choose, or review your situation the way a lawyer would. For those decisions, talk to an Illinois attorney or a CPA.
Notice from our notary public (Illinois law, 5 ILCS 312/3-103)
I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN ILLINOIS. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DRAFT LEGAL DOCUMENTS OR RECORDS, NOR MAY I GIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY MATTER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MATTERS OF IMMIGRATION, OR ACCEPT OR CHARGE FEES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.
Sources: Nevada Secretary of State, checked October 2026. Written by the Lobi Space compliance team, current as of October 2026. State fees and rules change; we confirm the current fee before we file. This page is general information, not legal advice.
From $145 plus the Nevada state fee. A person on our team checks the name, prepares the filing and sends it at your direction.
