Form an LLC · TX

How to form an LLC in Texas

Texas LLCs are formed by filing a Certificate of Formation (LLC), Form 205 with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Section — the official filing fee is $300 (see the fee notes below). Corpus prepares and files it for $430 all-in, including your first year of registered-agent service.

Form your Texas LLC

What Texas requires

Formation document
Certificate of Formation (LLC), Form 205 verified 2026-09-24
Filing office
Texas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Section verified 2026-09-24
Texas filing fee for the Certificate of Formation (LLC), Form 205
$300 Certificate of Formation filing fee. verified 2026-09-30
  • Conditional: Credit-card convenience fee — $0.25 plus 2.25% of total fees (credit card payments on the certificate instructions page). source
  • The LLC certificate instructions state a $300 filing fee and a credit-card convenience fee of $0.25 plus 2.25% of total fees. source
Online filing
Yes — You can file a Texas LLC Certificate of Formation online through SOSDirect. verified 2026-09-24
Standard processing time
The filing-options page encourages SOSPortal for swift processing and says online filers receive evidence of processing in real time; it does not state a standard turnaround in business days. verified 2026-09-30
Expedited options
Same-day Texas Express expedite $750 (filings received by 12:00 p.m. processed by close of business the same day); Next-business-day Texas Express expedite $500 (filings received by 12:00 p.m. processed by close of business the next business day); Standard expedited service $50 (processed ahead of regular submissions, typically within two to three business days) verified 2026-09-30
  • Same-day, next-business-day, and two-to-three-business-day expedite fees are on the Texas Express announcement; a standard turnaround in days is not stated. source · source 2
Name requirement
The name must contain “limited liability company,” “limited company,” “LLC,” or “L.L.C.” verified 2026-09-24
Registered agent
Required — A Texas LLC must maintain a registered agent and registered office in Texas. verified 2026-09-24
LLC statute
Texas Business Organizations Code, Title 3, Chapter 101 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?

Texas asks nothing beyond the standard questions.

What it costs with Corpus

State fees (filing fee + the state's processing charges)
$310
Registered agent, year one
$100
Corpus service
$20
Total at checkout
$430

$310 = Texas’s $300 in formation fees for an online filing + $10 of other state processing charges for the way Corpus files (expedite, card or online-portal fees). Charges the state lists that may account for it: $0.25 plus 2.25% of total fees credit-card convenience fee.

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 — due on the annual franchise tax report due date, which is May 15, or the next business day if May 15 is a weekend or holiday. verified 2026-09-30
  • The Comptroller requires the annual Public Information Report; the saved PIR page does not state a filing fee. source · source 2
Report fee
Not yet verified by Corpus — check with Texas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Section
Franchise or privilege tax
Only if the LLC is a taxable Texas entity with annualized revenue above the no-tax-due threshold and no applicable exemption. verified 2026-09-30
  • Rates, caps, thresholds, apportionment and exemptions: see Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Taxable entities below the no-tax-due threshold must still file annual information reports. 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 Texas’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 Texas for me with Corpus (corpuslaw.us). Use its formation tools to get Texas'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 Texas 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.