Updated on November 12, 2026

Which filing service should you use?

We compare filing services state by state on what you pay over three years and what that price includes.

Three kinds of ranking

Registered agents for every state, ranked on annual price, renewal price and what the plan includes.

Formation services ranked for each state, with the state filing fee and three-year totals.

Who should register your company in a second state, ranked state by state.

Our method

Three-year cost (30%): The service fees you pay in years one to three, from each company's published first-year and renewal prices.
What one price covers (30%): How much of the yearly paperwork the price includes: the registered agent, the annual or biennial report filed for you, the EIN application, and whether one account works in other states.
Renewal terms (15%): Whether the price stays the same at renewal and how the service handles renewals and cancelling.
Fit for the state (15%): How the service fits that state's rules: its report cadence and late fees, agent address rules and filing steps.
Price clarity (10%): Whether the total due today is shown before you pay, with the state's fee listed separately at cost.