Form an LLC · KY

How to form an LLC in Kentucky

Kentucky LLCs are formed by filing Articles of Organization with the Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings — the official filing fee is $40 (see the fee notes below). Corpus prepares and files it for $250 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your Kentucky LLC

What Kentucky requires

Formation document
Articles of Organization verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings verified 2026-09-24
Kentucky filing fee for the Articles of Organization
$40 Articles of Organization. verified 2026-09-30
  • Optional: $15 reservation or renewal of a reserved name (optional; 120 days). source
Online filing
Yes — Kentucky accepts business formation filings online through its Secretary of State system. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Except for annual reports, documents are usually processed the same day they are received, but it may take up to three business days. verified 2026-09-30
Expedited options
None listed by the state. verified 2026-09-30
  • The FAQ does not state an expedited-service fee. source
Name requirement
Must end with “Limited Liability Company,” “Limited Company,” “LLC,” or “LC”; “Limited” may be abbreviated “Ltd.” and “Company” may be abbreviated “Co.” verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A Kentucky LLC must maintain a registered office and registered agent in the Commonwealth. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act, KRS Chapter 275 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?

Kentucky also asks:

  • Whether the entity is a retailer of authorized vapor products (KRS 438.305).

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$40
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$110
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
Annual report — by June 30 of each year. Reports may be filed from January 1 through June 30. verified 2026-09-30
Report fee
$15 verified 2026-09-30
Franchise or privilege tax
$175 kentucky limited liability entity tax minimum, owed by every LLC. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see Kentucky Department of Revenue. The Department lists a $175 minimum for the $3 million-or-less tier; higher tiers and statutory exemptions also apply. 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 Kentucky’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 Kentucky for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get Kentucky'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 Kentucky 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.