US LLC Cost Calculator

What it really costs to form a US LLC from India

The calculator above gives you a number. This section explains where that number comes from, and how to avoid paying for things you do not need.

The cost of setting up a US LLC as an Indian seller is one of the most confusing things to pin down online, because every incorporation service quotes it differently, bundling, unbundling, and hiding fees until checkout. The truth is that the real cost is made up of a small number of predictable components, and once you understand them, the calculator above stops being a mystery and becomes a planning tool. Broadly, your total breaks into a one-time formation cost and a set of recurring annual costs, and confusing the two is where most sellers misjudge their budget.

The components that make up the cost

Here is what actually goes into forming and maintaining a US LLC, and which parts are genuinely required versus optional. State filing fee: the mandatory government charge to register the LLC, which varies by state. Registered agent: a required US-based address that receives official mail on the company’s behalf, billed annually. EIN: the federal tax ID, which the IRS issues for free but which most non-residents pay a service to obtain because the SS-4 fax process is fiddly. US business address & mail handling: useful for banking and Amazon, often bundled with the agent. Operating Agreement and BOI filing: the internal ownership document and the one-time FinCEN beneficial-ownership report.

Optional add-ons, trademark filing, expedited processing, sales-tax registration, are exactly that: optional. The calculator lets you toggle these so you can see how each one moves your total, rather than discovering them as surprise line items at checkout somewhere else.

Where sellers overpay, and where they under-budget

The most common overpayment is choosing an expensive state for prestige rather than fit, paying Delaware’s higher ongoing costs for a product business that gains nothing from them, when Texas or Wyoming would serve better for less. The second is paying premium "rush" fees that rarely shorten the genuine bottleneck, which is IRS EIN processing, not state formation. The most common under-budgeting, by contrast, is forgetting the recurring annual costs: registered agent renewal, the state report, and above all the federal 1120/5472 filing whose absence carries a $25,000 penalty. A realistic budget counts year one and year two, not just the sticker price of getting started.

Use the calculator to model your real situation honestly, the state that fits you, the add-ons you actually need, and the recurring costs you will carry every year. That gives you a number you can plan around with confidence, instead of a teaser price that balloons later.

From estimate to done

An estimate is useful, but the LLC only becomes valuable once it is actually formed, the EIN is in hand, and the bank account is open, the three things that let you receive Amazon payouts. If you would rather not navigate the SS-4 fax, the registered-agent setup, and the BOI filing yourself, this is exactly the work we handle as a single fixed-price service, so the number you see above becomes a finished, compliant company without you touching a government form. Either way, you now understand precisely what you are paying for and why.