Start a Free LLC in Alaska

Per the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, as of September 2026, Alaska charges $250 to file the Articles of Organization. After that, the Biennial Report costs $100 every two years. With LLC Register, formation is included in the $99-a-year Alaska registered agent service, so year one costs $349.

Online filings post to the record immediately. Paper filings take about 10–15 business days from March through September, and often longer than 15 business days from October through February. Alaska does not offer paid expedited processing for LLC formations. Your LLC exists once the state accepts your filing.

To start an LLC in Alaska, choose an available name, appoint an Alaska registered agent, and file the Articles of Organization with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for $250. Then sign an operating agreement, get a free EIN from the IRS, open a business bank account and register for any state taxes. LLC Register files it for you as part of the $99-a-year registered agent service.

Yes. You can file online through the Corporations Business Portal (myAlaska login), or hardcopy by mail or fax. The Articles of Organization costs $250.

In Alaska you form an LLC by filing the Articles of Organization (Form 08-484) with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Other states call this document the articles of organization or the certificate of formation. The filing fee is $250.

No. Alaska does not offer paid expedited processing for LLC formations. Online filings post to the record immediately. Paper filings take about 10–15 business days from March through September, and often longer than 15 business days from October through February.

Use the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development's free online business name search to check whether your LLC name is available. Your Alaska LLC name must contain "limited liability company" or an abbreviation such as "LLC" or "L.L.C.". It must be distinguishable from every other name on record with the Division of Corporations; differences limited to punctuation, capitalization, spacing or words like "the" and "and" do not count.

Your Alaska LLC name must contain "limited liability company" or an abbreviation such as "LLC" or "L.L.C.". It must be distinguishable from every other name on record with the Division of Corporations; differences limited to punctuation, capitalization, spacing or words like "the" and "and" do not count. The rules are set by the Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act, AS 10.50.

Yes. You can reserve a name for $25 with a Business Name Reservation; the reservation lasts 120 days and cannot be renewed. A reservation is optional; filing the formation document also secures the name.

Yes. Every Alaska LLC must have a registered agent. Your registered agent must be either an individual Alaska resident whose business office is the registered office, or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Alaska. An LLC cannot be its own registered agent, only an individual or a corporation qualifies, and the agent needs both a physical address and a mailing address in the state.

Yes, but only as an individual. A member or manager can serve as the LLC's registered agent if they personally are a resident of Alaska with a business office at the registered address; the LLC entity itself cannot act as its own agent. Your address becomes public record, and someone must be there during business hours to accept legal papers.

Not as your registered agent's address. Your registered agent must be either an individual Alaska resident whose business office is the registered office, or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Alaska. An LLC cannot be its own registered agent, only an individual or a corporation qualifies, and the agent needs both a physical address and a mailing address in the state. A PO box can usually serve as a mailing address, but the registered agent needs a physical address in Alaska.

File the Statement of Change (Change of Registered Agent), Form 08-409 with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. The fee is $25.

Serving as your own Alaska registered agent is free if you qualify. Commercial registered agents charge a yearly fee. LLC Register's Alaska registered agent service is $99 a year and includes LLC formation and annual report filing.

Yes. Alaska LLCs must file the Biennial Report every two years. The state fee is $100.

The Biennial Report is due before January 2 every two years, in even-numbered years if your LLC was formed in an even-numbered year, or odd-numbered years if it was formed in an odd-numbered year. Your first one is due by January 2 of the first year that matches your LLC's formation-year parity, after you file the free Initial Report in your formation year. It is filed with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

Per the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, as of September 2026, the Biennial Report state fee is $100. It is due before January 2 every two years, in even-numbered years if your LLC was formed in an even-numbered year, or odd-numbered years if it was formed in an odd-numbered year. LLC Register files it for you at no extra service fee while your registered agent service is active.

A Biennial Report postmarked on or after February 2 costs $137.50 instead of $100. An LLC that stays delinquent for six months can be involuntarily dissolved by the state after written notice. File as soon as possible to keep your LLC in good standing.

Alaska has no franchise or privilege tax on LLCs. Its corporate income tax applies only if the LLC elects to be taxed as a corporation.

Alaska has no personal income tax, so a default pass-through LLC's profits are not taxed again at the state level on the members' returns. A multi-member LLC must still file an Alaska partnership return if any member is not a natural person, and an LLC taxed as a C corporation pays the state corporate income tax. Federally, a single-member LLC is taxed like a sole proprietorship and a multi-member LLC like a partnership, unless it elects to be taxed as a corporation.

Alaska has no statewide sales and use tax, so there is no state sales tax permit to register for. Some Alaska municipalities and boroughs levy their own local sales taxes, so check with the city or borough where you do business.

Before you hire, register with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development's Employment Security Tax section for unemployment insurance contributions. You also need an EIN from the IRS before you run payroll.

It depends on your industry and location: Alaska regulates some professions and activities through state licenses, and many cities and counties require local business licenses. Start with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.

Alaska does not require an operating agreement, and you never file one with the state. Members may adopt, amend or repeal one as they choose. LLC Register includes an operating agreement with every Alaska LLC it forms.

You need an EIN if your LLC has employees or more than one member, and most banks ask for one to open a business account. A single-member LLC without employees can use the owner's Social Security number for federal taxes, but an EIN keeps it off business paperwork.

Apply for free on the IRS website once the state has approved your LLC; online applicants receive the EIN immediately. Owners without a Social Security number can apply with Form SS-4 by fax or mail.

Yes. You do not have to live in Alaska or be a U.S. citizen to form an Alaska LLC. You do need a registered agent with a physical address in Alaska. Non-U.S. owners without a Social Security number apply for an EIN with IRS Form SS-4.

Yes. Alaska allows an LLC with a single owner. By default the IRS taxes a single-member LLC like a sole proprietorship, reported on the owner's personal return.

No. Alaska's LLC Act does not provide for series LLCs.

Yes. Alaska has no separate PLLC designation; a standard LLC may be organized to render a professional service under AS 10.50.010, so most licensed professionals can use the regular LLC form.

No. Alaska does not require newspaper publication to form an LLC.

Order a Certificate of Compliance (serves as a Certificate of Good Standing) from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for $10. Banks, lenders and other states often ask for one as proof your LLC is current with the state.

An LLC formed in another state registers to do business in Alaska by filing the Registration of Foreign LLC (Form 08-497) with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. The fee is $350, and the LLC needs an Alaska registered agent.

File the Articles of Amendment (Form 08-485) with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for $25. Amend when you change your LLC's name or other information in the formation document.

File the Articles of Dissolution (Form 08-490) with the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for $25. Before you file, wind up the business: pay debts, close tax accounts and distribute what is left to the members.

File a Business Name Registration with the Alaska Division of Corporations for $25 to hold a trade name for five years; you need a current Alaska business license to register a name. A DBA lets your LLC trade under another name without forming a new company.

Yes. An eligible LLC can elect S corporation tax status by filing IRS Form 2553. The election can reduce self-employment tax once profits are high enough to pay yourself a reasonable salary. Alaska has no personal income tax, so a default pass-through LLC's profits are not taxed again at the state level on the members' returns. A multi-member LLC must still file an Alaska partnership return if any member is not a natural person, and an LLC taxed as a C corporation pays the state corporate income tax.

An LLC separates your personal assets from business debts and lawsuits, keeps pass-through taxation, and needs less paperwork than a corporation. In Alaska it costs $250 to form and the Biennial Report is $100 every two years.

A sole proprietorship costs nothing to start, but you are personally liable for the business's debts. An Alaska LLC costs $250 to form and protects your personal assets, with the same pass-through taxes by default.

Usually not if your business operates in Alaska. An out-of-state LLC doing business here must also register as a foreign LLC in Alaska for $350 and keep an Alaska registered agent, so you pay two states' fees.

No. Formation is included in the $99-a-year Alaska registered agent service. The state still charges its $250 filing fee, which we pass through at cost.

For $99 a year plus the $250 state fee: Alaska LLC formation in year one, an Alaska registered agent, an operating agreement, and filing of your Biennial Report every year. Renewal is $99 a year. State fees are passed through at cost.

No. FinCEN has exempted companies created in the United States from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting. Only foreign companies registered to do business in a U.S. state still have to report.

The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Corporations Section, handles LLC formations, amendments and annual filings. Its office is at P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 (physical/courier: 333 Willoughby Ave, 9th Floor, Juneau, AK 99801-1770; Anchorage office: 550 W 7th Ave, Ste 1500, Anchorage, AK 99501-3567).

Yes, you should. Mixing business and personal money can weaken the liability protection your LLC gives you. Banks usually ask for your filed Articles of Organization, your EIN and your operating agreement.