FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

Florida Corporation
fees and filing deadlines

A separate legal entity owned through shares. 'C corp' and 'S corp' are not entity types - they are federal tax elections made after formation, on the same underlying corporation.

To start

Form a Corporation in Florida
Articles of Incorporation
$70

$35 filing fee plus the $35 registered agent designation

The $70 shown here is the required minimum, both charges being mandatory; a certified copy and a certificate of status are optional extras at $8.75 each.

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Annual Report$150Due by May 1 every year.

About $150 a year to stay in good standing at today’s fees, counting only recurring filings and spreading anything filed less often across the years between. One-time filings and taxes are excluded.

Where each figure comes from

Annual Report
$150

Due by May 1 every year.

Read from dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/ on 2026-08-12

Deadline before the state dissolves you. Due the third Friday of September every year. Not a filing of its own - this is the date Florida administratively dissolves a company that has not filed its annual report. Failure to file by the 3rd Friday of September results in administrative dissolution or revocation at close of business on the 4th Friday of September

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The deadlines above are the rules. Your actual dates depend on when you form, so the calendar is built from your formation date — free, no account.

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Other structures in Florida

Limited Liability CompanyNonprofit CorporationLimited PartnershipLimited Liability Partnership

The same structure elsewhere

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