Florida edition
File your Florida LLC yourself. Keep the money.
This guide walks you through the entire process so you file directly with the State of Florida. Nobody stands between you and your own business.
Get the Florida guide · $97 Instant download. Money-back guarantee."Free" LLC formation is the most expensive way to start a business
Filing companies advertise free LLC formation, then make their money after you sign up. Registered agent service typically runs $100 to $300 a year from the big-name services. Then come the compliance alerts, the document templates, and the rush processing fees. Hundreds of dollars a year, every year, for work you can do yourself in minutes once you know exactly what to do.
Florida charges one simple fee to form your LLC. Everything above that fee is someone selling you back your own paperwork.
What the guide covers
- Complete step-by-step filing walkthrough
- Name selection strategy and verification
- How to handle your own registered agent requirements
- Federal EIN application process
- Essential documents for business banking
- Ongoing compliance requirements and critical deadlines
- Complete resource directory and official links
The costly deadline mistake this guide prevents
Florida LLCs face a critical annual filing deadline with severe financial penalties for missing it. The guide gives you the exact dates, costs, and reminder system to keep your LLC in good standing.
Every fact, checked against the source
Every fee, deadline, and form field in this guide was checked against the Florida statutes and the state's own filing system. The guide lists its official sources, and nothing in it is affiliate-linked or sponsored.
Verified current as of June 2026.
When Florida changes a fee or a form, the guide gets a new edition and the verification date changes with it. You will always know how current your copy is.
And you would not be doing anything unusual. Florida received 561,143 new LLC filings in 2025, and more than 2.8 million LLCs are active in the state today. Forming one is routine. The only question is whether you pay a service every year to handle the routine for you.
The guarantee
If this guide doesn't walk you through every field of your Florida filing, get your $97 back.
Email me, say it didn't deliver, and you get a refund. The state's $125 fee is the only money you risk, and that money goes to Florida, not to us.
One thing no honest guide can promise: that the state will approve any particular filing. No filing service can promise that either. The difference is they charge you every year and we charge you once.
Who's behind this
I'm Wayne Turner. I build these guides one state at a time, and I put my name on them because every fact inside is checked against the statutes and the state's own filing system, with the sources listed in the back. If something in the Florida guide is wrong, I'm the one who answers your email and pays your refund.
The gap between what Florida charges for an LLC and what filing services charge for the same paperwork is the entire reason this guide exists. Close the gap yourself and keep the difference.
Wayne Turner
LLC Launch Kit
Who this is for
This guide is for owners who would rather spend 15 minutes than pay $300 a year, every year, for someone to type their own name into a form. People who want to know what they signed, what they owe, and when they owe it.
If your situation is complicated (multiple owners, outside investors, licensed professions), spend the money on a business attorney instead. This guide even tells you when that is the right call.
Get the Florida guide
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One time. Compare: $100 to $300 every year for a registered agent service, plus upsells.
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Get the Florida guide · $97 Checkout and delivery handled by Gumroad.Before you buy
- Is this legal advice?
- No. It is general information about Florida's filing process, written in plain words and checked against official sources. It is not legal, tax, or financial advice, and buying it does not create an attorney-client relationship.
- What if Florida changes its fees or forms?
- Every edition is dated and carries the date its facts were last verified. Fees and rules in the guide link to the official sources so you can confirm them yourself before filing.
- Can't I just find this information for free?
- Yes. It is all on the state's website and in the Florida statutes. The guide is the hours of reading, cross-checking, and ordering already done, so your part takes 15 minutes.
- Why not use one of the free filing services?
- Because their business model is the opposite of free. The filing is the loss leader; the registered agent subscription, compliance alerts, and rush fees are the product. This guide shows you how to do the same filing without signing up for any of it.
- What if it doesn't work for me?
- Money-back guarantee. Email us and you get your $97 back.
- Do you file it for me?
- No. You file directly with the State of Florida, which is the point: your business, your filing, your state account. The guide makes sure you never wonder what to enter.