Form an LLC · OH

How to form an LLC in Ohio

Ohio LLCs are formed by filing Articles of Organization with the Ohio Secretary of State — 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 Ohio LLC

What Ohio requires

Formation document
Articles of Organization verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
Ohio Secretary of State verified 2026-09-24
Ohio filing fee for the Articles of Organization
$99 Articles of Organization filing fee. verified 2026-09-30
  • The fee schedule and Form 610, revised September 2025, both state $99. Name reservation is a separate form and is not listed as a prerequisite on the articles form. source · source 2
Online filing
Yes — Ohio LLC Articles of Organization can be filed online through Ohio Business Central. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
Regular service on Form 610: 3-7 business days; Processing time on the Secretary of State warning page: 1-2 business days. verified 2026-09-30
  • Regular service on Form 610: printed on Articles of Organization Form 610, revised September 2025. source
  • Processing time on the Secretary of State warning page: stated on the scam-warning page, which conflicts with Form 610. source
Expedited options
Expedite service 1 $100 — 2 business days after receipt; Expedite service 2 $200 — 1 business day after receipt; Expedite service 3 $300 — 4 hours if received by 1:00 p.m. (in-person delivery is required) verified 2026-09-30
  • Official pages conflict: Form 610 says regular service is 3-7 business days, and the warning page says the office processes filings in 1-2 business days. Expedite fees are in addition to the $99 filing fee. source · source 2
Name requirement
The name must contain “limited liability company,” “L.L.C.,” “LLC,” “limited,” “ltd.” or “ltd.” verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — Ohio requires LLCs to appoint and maintain a statutory agent. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Ohio Revised Limited Liability Company Act, Ohio Rev. Code chapter 1706 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?

Ohio asks nothing beyond the standard questions.

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
No annual report is required. verified 2026-09-30
  • The warning page says only professional associations and LLPs file biennial reports, and that Ohio businesses are not required to file annual reports. source
Report fee
No fee — no annual report. verified 2026-09-30
Franchise or privilege tax
Only if the LLC has taxable Ohio gross receipts above the applicable exclusion threshold. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see Ohio Department of Taxation. CAT depends on taxable Ohio gross receipts above the applicable exclusion amount; thresholds also affect reporting. source · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

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