The editorial process

SmallBizCalc's calculators and guides are built and maintained by the SmallBizCalc. We use standard accounting and finance formulas, source every rate and benchmark from primary authorities, the IRS, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Small Business Administration, and each state's Secretary of State, and revise pages when those sources change.

Read about our methodology and how SmallBizCalc works.

Download the SOS LLC first-year fee extract cited on this page: llc-first-year-fees.csv (CC0). Method notes live on /statistics and /methodology.