Form an LLC · DE

How to form an LLC in Delaware

Delaware LLCs are formed by filing a Certificate of Formation with the Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations — the official filing fee is $110 (see the fee notes below). Corpus prepares and files it for $250 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your Delaware LLC

What Delaware requires

Formation document
Certificate of Formation verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations verified 2026-09-24
Delaware filing fee for the Certificate of Formation
$110 Domestic formation state filing fee. verified 2026-09-30
  • Optional: $50 certified copy (optional certified copy of the formation filing). source
  • Optional: $100 same-day fee (column on the LLC formation row of the August 1, 2026 fee schedule). source
  • Optional: $50 24-hour fee (column on the LLC formation row of the August 1, 2026 fee schedule). source
  • Optional: $1,000 1-hour priority service (per document or request). source
  • Optional: $500 2-hour priority service (per document or request). source
  • Fee-schedule columns on the LLC row are state filing fee, certified copy, same-day fee, and 24-hour fee; expedites are also listed under processing. source · source 2
Online filing
Yes — You can submit LLC formation documents through the Division’s online filing service. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Regular processing time varies with the volume of items received; no fixed standard duration is stated. verified 2026-09-30
Expedited options
Certified copy $50 (Optional certified copy of the formation filing); Same-day fee $100 (Column on the LLC formation row of the August 1, 2026 fee schedule); 24-hour fee $50 (Column on the LLC formation row of the August 1, 2026 fee schedule); 1-hour priority service $1,000 (Per document or request); 2-hour priority service $500 (Per document or request) verified 2026-09-30
  • Expedite fees match the formation_filing add-ons and are not a second set of fees. source · source 2
Name requirement
Must contain “Limited Liability Company,” “L.L.C.,” or “LLC.” verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A Delaware LLC must appoint a registered agent with a physical Delaware office address. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Chapter 18 verified 2026-09-24

What you’ll need

The Corpus intake collects this information to prepare the filing. Some questions are asked only when they apply — for example, the management question is asked only when the company has more than one owner.

  • What do you want to name the company?
  • In a sentence, what will the business actually do?
  • Where should official mail go — street, city, state, ZIP?
  • What email should we use for this order?
  • Which industry code fits this business?
  • Besides you, will anyone else have authority to make decisions for the business?
  • Who owns this company?

Delaware asks nothing beyond the standard questions.

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$110
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$40
Total at checkout
$250

Registered agent renews at $99/yr after the included first year — cancel anytime. Itemized pricing for every state is on the price grid; how Corpus compares to other formation services is on the comparison page.

After you form: staying in good standing

Annual report
No annual report is required. verified 2026-09-30
  • The $400 annual tax is a tax, not an annual report; it is recorded under franchise tax. source
Report fee
No fee — no annual report. verified 2026-09-30
Franchise or privilege tax
$400 annual LLC tax, owed by every LLC. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see Delaware Division of Corporations; domestic LLC tax is due June 1 following the close of the calendar year. source · source 2

Comparing what registered-agent service costs after year one across providers? The comparison page publishes renewal prices.

Form it with your AI agent

You don’t have to do the intake here. Any agent that can open a link can run the whole thing — Corpus’s formation tools give it Delaware’s requirements and live price, it asks you the questions above, and it hands back a prefilled link you review and pay. Paste this into your assistant:

Form an LLC in Delaware for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get Delaware's requirements and price, ask me what you need, and give me the prefilled link.

The guide is on /agents, the protocol reference is /docs/mcp, and the installable skill for this state is the Delaware SKILL.md.

Sources

Every verified fact above names where Corpus read it and the date it was last verified. Sources marked secondary are third-party write-ups used only where an official page did not publish the answer.

Corpus is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Fees and rules change — each verified fact above shows the date Corpus last verified it; anything marked “not yet verified” should be confirmed with the filing office.