About Filing Mapper

Each state has three routes: one for forming an LLC, one for registered agents and one for foreign LLC registration. Fifty-state tables put the states side by side, and three nationwide rankings serve owners who work across state lines. Every route opens with a short answer and follows with its cited figures.

The Filing Mapper editors survey, write and update every route. They are not lawyers, so please read nothing here as legal or tax advice, and ask a licensed professional about your own case.

Filing Mapper is reader-supported. We may earn money when you buy through links on this page, and the companies we rank are our partners. Prices come from each company's own pages and official state sources.

On the method page you can see where each figure comes from, how the 50-state mile count is calculated, and the five criteria that put the providers in order.