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What do you want to know about your LLC?

Pick a state to see how its rules answer the questions owners ask most.

Updated November 13, 2026 · Answered by the Ask About LLC editorial team

What do you want to know?

How much does it cost to start an LLC where you live, which form do you file and what comes after? Each state has its own answers.

Find out whether an agent is required where you live, and what hiring one costs a year.

Moving into a second state? See when your LLC has to register there, what the state charges and what you must bring from home.

LLC Services
Where we would ask first
Mainstay Filing
$199 + state fee
Registered Agents
Where we would ask first
Mainstay Filing
$149 a year
Foreign Registration Services
Where we would ask first
Mainstay Filing
$199 + state fee

Behind the picks

What you pay over three years (33%): Year one plus two renewals at each company's own published prices.
Chores the price takes care of (29%): Which of the repeat jobs are inside the price: the registered agent, the state report, the EIN application and use in other states.
Answers on the price page (14%): Can you find the first-year price, the renewal price and the state fee before you reach checkout, in words a newcomer understands?.
What happens at renewal (13%): A price that holds in year two is worth more than a low opening bid that climbs.
Room to add states (11%): One state or all fifty.