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3 Best Registered Agents (2026): What You Pay
Our 2026 national registered agent list, best value first: Mainstay Filing ($149/yr), SD Registered Agent.org ($99/yr) and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co ($99/yr). Why Mainstay Filing leads: $149 a year in each state, and again at renewal.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team
↓ Ranked for you by:Our ranking formula, applied to every state at once
Prices from November 13, 2026; each service adds the state fee at cost. None of the totals cross in ten years.
What each figure is
Each service shows a first-year price, a renewal price and the sum of year one plus two renewals. The day your company outgrows its first state, reach across states becomes the bigger factor.
Why this order
Five weighted factors set the order, led by three-year spend and work covered per dollar. Because this list has to work wherever you live, coverage of all fifty states decides first place. Owners in South Dakota or Pennsylvania can save with SD Registered Agent.org or Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co.
Yes: Mainstay Filing charges one price in all fifty states, while the other two each serve a single state.
Why list one-state services on a national page?
They give a better price to a company that stays put. SD Registered Agent.org suits South Dakota businesses, and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co suits Pennsylvania businesses.
How are the services ranked?
Three-year spend and work covered per dollar count most; the other three factors follow.