Oregon LLC Cost: Average Fees Explained

Oregon has no sales tax, which makes the state attractive to small business owners. The LLC itself still carries costs: a one-time filing, a yearly report, and in some cases a state tax tied to business activity. Most of the confusion comes from mixing those three together.

The figures here come from the sources named in each table and were checked on Oct 11, 2026. Fees change, so confirm the current amounts on the Oregon Secretary of State's business registry site before you pay.

The Articles of Organization fee is the cost every Oregon LLC pays. The other state fees depend on what you need to do beyond forming the company.

• Name reservation: $100. Optional, and useful if you are not ready to file yet.
• Assumed business name: $50. Needed if the LLC operates under a name other than its legal one.
• Foreign registration: $275. This applies to an LLC formed in another state that wants to do business in Oregon.

Oregon's foreign registration costs far more than forming a new LLC, so an out-of-state owner should compare the two routes with a licensed attorney before choosing.

Oregon requires an annual report to keep the LLC in good standing. The report is filed with the Secretary of State and is usually tied to the month the LLC was formed.

The annual report costs $100/yr. If you hire a commercial registered agent, that is a separate yearly service, quoted at $100 – $300/yr in the sources we checked. You can act as your own agent if you have an Oregon street address and are available during business hours.

Two items catch new owners off guard. The first is the Corporate Activity Tax, which applies to businesses whose Oregon commercial activity passes a threshold. Most small LLCs fall below it, but the tax has a minimum for businesses in the lowest taxable band, listed above at $250/yr. Whether it applies depends on your gross receipts, so ask a licensed CPA rather than guessing.

The second is local licensing. Portland, for example, requires new businesses to register for its business license tax, listed above at $100 for a new business. Other cities and counties have their own rules and rates. Check with the city where you operate.

Oregon can administratively dissolve an LLC that does not file its annual report. Reinstating costs $100, and the source notes an additional charge for each report you missed. A single late year is cheap to fix. Several missed years add up quickly, and the LLC cannot lawfully operate while dissolved.

Put the due date on a calendar when you form. Many owners also let their registered agent or formation service send reminders.

Three sources quote the same filing amount, which is a good sign that the state fee is stable.

Where totals do differ elsewhere online, the gap often comes from what is bundled in. Some sites add a registered agent subscription, an operating agreement template, or a formation-service fee on top of the state charge. Compare what a total includes before deciding which site is cheaper.

You can file online with the Secretary of State and pay only the government fee. The result is the same LLC you would get from a service. A formation company charges extra for handling the paperwork and sometimes bundles a first year of registered agent service, which can be convenient if you do not have an Oregon address.

Multi-member LLCs should write an operating agreement, even though Oregon does not require you to file it. It settles ownership shares, decision rules, and what happens if someone leaves. A licensed attorney can help with anything beyond a simple structure, and this page does not offer legal or tax advice.

Compliance costs in Oregon are low if you stay on schedule and high if you do not. The pattern is simple: pay the annual report on time, keep the registered agent's contact details current, and update the state when your mailing address or members change. Each of those takes minutes, and none of them has a fee beyond the report itself.

Owners who run several LLCs should track each company's anniversary date separately, since the report is typically tied to the formation month. A shared spreadsheet or calendar reminders work fine. Paid reminder services exist, but they are optional.