3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Georgia (2026): Your Questions Answered
Wondering about foreign registration services in Georgia, for 2026 our order is Mainstay Filing ($199), Georgia Registered Agent.co ($199) and GA Registered Agent.org ($199). Every option pays Georgia $235, then $397 to $497 to a service across three years.
Answered by the Ask About LLC editorial team ·
The short answers
What does the state charge to register?
$235
Home-state certificate?
No
Once registered
$60, annual registration
Who to ask
Mainstay Filing, Georgia Registered Agent.co then GA Registered Agent.org
Service fees only, from each company's prices on November 13, 2026. State fees are the same whichever you pick.
Questions owners ask
Does my LLC from another state have to register?
Register with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division before your LLC starts doing business in Georgia.
Skip it and the LLC may face it cannot sue in Georgia courts until it registers (O.C.G.A. 14-2-1502).
looked up at sos.ga.gov in October 2026 to confirm
What will I pay to register?
$235 goes to the state and $199 to a service.
Over three years the state's fees reach $355, counting any recurring report. looked up at sos.ga.gov in October 2026 to confirm
What registers the LLC?
You need one document, the Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241), and the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division is where it is sent.
No home-state certificate is requested here, so there is nothing to order before you file.
What do I owe once the LLC is registered?
Down the road there is the annual registration, which costs $60.
When the filing is due, per the state: Between January 1 and April 1.
Why is the list in this order?
On chores the price takes care of, worth 29%, Mainstay Filing comes out ahead.
Two questions carry most of the weight, what you pay over three years (33%) and chores the price takes care of (29%), and three smaller ones follow.
Georgia Registered Agent.co serves Georgia only, so the home state would need someone else.
looked up at sos.ga.gov in October 2026 to confirm
Certificate from home
No
looked up at sos.ga.gov in October 2026 to confirm
Annual registration
$60
looked up at sos.ga.gov in October 2026 to confirm
What the state collects in three years
$355
The rows above, added up
The last row is arithmetic, not a state figure: filing fee, plus the reports due in years two and three, plus a minimum tax where one applies. Open-ended costs stay out.
Still wondering?
Does the state where I formed the LLC still need an agent?
Probably. Your home state still wants an agent of its own. A company that operates in every state, Mainstay Filing for example, can hold both roles, whereas a local firm covers a single state.
How do the three-year totals compare?
Mainstay Filing comes to $497; Georgia Registered Agent.co comes to $397; GA Registered Agent.org comes to $397, before state fees.
Where do these numbers come from?
Official Georgia sources back the state side, and posted company prices back the service side.
Do I have to use a service?
Hiring help is a convenience you pay for, never a legal duty.
Will a service file the registration for me?
Yes, filing is part of what each company on this page sells, and the state's fee is identical whoever sends it.
Who should I ask first about a foreign registration service in Georgia?
Mainstay Filing, because you pay $199 plus Georgia's fee, owe nothing for the registered agent in year one and then $149 a year. After that, Georgia Registered Agent.co and GA Registered Agent.org.
Where did we look this up?
Our answer on Georgia Secretary of State fee rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Georgia report due date rests on law.justia.com, a page we confirmed August 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Georgia Secretary of State Corporations rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Georgia registered agent statute rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Georgia Secretary of State, how rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Form CD 241, application for rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Our answer on Form CD 555, application for rests on sos.ga.gov, a page we confirmed October 2026 and still point you to
Mainstay Filing Georgia service page, read November 13, 2026
Georgia Registered Agent.co pricing page, read November 13, 2026
GA Registered Agent.org pricing page, read November 13, 2026