Start Your LLC Online
Name checked, articles prepared, filed with the state for you, in all 50 states + DC. About ten minutes to apply.
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How It Works
Step 1: Pick your state
Choose the state your LLC will be formed in.
Step 2: Complete the application
Company name, address, members and registered agent on one page. About ten minutes, saved as you go.
Step 3: We file it with the state
We check your name, prepare your articles of organization, submit them within 3 business days (expedited: ordered by 2 PM Eastern on a business day, submitted to the state that day; later orders, the next business day), and email you the approved documents.
Registered Agent
Every LLC must name a registered agent: a person or company with a street address in your state, available during business hours to receive lawsuits and official state mail for the company. Miss those notices and the state can fine the LLC or eventually dissolve it. You can serve as your own agent for free, but the agent's address becomes public record.
Our registered agent service
$199/yr
- A registered agent address on the record, not your home
- Legal and state mail forwarded the same business day
- Add it right in the application
- Renews yearly; reminder 30 days before; cancel online anytime
Benefits of Forming an LLC
A limited liability company (LLC) is a business structure that can help separate your personal assets from the business's debts and obligations. It pairs the liability protection of a corporation with the simple tax treatment and paperwork of a sole proprietorship or partnership. An LLC can have one owner or many; owners are called members.
- Can help protect personal assets: Business debts and lawsuits generally stay with the business, not your personal savings or home, when the LLC is run as a separate business.
- Pass-through taxes: By default profits are taxed once, on the owners' returns, not at the company level.
- Less paperwork: Fewer formalities and reporting requirements than a corporation.
- Credibility: A registered business name customers, vendors, and banks take seriously.
- Easier banking and financing: Open a business bank account and build business credit in the company's name.
- Flexible ownership: One owner or many, run by the members or by a manager you appoint.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Liability protection depends on keeping business and personal affairs separate.
Frequently Asked Questions
How fast is it?+
Standard orders are submitted to the state within 3 business days. Expedited: Same-day submission: ordered by 2 PM Eastern on a business day, submitted to the state that day (later orders, the next business day). State processing then varies: some states approve the same day, others take a few weeks. We email you the moment it's approved.
Do I need a registered agent?+
Every state requires one: a person or company with a street address in the state, available in business hours. You can be your own for free, or add our registered agent service ($199/yr) in the application so a registered agent address, not yours, is on the public record.
What about newspaper publication (NY, AZ, NE)?+
New York, Arizona (outside Maricopa and Pima counties), and Nebraska require new LLCs to publish a notice in local newspapers. We flag it before you pay; publication is arranged directly with the newspapers. Our service covers preparing and filing the articles.