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The Formation Desk

Rankings of registered agents, LLC formation and foreign registration services in all 50 states.

About the desk

About The Formation Desk

The Formation Desk is a small desk that tells first-time founders which filing service to use, one state at a time: who forms the LLC, who acts as registered agent and who registers a company in a new state.
Written by The Formation Desk editorial team

What the desk covers

Each state gets three sets of picks (registered agents, LLC formation and foreign registration), and every company we pick has a page of its own. Each page leads with the answer, then gets to three-year prices and the state's rules.

Who is behind it

The The Formation Desk editorial team writes and updates every page. We are not a law firm, and none of this is legal or tax advice.

How the desk gets paid

The Formation Desk 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.

The method in a line

One method sits behind all of it, laid out on How we rank.