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Colorado LLC or an LLC from Wyoming, Delaware, Nevada?

Living in Colorado and forming elsewhere means registering the LLC back in Colorado as a foreign LLC, which costs $100 on top of the other state’s fees; forming in Colorado costs $50.

The routes side by side

RouteFormation feeColorado foreign feeFees to startYearly filings, 2 years
Form in Colorado$50Not needed$50$50
Form in Wyoming$100$100$200$170
Form in Delaware$110$100$210$850
Form in Nevada$425$100$525$750

Only state fees: formation, the foreign fee and two years of yearly filings. State income, franchise and gross-receipts taxes are separate, are not in these totals and are the same or similar on both routes.

Head-to-head pages

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Colorado (2026)

If you go the foreign route, here is who files the Colorado registration, in order.

1. Mainstay Filing

$199 + $100 state fee = $299

Registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.

2. CO Registered Agent.org

$199 + $100 state fee = $299

Registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

3. Colorado Registered Agent.co

$199 + $100 state fee = $299

Registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices read from each provider’s Colorado page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program.

Colorado questions

Do I still register in Colorado if I form in another state?

If the LLC does business in Colorado, Colorado generally expects it to register as a foreign LLC with the Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program, for $100. That is what makes the second state an extra cost rather than a replacement.

What does it cost to form an LLC in Colorado?

$50 in state fees.

Does the foreign registration repeat every year?

Periodic report (Colorado Secretary of State), $25 (due: once a year, by the end of the second month after your report month).

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