LLP Registration Fees in India: Full Cost Breakdown (2026)

An LLP is the cheapest incorporated structure in India to register and, by a wide margin, the cheapest to keep alive. That second fact is the reason most people choose it, and it rarely appears in the quote they are shown.

Below is everything else, itemised.

LLP registration fees, the full table

Figures verified 4 August 2026. Stamp duty is a state levy revised by notification, confirm your state before executing the agreement.

What this comes to in practice

For a two-partner LLP with modest capital contribution in a mid-cost state, government charges land between ₹3,000 and ₹8,000. The two variables are stamp duty on the agreement and how many digital signatures you need. Our professional fee is quoted on the LLP registration page.

The cost line most quotes leave out

Stamp duty on the LLP Agreement is charged separately from incorporation, on physical non-judicial stamp paper, at rates set by each state's Stamp Act and scaled to the capital contribution. It is not part of the MCA filing fee, and it is the item most often absent from a headline price.

Indicative rates as at 4 August 2026. Every state sets its own; these four illustrate the spread rather than exhaust it.

Capital contribution and what it drives

There is no minimum capital contribution for an LLP. But the figure you declare drives two things:

• Stamp duty on the agreement, in states that charge a percentage
• The MCA filing fee for incorporation and for subsequent forms

It also decides, later, whether you fall into statutory audit, an LLP must be audited once contribution exceeds ₹25 lakh or turnover exceeds ₹40 lakh in a financial year. Below both thresholds, no audit is required, and that single exemption is most of the reason an LLP runs at a third of a company's annual cost.

What an LLP costs every year

₹10,000 to ₹20,000, against ₹30,000 to ₹50,000 for a private limited company. The gap is almost entirely audit.

Late filing of Form 8 or Form 11 costs ₹100 per day, per form, with no upper limit. Both six months late comes to roughly ₹36,000, more than three years of doing it properly.

Where an LLP genuinely saves you money

• No statutory audit below the thresholds, the single largest saving
• Two annual ROC filings instead of the company's five or more
• No requirement to hold board meetings or an annual general meeting
• No dividend distribution mechanics; partners draw against profit share
• Fewer event-based filings through the year

Where the saving stops

An LLP is cheaper because it does less. If any of these describe you, the saving is not a saving:

• You intend to raise equity investment, an LLP cannot issue shares, and no venture fund will invest in one
• You want to grant ESOPs, the structure has no mechanism for it
• You are a single founder, an LLP requires two partners; look at an OPC
• You expect to convert to a company within a year, converting costs more than incorporating correctly once

How to read an LLP quote

• Is stamp duty on the agreement included, and at which state's rate?
• What capital contribution does the quote assume?
• Is drafting the LLP Agreement included, or billed separately?
• Is Form 3 filing included, it falls due 30 days after incorporation?
• How many digital signatures are covered?

Agreement drafting is the item most often excluded and most consequential. A generic template with your names inserted is not the same as an agreement that says what happens when one partner wants out.

Statutory figures on this page verified 4 August 2026.