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New Hampshire LLC or an LLC from Wyoming, Delaware, Nevada?

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

The routes side by side

RouteFormation feeNew Hampshire foreign feeFees to startYearly filings, 2 years
Form in New Hampshire$100Not needed$100$200
Form in Wyoming$100$100$200$320
Form in Delaware$110$100$210$1,000
Form in Nevada$425$100$525$900

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 New Hampshire (2026)

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

1. Mainstay Filing

$199 + $100 state fee = $299

Registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year. Its New Hampshire checkout showed $301 in total on October 28, 2026, including $2 in state processing charges.

2. NH Registered Agent.org

$199 + $100 state fee = $299

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

3. NH 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 New Hampshire page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division.

New Hampshire questions

Do I still register in New Hampshire if I form in another state?

If the LLC does business in New Hampshire, New Hampshire generally expects it to register as a foreign LLC with the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division, 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 New Hampshire?

$100 in state fees.

Does the foreign registration repeat every year?

Annual report (New Hampshire Secretary of State), $100 (due: april 1).

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