LLC Formation Services in Brooklyn
LLC Formation Services in Brooklyn, NY — Fast, Accurate, and Done Right
Forming an LLC in Brooklyn is not the same as forming an LLC in Delaware, Texas, or Florida. New York adds a step no other state imposes at this scale: a six week newspaper publication requirement, run in two papers chosen for you by the county clerk, in the county where your LLC’s office is located. In Kings County, that step costs real money and it costs a different amount than it would three miles away in Manhattan.
vState Filings LLC has been forming and maintaining New York entities since 2007, for more than 100,000 clients. We file your Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State, manage the Kings County publication process from newspaper assignment through affidavits, and file the Certificate of Publication that closes the loop. Call (866) 638-3309 to get your Brooklyn entity started.
Why Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Choose vState Filings LLC for Business Formation
Brooklyn has one of the densest concentrations of small businesses in the country. Design studios in DUMBO, food producers in Industry City, contractors in Sunset Park, fabricators at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, retail and service businesses across Park Slope, Bay Ridge, and Crown Heights the borough runs on owner-operated companies.
What those owners share is a low tolerance for administrative surprises. The most common one in New York is discovering the publication requirement four months after formation, when the Department of State has already suspended the LLC’s authority to transact business in the state.
We are a New York firm. Our office is in Hewlett, on Long Island, and New York filings are the core of our practice not a line item in a fifty state menu. That means we know which filings Kings County treats differently, what the county clerk’s newspaper designations actually cost, and how long the Department of State is taking on a given filing type this month.
What Sets Us Apart
- Publication handled end to end: We request the newspaper designation from the Kings County Clerk, place the notice in both assigned papers, monitor the full six week run, collect the notarized affidavits, and file the Certificate of Publication with the Department of State. You are not chasing a newspaper billing department.
- Accurate cost disclosure before you file: We tell you what publication will cost in your county before you commit to an office address, not after.
- Nearly two decades of New York filings: Founded in 2007, with 100,000+ clients served.
- Built for professional firms: Law firms, accounting firms, and real estate companies use us as their filing desk volume formation, foreign qualifications, document retrieval, and portfolio compliance.
- Ongoing compliance, not just the first filing: Registered agent service, biennial statement reminders, annual filings, and independent manager or director services under one roof.
Brooklyn LLC Formation Services Every Business Structure Covered
LLC Formation in Brooklyn, NY
The Articles of Organization are filed with the New York Department of State. The state filing fee is $200. You designate the county in which the LLC's office is located for a Brooklyn business, that is Kings County and that designation drives your publication obligation. We prepare and file the Articles, provide the operating agreement New York law requires members to adopt, obtain your EIN, and move directly into publication.
C-Corporation Formation in New York
A New York business corporation is formed by filing a Certificate of Incorporation with the Department of State. The filing fee is $125, plus a tax on authorized shares that begins at a $10 minimum and scales with share count and par value. Corporations are not subject to the LLC publication requirement a genuine advantage for Brooklyn founders raising outside capital who would otherwise absorb four figures in newspaper costs.
S-Corporation Election
An S corporation is a tax election, not an entity type. Both LLCs and corporations can elect it by filing IRS Form 2553. New York requires a separate state level election, Form CT 6, to be recognized as a New York S corporation, a step frequently missed, which leaves the company taxed as a C corporation at the state level while treating itself as an S corporation on the federal return. We file both.
Professional LLC (PLLC) Formation
New York licensed professionals attorneys, physicians, dentists, architects, engineers, licensed clinical social workers, accountants, and others cannot form a standard LLC to practice. They form a PLLC, which requires a certificate of good standing or consent from the New York State Education Department (or the Appellate Division for attorneys) before the Department of State will accept the filing. PLLCs are subject to the same publication requirement as ordinary LLCs. We manage the licensing board approval and the filing together.
Professional Corporation (PC)
The corporate equivalent for licensed practitioners. A PC requires the same professional board consent, and all shareholders must hold the relevant New York license. Brooklyn medical practices, dental groups, and design firms use this structure regularly. PCs, like other corporations, do not publish.
Limited Partnership (LP) Formation
An LP has at least one general partner with management authority and unlimited liability, and limited partners whose exposure is capped at their investment. LPs are common in Brooklyn real estate a sponsor as general partner, passive investors as limited partners. New York LPs carry a publication requirement parallel to the LLC rule, and we handle it the same way.
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Reserved in New York for licensed professionals practicing together most often law firms and accounting firms. An LLP gives each partner protection from the professional negligence of the others while preserving partnership tax treatment. Registration is filed with the Department of State and is subject to publication.
Brooklyn's LLC Publication Requirement What It Actually Costs
Section 206 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law requires every new LLC to publish a notice of formation once each week for six successive weeks in two newspapers one printed daily, one printed weekly designated by the county clerk of the county where the LLC’s office is located. After the run finishes, the newspapers issue affidavits of publication, which are annexed to a Certificate of Publication and filed with the Department of State for a Here is the part no national filing service publishes: the cost varies enormously by county, and Kings County is meaningfully cheaper than Manhattan.
Kings County (Brooklyn): roughly $1,250 to $1,650 all-in, including the $50 state fee. The Kings County Clerk assigns from a rotating list — commonly a daily such as the New York Daily News, New York Post, or Brooklyn Daily Eagle, paired with a community weekly like the Brooklyn Paper, Bay News, or Brooklyn Graphic.
New York County (Manhattan): roughly $1,450 to $2,650. Manhattan is the most expensive county in the state because the clerk designates the New York Law Journal, a premium legal trade publication whose six-week rate can approach or exceed the entire Brooklyn total on its own.
Queens County: roughly $1,195 to $1,450. Bronx County: roughly $1,350 to $1,745.
Richmond County (Staten Island): roughly $1,295 to $1,350.
Nassau and Suffolk: roughly $625. Westchester and Albany: roughly $395.
Publishing in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan can save well over a thousand dollars. That difference is real — and it leads directly to the question we get most often, which deserves an honest answer.
No, you cannot simply pick a cheap county. The statute ties publication to the county in which the LLC’s office is located as designated in the Articles of Organization. If your business operates out of Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, or Greenpoint, Kings County is your county, and Kings County is where you publish. Designating an Albany address you have no genuine connection to in order to publish for $395 is a misstatement in a filed document — and if you later amend the Articles to move the office to the county where you actually operate, you trigger the publication requirement again in the new county. You pay twice.
What you should take from the county table is not a loophole. It is that Brooklyn founders are already on the better side of the borough comparison, and that the number is knowable in advance instead of arriving as a surprise invoice.
vState handles all of it: the designation request to the Kings County Clerk, placement in both assigned papers, the six-week run, affidavit collection, and the Certificate of Publication filing inside the 120-day window. Call (866) 638-3309 for a Kings County publication quote before you file.
Beyond Formation Ongoing New York Business Compliance
Biennial Statement. Every New York LLC and business corporation — domestic and foreign — files a Biennial Statement with the Department of State every two years, during the anniversary month of the original Articles of Organization, Certificate of Incorporation, or Application for Authority. The fee is $9. Corporations report the CEO’s name and business address, the principal executive office address, the service-of-process address, and board composition including the number of women directors. LLCs report the service-of-process address. There is no dollar penalty for filing late, but the entity is flagged past due on state records, which surfaces during financing, banking, and diligence.
Beneficial ownership (BOI) reporting. This rule changed. Under FinCEN’s final rule issued August 11, 2026 and effective August 14, 2026, domestic U.S. companies are exempt from BOI reporting. Only foreign entities registered to do business in a U.S. state remain reporting companies, and they are not required to report U.S. persons as beneficial owners. If you were quoted a BOI filing fee for a new Brooklyn LLC, that requirement no longer applies to you. We will tell you that rather than bill for it.
DBA / Certificate of Assumed Name. A Brooklyn LLC or corporation operating under a name other than its registered name files a Certificate of Assumed Name with the Department of State. The state fee is $25, plus a county fee of $100 for Kings County — New York City’s five counties carry a $100 county fee rather than the $25 charged elsewhere. Brooklyn restaurants, retail brands, and studios use this constantly, since the entity name and the sign on Smith Street are rarely the same.
Foreign qualification. An out-of-state company doing business in Brooklyn files an Application for Authority. For an LLC, the fee is $250 — and foreign LLCs are subject to the same six-week, two-newspaper publication requirement in the county of their New York office. A Jersey City company opening a Downtown Brooklyn location publishes in Kings County.
Restaurants and outdoor dining. Brooklyn’s food and beverage operators face a second layer: the NYC Dining Out NYC program, administered by the Department of Transportation, requires both a license and a revocable consent, each with a four-year term, with a review process that can run six months. Those applications, along with SLA liquor licensing, routinely require certificates of good standing and certified copies of formation documents. We retrieve them.
Also available: registered agent service, compliance reminder subscriptions, certificates of good standing, certified copies, apostilles (New York State’s authentication fee is $10 per document), reinstatement of suspended or dissolved entities, amendments, conversions, mergers, dissolutions, charitable solicitation registration, 501(c)(3) applications, corporate supplies, and UCC filings.
Serving Brooklyn and the Surrounding Boroughs
We form and maintain entities across all of Kings County Williamsburg, Greenpoint, DUMBO, Bushwick, Park Slope, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Industry City, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard and throughout Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester.
Everything is handled remotely. You will not lose a morning at 210 Joralemon Street or at the county clerk’s office. Documents move by email and secure upload; filings go to Albany electronically where the Department of State permits it.
Ready to Form Your Brooklyn Business? Let's Get Started.
Tell us what you are building and where in Brooklyn it operates. We will confirm name availability, prepare and file your formation documents, quote your Kings County publication cost up front, and calendar your 120 day publication deadline and your biennial statement anniversary month.
Call (866) 638-3309 or visit vstatefilings.com to begin. Law firms, accounting practices, and real estate companies with recurring filing volume should ask about our professional firm accounts.
Frequently Asked Questions About LLC Formation in Brooklyn, NY
How much does it cost to form an LLC in Brooklyn?
The New York Department of State fee for Articles of Organization is $200. The Kings County publication requirement typically adds roughly $1,250 to $1,650 all in, which includes the $50 Certificate of Publication filing fee. Add our service fee and any optional items such as expedited handling or registered agent service.
Can I skip the publication requirement?
No. Section 206 of the LLC Law is mandatory, and failure to file the Certificate of Publication within 120 days of the Articles’ effective date suspends your LLC’s authority to transact business in New York. The suspension does not void contracts or create member liability, and it is curable by filing late, but it will surface in any bank, lender, or landlord review.
Can I use an Albany address to publish more cheaply?
Not if your business operates in Brooklyn. Publication is required in the county where the LLC’s office is located as designated in the Articles of Organization. Designating a county you have no real connection to misstates a filed document, and amending the Articles later to reflect your actual county triggers publication again in that county meaning you pay for publication twice.
Why is Manhattan publication so much more expensive than Brooklyn?
Because the New York County Clerk designates the New York Law Journal as one of the two required papers. It is a premium legal industry publication whose six week rate can run $800 to $2,000 by itself. The Kings County Clerk assigns from a broader rotation of dailies and community weeklies, which brings the Brooklyn total meaningfully lower.
Do corporations have to publish in New York?
No. The publication requirement applies to LLCs, PLLCs, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships not to business corporations or professional corporations. For some Brooklyn founders, particularly those who intend to raise equity, that cost difference is worth weighing alongside the tax and governance considerations.
Do I still have to file a BOI report for my new Brooklyn LLC?
No. FinCEN’s final rule, issued August 11, 2026 and effective August 14, 2026, permanently exempts domestic U.S. companies from beneficial ownership information reporting. Only foreign entities registered to do business in a U.S. state remain reporting companies, and they do not report U.S. persons as beneficial owners.
How often do I file a New York Biennial Statement, and what does it cost?
Every two years, during the calendar month in which your original formation document was filed. The fee is $9. Both LLCs and corporations file. Our compliance reminder subscription tracks the anniversary month so it does not slip.
My business is in Brooklyn but I live elsewhere which county governs publication?
The county listed in your Articles of Organization as the LLC’s office location. If that address is in Brooklyn, you publish in Kings County regardless of where you personally reside. We confirm this designation with you before filing, because it is the single decision that determines your publication cost. Call (866) 638-3309 if you are unsure which address to designate.