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

Living in Massachusetts and forming elsewhere means registering the LLC back in Massachusetts as a foreign LLC, which costs $500 on top of the other state’s fees; forming in Massachusetts costs $500.

The routes side by side

RouteFormation feeMassachusetts foreign feeFees to startYearly filings, 2 years
Form in Massachusetts$500Not needed$500$1,000
Form in Wyoming$100$500$600$1,120
Form in Delaware$110$500$610$1,800
Form in Nevada$425$500$925$1,700

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 Massachusetts (2026)

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

1. Mainstay Filing

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

Registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year. Its Massachusetts checkout showed $719 in total on October 28, 2026, including $20 in state processing charges.

2. MA Registered Agent.org

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

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

3. Massachusetts Registered Agent.co

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

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

Service prices read from each provider’s Massachusetts page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division.

Massachusetts questions

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

If the LLC does business in Massachusetts, Massachusetts generally expects it to register as a foreign LLC with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division, for $500. That is what makes the second state an extra cost rather than a replacement.

What does it cost to form an LLC in Massachusetts?

$500 in state fees.

Does the foreign registration repeat every year?

Foreign LLC annual report (Secretary of the Commonwealth), $500 (due: anniversary of registration).

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