Missouri LLCs file Articles of Organization. They do not file an ordinary Secretary of State annual report.
This guide covers forming a new Missouri LLC. If your LLC already exists in another state or country, use the foreign-registration process instead.
Missouri LLC at a glance
- Official filing website
- Missouri Secretary of State
- Business name check
- Search business namesA name search does not reserve or approve the name.
- Formation document
- Articles of Organization
- State filing fee
- $50$50 for domestic LLC online filing or $105 for paper filing; payment-processing charges may be separate.
- Processing time
- OnlineImmediate in the cited guidePaper3-4 weeks; add mail transitPublished guide estimate. Published guide estimate for a complete filing; not a state guarantee. Check the filing office before setting a deadline.
- Ongoing report or tax
- Secretary of State annual report
- Report / renewal charge
- $0The Secretary of State confirms that LLCs do not file annual reports. Tax and licensing obligations still need separate review.
- Frequency / due date
- Not required for LLCs
- Sales tax base rate
- 4.225%Local rates may apply. July 1, 2026 snapshot; not an address-specific rate. The precise general state rate is 4.225%; a two-decimal summary may display 4.23%.Official tax agency ↗
- Names in formation records
- No management roster requiredThe form identifies each organizer and expressly says organizers need not be members, managers or owners. It selects a management type without requiring a management roster. Other filings and private bank/tax records may identify owners.
Before you file in Missouri
Prepare the name, purpose, Missouri agent, organizers and choice of member or manager management.
File the Articles of Organization
Open Missouri business filings ↗
- Start domestic LLC articles online or use the paper form.
- Complete the purpose, agent, management choice and organizer fields. Sign the articles.
- Pay the fee for the chosen method and save the accepted articles and file number.
What to enter in the form
- Management
- Choose member management if owners run the LLC, or manager management if appointed managers run it. A manager does not have to own part of the company.
- Organizer
- An organizer can be someone other than a member or manager.
- Operating agreement
- Keep it in the company records. Missouri does not accept it as the formation filing.
- Duration
- Enter a fixed end date only if the company is intended to end then.
After approval in Missouri
- Record who owns the LLC, who runs it and who can sign for it in the operating agreement.
Keep your LLC records current
Official report and fee instructions ↗
- There is no ordinary LLC annual report to submit to the Secretary of State.
- File agent/address changes when they occur. Continue tax returns, business-license renewals and any registrations in other states.
- If the business closes, complete dissolution rather than simply ignoring future notices.
Compare the filing cycles in our annual report and recurring-fee table.
Next steps: operating agreement · get an EIN · starting checklist.
Sources and filing links
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Research and walkthrough references
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