Formation fee
$300
last verified 2026-07-17
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Tennessee LLC
Tennessee measures its franchise tax on net worth
Tennessee's franchise tax is measured on net worth, carries a published minimum, and is filed with the Department of Revenue apart from the annual report due at the start of April. Neither an expedited tier nor a standard processing time is on the record, both verified absences. Formation runs through the Secretary of State.
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The assumed name registers at state level and enters the screen against later entity names, though it grants no trademark right. The agent finding is allowed with the state's own conditions unread at this snapshot, so the sheet prints its caveat in place of a rule. A post office box is refused for the registered office address.
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Annual report
$300
Due April 1, printed as the state writes it.
last verified 2026-07-17
Franchise tax
from $100
Tennessee calls it the Franchise Tax, collected by Tennessee Department of Revenue. It follows net worth, so $100 is the floor rather than the bill.
last verified 2026-08-07
Anonymous LLC
no
Member or organizer names reach the public formation record here.
dataset revision 2026-08-06
no source in the snapshot
Processing time
none published
This state publishes no standard processing time, which is not the same as filing instantly. This state sells no expedited service.
verified absent 2026-08-07
no source in the snapshot
Name designators
Must contain the words "limited liability company," the abbreviation "L.L.C." or "LLC," or words or abbreviations of like import in another language written in roman characters. The name may not contain the word "corporation" or "incorporated," or an abbreviation of either.
Statute: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-249-106(a).
last verified 2026-08-06
Name reservation
$20
Optional filing that holds the name for 4 months before you form.
last verified 2026-08-06
DBA
assumed name
One statewide register; the filing costs $20.
last verified 2026-08-06
An individual as the agent
allowed
Whether a person may hold the seat, so nobody has to be hired. The terms Tennessee attaches, and the entity question, sit in the registered agent section.
last verified 2026-08-09
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What are the Tennessee trade name rules?
Tennessee calls it the assumed name, and keeps one statewide register for it. The state filing costs $20.
- Where an LLC files
- How long it lasts
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5 years
Renewable in successive five-year terms (Application for Renewal of Registration Assumed Name, SS-4481, $20), and § 48-249-106(d)(5) opens the renewal window only within the two months preceding expiration. Changing or cancelling an assumed LLC name is SS-4229, $20; under § 48-249-106(g) the Secretary of State cancels the right to the assumed name if it is not renewed before it expires or if the LLC dissolves.
- Newspaper publication
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not required
- What the filing protects
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no exclusive right
Registering an assumed name discloses the name an entity trades under; it grants no exclusive trademark right. It does carry a practical effect: because § 48-249-106 screens new names against assumed names as well as true, reserved, and registered names, an active assumed name blocks a later entity or assumed name that is not distinguishable from it.
- Where to search existing names
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Assumed names registered by entities appear in the Secretary of State's business search alongside the entities themselves, since they are part of the same distinguishability records.
one record, verified 2026-08-06 · Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-249-106
What does it take to register an out-of-state LLC in Tennessee?
Registering an LLC formed elsewhere is its own filing in Tennessee. The registration costs $300. That price belongs to a separate filing event, so it enters no cost total on this site.
- Registration fee
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$300
$50.00 per member with a $300.00 minimum and $3,000.00 maximum; the forms page lists the $300.00 figure for the common filing path.
- The official form
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Application for Certificate of Authority Limited Liability Company (SS-4233)
- Filed with
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Tennessee Secretary of State, ATTN: Corporate Filing, 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave., Nashville, TN 37243
- After registration
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File the annual report each year for a business entity registered in Tennessee and maintain a registered agent in the state.
one record, verified 2026-08-08
The same fee for every other jurisdiction sits on one page: foreign qualification fees for every jurisdiction.
Who may serve as the registered agent in Tennessee?
Who may serve as an LLC's registered agent is its own rule in Tennessee. Tennessee lets a natural person serve, so no commercial agent is required.
- An individual as the agent
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Allowed
- The LLC as its own agent
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not read at this pin
- A mailbox service as the address
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not read at this pin
- Address rule
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A post office box is not acceptable for the registered agent/office address.
An allowed finding says Tennessee admits a person to the seat, not that every person qualifies. Tennessee sets the terms, on the page behind the finding.
one record, verified 2026-08-09
The same four answers for every other jurisdiction sit on one page: registered agent rules for every jurisdiction.
Where do these figures come from?
Every figure on this sheet renders from the pinned dataset snapshot, and each card links the page its own figure came from. This list collects those pages in one place, with the duplicates removed and the agency named.
- Formation and annual report figures https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/services/business-forms-fees
- Recurring tax: Tennessee Department of Revenue https://www.tn.gov/revenue/taxes/franchise---excise-tax.html
- Naming statute https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-48-corporations-and-associations/tn-code-sect-48-249-106/
- Foreign LLC registration https://sos.tn.gov/node/2307
- Who may be the registered agent https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/faqs
- Registered agent rules https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/ss-4270.pdf
- DBA filing https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/AssumedNameInstr.aspx
- Tennessee Secretary of State - Business Services Division https://sos.tn.gov/businesses
- Business entity search https://tncab.tnsos.gov/business-entity-search
The rule behind every figure here, and what a card does when one cannot be verified, sits on how a figure gets verified.