Form an LLC · DC

How to form an LLC in District of Columbia

District of Columbia LLCs are formed by filing a Certificate of Organization with the District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division — the official filing fee is $99 (see the fee notes below). Corpus prepares and files it for $250 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your District of Columbia LLC

What District of Columbia requires

Formation document
Certificate of Organization verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division verified 2026-09-24
District of Columbia filing fee for the Certificate of Organization
$99 Certificate of organization filing fee. verified 2026-09-30
  • Optional: $50 name reservation or transfer. source
  • Optional: $50 3-business-day expedite (online filings). source
  • Optional: $100 1-business-day expedite (by the end of the next business day). source
  • Optional expedite fees are also listed under processing; do not add the two fields. source · source 2
Online filing
Yes — You can register a domestic LLC online through the District’s business portal. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Non-expedited online filings are processed within 5 business days of submission. verified 2026-09-30
Expedited options
3-business-day expedite $50 (Online filings); 1-business-day expedite $100 (By the end of the next business day) 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
The name must contain “limited liability company,” “limited company,” or an allowed abbreviation such as LLC, L.L.C., LC, or L.C. verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A DC LLC must designate and maintain a registered agent. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 2010, D.C. Code § 29-801.01 et seq. 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?

District of Columbia also asks:

  • Phone number, beneficial owner, effective date.

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$99
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$51
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
Biennial report — first report due April 1 of the calendar year after registration, then every two years on April 1. verified 2026-09-30
Report fee
$300 verified 2026-09-30
  • Conditional: $100 biennial report late fee (if the biennial report is late). source
Franchise or privilege tax
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division

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 District of Columbia’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 District of Columbia for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get District of Columbia'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 District of Columbia 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.