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West Virginia LLC or an LLC from Wyoming, Delaware, Nevada?

Living in West Virginia and forming elsewhere means registering the LLC back in West Virginia as a foreign LLC, which costs $150 on top of the other state’s fees; forming in West Virginia costs $100.

The routes side by side

RouteFormation feeWest Virginia foreign feeFees to startYearly filings, 2 years
Form in West Virginia$100Not needed$100$50
Form in Wyoming$100$150$250$170
Form in Delaware$110$150$260$850
Form in Nevada$425$150$575$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 West Virginia (2026)

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

1. Mainstay Filing

$199 + $150 state fee = $349

Registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year. Its West Virginia checkout showed $350 in total on October 28, 2026, including $1 in state processing charges.

2. WV Registered Agent.org

$199 + $150 state fee = $349

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

3. West Virginia Registered Agent.co

$199 + $150 state fee = $349

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

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

West Virginia questions

Do I still register in West Virginia if I form in another state?

If the LLC does business in West Virginia, West Virginia generally expects it to register as a foreign LLC with the West Virginia Secretary of State, Business & Licensing Division, for $150. That is what makes the second state an extra cost rather than a replacement.

What does it cost to form an LLC in West Virginia?

$100 in state fees.

Does the foreign registration repeat every year?

Annual report (Secretary of State), $25 (due: june 30).

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