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Filing Price Watch A running watch on what LLC paperwork costs.

LLC prices, tracked

What LLC services charge, with the totals shown

Each state has three watchlists: LLC formation, registered agents and foreign registration. Every figure has a source and every total shows how it was built.

Tracked by the Filing Price Watch editorial team

Four numbers worth knowing

Bottom of the filing-fee range $35 Montana
Most expensive state to file in $500 Massachusetts
Nothing due each year 6 by our count
States that charge a minimum tax 3 counted in each 3-year total

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National watchlists

1
First place Mainstay Filing
$199 plus the state fee
2
First place Mainstay Filing
$149 a year
3
First place Mainstay Filing
$199 plus the state fee

Ranking

What goes into the order

  1. Tracked three-year cost (37%): Year one plus two renewals, taken from the price each company publishes.
  2. Filings covered by the price (29%): Which recurring jobs the yearly price takes off your list: registered agent duty, the state report, the EIN application, and whether the price holds in other states.
  3. Renewal movement (14%): How much the yearly price shifts once the first year is over.
  4. Crossover year (10%): The year when one service's running total moves past another's, read from the totals on each page.
  5. Price visibility (10%): Whether the first-year price, the renewal and the state fee can all be found before checkout.
The ranking in detail

Every state, A to Z