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LLC service picks · Virginia

2 Best LLC Services in Virginia (2026)

The The Formation Desk call for LLC services in Virginia in 2026: Mainstay Filing ($199) and VA Registered Agent.org ($199), in that order. Mainstay Filing takes the call: $199 a year gets you the Virginia formation, a year of registered agent service and the annual registration fee, and it renews at $199.
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1. Mainstay Filing: best for formation, agent and annual registration fee in a single price

$199 a year plus the state fee, $299 due at checkout

Editorial score 9.1 out of 10

The desk picks Mainstay Filing: the formation, the registered agent and the annual registration fee all ride on one $199 yearly price, renewing at $199.

Mainstay files the Annual Registration Fee for you when you renew. Virginia wants $50 every year, by last day of the LLC's anniversary month, and a late filing tacks on $25; Mainstay hands the state's fee through at cost.

Over three years Mainstay runs $200 more than VA Registered Agent.org, and the desk thinks the wider coverage is worth it.

In the price

  • The formation document, filed on your behalf
  • Your registered agent, all year long
  • Annual registration fee, filed by Mainstay
  • EIN application handled

Strengths

  • Virginia's fee passes through at cost
  • EIN application comes with the package
  • One $199 yearly price that takes in the annual registration fee
  • $199 on renewal, nothing extra

Cons

  • Its agent renews at $100 a year more than VA Registered Agent.org
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Lower renewal than Mainstay

2. VA Registered Agent.org: best for a Virginia LLC with no plans to expand

Form for $199; the agent is $99 a year after that, plus the state fee

Editorial score 8.9 out of 10

Runner-up, VA Registered Agent.org: $199 plus the Virginia filing fee, first-year registered agent service included, then $99 a year.

You get an in-state street address as the registered office, and papers served there are scanned into your account.

It leaves the Annual Registration Fee out of its prices, so you send that filing to Virginia yourself every year.

In the price

  • Articles prepared and filed
  • A first year of registered agent service

Strengths

  • Includes a first year as your registered agent
  • Forms the LLC for $199, plus the state's fee
  • $99 yearly to keep the agent

Cons

  • No Annual Registration Fee filing included
  • EIN application will cost you $99 more
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The desk's 2 picks in brief

Pick Service Desk score Service fee Year two Good for Visit
1 Mainstay Filing 9.1 $199 $199/yr Formation, agent and annual registration fee in a single price Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2 VA Registered Agent.org 8.9 $199 $99/yr A Virginia-only LLC on a shoestring Visit VA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

A score out of 10 here is editorial judgment built on the criteria explained on How we rank, not an average of customer ratings.

What a Virginia LLC service costs in 2026: year one, renewal and the three-year bill

Service Year one Year two Year three Bill over three years Annual Registration Fee filed on your behalf
Mainstay Filing $199 $199 $199 $597 Yes
VA Registered Agent.org $199 $99 $99 $397 No

Every price here was read off the company's own pages on November 12, 2026. Virginia's $100 filing fee comes on top of every row and is left out of these totals.

Why it falls this way

Here is the weighting: 33% for spend over three years, 33% for work the price removes, 34% spread over what renewal looks like, fit with the state and plain price display. In Virginia, work the price removes made the call.

Virginia wants a report each year and charges $50, plus $25 if you are late. Mainstay's price covers that filing and VA Registered Agent.org's does not, and that outweighed VA Registered Agent.org's lower three-year cost.

The full criteria and weights are on How we rank.

Virginia LLC filing fee and form: the official numbers

It takes $100 to file the Articles of Organization of a Virginia Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1011) with the State Corporation Commission (SCC). Every service here adds that fee at cost on top of its own price.

After you form: keeping the Virginia LLC in order

Send in the Annual Registration Fee every year, by last day of the LLC's anniversary month. It costs $50. Late means $25 extra. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Virginia LLC service: reader questions

What will setting up an LLC in Virginia cost you?

$100 goes to the state and $199 to the service.

What do you file to create the LLC?

The Articles of Organization of a Virginia Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1011), sent to the State Corporation Commission (SCC).

Does a Virginia LLC have to line up a registered agent on day one?

Yes. Virginia expects a registered agent from the start, with a street address inside the state.

What keeps coming due once a Virginia LLC exists?

One filing: the Annual Registration Fee, every year, due last day of the LLC's anniversary month, costing $50.

Does the service price take care of the EIN?

Mainstay Filing builds it into the yearly price. VA Registered Agent.org tacks on $99. The IRS never charges for an EIN.

Who is our pick for an LLC service in Virginia?

Mainstay Filing, since one $199 yearly bill covers the Virginia formation filing, the registered agent and the annual registration fee.

See also

Where the numbers came from

  1. Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source, last checked October 2026
  2. Virginia yearly filing: Recurring filing, official source, last checked October 2026
  3. Va. Code § 13.1-1010, last checked August 2026
  4. Virginia formation fee: Filing fee, official source, last checked October 2026
  5. Virginia registered agent statute, last checked October 2026
  6. Mainstay Filing: Virginia service page, as of November 12, 2026
  7. VA Registered Agent.org: pricing and service pages, as of November 12, 2026