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Georgia Foreign LLC Route (2026): Entry Fees and the 3 Best Registration Services

For a foreign LLC registration in Georgia, our 2026 routing puts Mainstay Filing ($199), Georgia Registered Agent.co ($199) and GA Registered Agent.org ($199) in that order. Crossing into Georgia as a foreign LLC costs $235 at the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division, with $60 due at each report checkpoint after that; the three-year toll ranks 32nd of 50.

Surveyed by the Filing Mapper team

Georgia survey figures

32nd

along the 50-state route, foreign LLC tolls

Mile 1 is the lightest toll. Open the 50-state route map

Entry fee for outside LLCs
$235
sos.ga.gov, surveyed October 2026
Checkpoint report
$60
Annual registration
State toll, three years
$355
Entry in year one, checkpoints after

Route services for Georgia

The order rests on five criteria set out in the method: three-year provider cost (35%), steps covered (27%), renewal fare, fit with Georgia rules and fee labeling.

1. Mainstay Filing: best for one fare wherever the next state is

Stop one$199 plus the $235 entry toll, $149/yr after

We put Mainstay Filing at the head of the route because $199 plus Georgia's own entry fee, then $149 a year for agent duty from the second lap.

Its three-year provider cost runs $100 above Georgia Registered Agent.co's, and in exchange more of the state's checkpoints are cleared for you.

The second lap brings an agent fare of $149 a year.

The fare covers

  • The registration drafted and filed by Mainstay
  • No charge for registered agent duty while year one lasts
  • Fifty-state service

On the plus side

  • Year-one agent duty is included
  • $199 above Georgia's own fee
  • One fare for every state

On the minus side

  • Agent renewal of $149, $50 above Georgia Registered Agent.co
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2. Georgia Registered Agent.co: best for one extra state

Local pick$199 plus the $235 entry toll, $99/yr after

Farther along, Georgia Registered Agent.co, where a service fee of $199 and an agent renewal of $99.

The fare covers

  • Registration handled from start to filing
  • A year of agent service

On the plus side

  • $199 and the state's toll
  • Then $99 per lap
  • A free first agent lap

On the minus side

  • Runs in Georgia only; your home state needs its own agent
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3. GA Registered Agent.org: best for a smaller agent renewal

Local pick$199 plus the $235 entry toll, $99/yr after

Farther along, GA Registered Agent.org, where a service fee of $199 and an agent renewal of $99.

Compared with Georgia Registered Agent.co, the fares come out level.

The fare covers

  • Registration handled from start to filing
  • A year of agent service

On the plus side

  • Then $99 per lap
  • A free first agent lap
  • $199 and the state's toll

On the minus side

  • Runs in Georgia only; your home state needs its own agent
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The 3 stops compared

StopProviderLeg oneLater legsProvider cost, three years
1Mainstay Filing$199$149/yr$497Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2Georgia Registered Agent.co$199$99/yr$397Visit Georgia Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3GA Registered Agent.org$199$99/yr$397Visit GA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Provider fare pages, read November 12, 2026. Add the $235 entry toll to every row.

Georgia foreign LLC route calculator

The entry fee is $235, followed by the $60 report from year two, and each provider's fares are added.

With Mainstay Filing, 3 years come to $852 ($355 state, $497 provider).

Georgia and the stops on either side of it

MileStateThree-year foreign LLC fees
30thWashington$320
31stOklahoma$350
32ndGeorgia$355
33rdFlorida$402.50
34thVermont$495

Foreign LLC fees by state plots all fifty, least expensive first.

Georgia foreign registration: fee, form, office

The gate is the Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241), delivered to the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division along with $235.

It then keeps clearing the annual registration ($60), between January 1 and April 1.

Checklist before the crossing

  • Home-state record: legal name and formation date.
  • A registered agent with a street address here; every provider on this route can supply one.
  • Payment of the $235 state fee.

Consequences of staying unregistered

Registration has to come first if the LLC plans to sue in the state (O.C.G.A. 14-2-1502).

How the Georgia stops were ordered

Steps the service takes over (27%) is the criterion on which Mainstay Filing outscored Georgia Registered Agent.co here.

The company already has a home state; one provider for it and Georgia scored highest.

Common questions

What does Georgia toll a foreign LLC for entry?

$235 paid to the state. Our picks add $199.

Which form gets a foreign LLC into Georgia?

Entry is on the Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241), which goes to the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.

Is there a yearly checkpoint for a foreign LLC?

There is: the annual registration, which costs $60.

What happens when the LLC does business there without registering?

Registration has to come first if the LLC plans to sue in the state (O.C.G.A. 14-2-1502).

Does a foreign LLC need to carry a registered agent for Georgia?

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Which provider should take my foreign LLC across?

Mainstay Filing, Georgia Registered Agent.co and GA Registered Agent.org, in route order.

Connecting routes

Survey markers for this route

Survey marker
  1. Marker for Georgia Secretary of State fee schedule Rev. 8/2025: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  2. Marker for Georgia report due date: the page at law.justia.com, logged August 2026.
  3. Marker for Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division fee schedule: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  4. Marker for Georgia registered agent statute: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  5. Marker for Georgia Secretary of State, how to register a: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  6. Marker for Form CD 241, application for certificate of authority: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  7. Marker for Form CD 555, application for withdrawal: the page at sos.ga.gov, logged October 2026.
  8. Marker for Washington SOS, register a foreign LLC online: the page at sos.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  9. Marker for Washington SOS, fee schedules and priority services: the page at sos.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  10. Marker for RCW 23.95.520, activities that are not doing business: the page at app.leg.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  11. Marker for RCW 23.95.505, consequences of not registering: the page at app.leg.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  12. Marker for RCW 23.95.510, foreign registration statement: the page at app.leg.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  13. Marker for Washington SOS, registered agents: the page at sos.wa.gov, logged October 2026.
  14. Marker for Oklahoma Secretary of State, entity filing: the page at sos.ok.gov, logged October 2026.
  15. Marker for Procedures for registering a foreign LLC: the page at sos.ok.gov, logged October 2026.
  16. Marker for Oklahoma Secretary of State, fee schedule: the page at sos.ok.gov, logged October 2026.
  17. Marker for Annual certificate form for LLCs: the page at sos.ok.gov, logged October 2026.
  18. Marker for 18 O.S. § 2049, transacting business: the page at oscn.net, logged October 2026.
  19. Marker for Form CR2E027, foreign LLC application: the page at form.sunbiz.org, logged October 2026.
  20. Marker for Florida Statutes 605.0902, certificate of authority: the page at flsenate.gov, logged October 2026.
  21. Marker for Florida Statutes 605.0905, activities that are not transacting: the page at flsenate.gov, logged October 2026.
  22. Marker for Florida Statutes 605.0904, consequences of transacting business without: the page at flsenate.gov, logged October 2026.
  23. Marker for Form CR2E057, withdrawal: the page at form.sunbiz.org, logged October 2026.
  24. Marker for Sunbiz LLC fees: the page at dos.fl.gov, logged October 2026.
  25. Marker for Vermont Secretary of State, foreign registration: the page at sos.vermont.gov, logged October 2026.
  26. Marker for Vermont Secretary of State, fees and statutes: the page at sos.vermont.gov, logged October 2026.
  27. Marker for 11 V.S.A. § 4112, application for certificate of: the page at legislature.vermont.gov, logged October 2026.
  28. Marker for 11 V.S.A. § 4113, activities that are not: the page at legislature.vermont.gov, logged October 2026.
  29. Marker for 11 V.S.A. § 4033, annual report: the page at legislature.vermont.gov, logged October 2026.
  30. Mainstay Filing's Georgia service page, as surveyed November 12, 2026
  31. Georgia Registered Agent.co's pricing page, as surveyed November 12, 2026
  32. GA Registered Agent.org's pricing page, as surveyed November 12, 2026