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What foreign registration costs by state / Georgia

3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Georgia (2026): What You Pay

Mainstay Filing ($199), Georgia Registered Agent.co ($199) and GA Registered Agent.org ($199) give you the best value among Georgia foreign registration services for 2026, in that order. You will pay Georgia $235 to register, then $397 to $497 to a service over three years.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team

↓ Ranked for you by: Best value for you comes first, using our five-part ranking

The short version

Your state registration fee $235 sos.ga.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Your first-year spend $199 Service fees only
Your three-year spend $397 to $497 Opening year plus two more
State side through year 3 $355 Registration, reports and any minimum tax
Crossover year Not within ten years No service overtakes another

Your Georgia options

Options sit in value order, with prices taken from company pages. The $235 state fee stays outside the service prices.

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Start here

1. Mainstay Filing: best for one fee wherever you register

$199 on top of Georgia's $235; renewal $149
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $149/yr
You pay over 3 years $497

Mainstay Filing comes first because $199 to file, nothing for the agent in year one, and the same price in every state.

Georgia Registered Agent.co costs $100 less by year three; the 31% weight on work covered still puts this one first.

Your agent price from year two: $149 a year, in any state.

Your price covers

  • Registration handled for you
  • Registered agent costs you nothing in year one
  • One fee wherever you register

What you get

  • Helpful if another state follows
  • $199 for the registration
  • Registered agent is free in year one

What to watch

  • $50 more each year for the agent
2
Local option

2. Georgia Registered Agent.co: best for a basic registration

$199 on top of Georgia's $235; renewal $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Option 2 is Georgia Registered Agent.co. $199 past the state fee, then $99 a year.

Your price covers

  • Registration handled for you
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • $99 a year for the agent after that
  • Agent included to start
  • Starts at $199

What to watch

  • Nothing outside this state
3
Local option

3. GA Registered Agent.org: best for one more state

$199 on top of Georgia's $235; renewal $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Option 3 is GA Registered Agent.org. $199 past the state fee, then $99 a year.

Year-one and renewal prices both equal Georgia Registered Agent.co's.

Your price covers

  • Registration handled for you
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • Starts at $199
  • Agent included to start
  • $99 a year for the agent after that

What to watch

  • Nothing outside this state

Year-by-year totals

Pick Service You pay in year 1 You pay by year 2 You pay by year 3 You pay by year 5
1 Mainstay Filing $199 $348 $497 $795 Price out Mainstay Filing Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2 Georgia Registered Agent.co $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out Georgia Registered Agent.co Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3 GA Registered Agent.org $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out GA Registered Agent.org Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Prices as published November 13, 2026; you pay year one first, then each renewal is added. The order of totals stays put for ten years.

Cost calculator

Tell us how many years you plan to keep the LLC and each service's running total updates.

3 years of fees add up to Mainstay Filing $497, Georgia Registered Agent.co $397, GA Registered Agent.org $397. Lowest of the totals: Georgia Registered Agent.co.

The government side of your Georgia budget

What you pay for Amount Source
Registration filing $235 sos.ga.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual registration $60 sos.ga.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
State fees over three years $355 Added up from the lines above

Your three-year bill from the state is made of the filing fee, the reports due in years two and three, and a yearly minimum tax in states that levy one. Anything the state does not put a fixed price on, a newspaper notice for example, is described but never added.

How the ranking came out

Weight 31%: upkeep the price covers. That factor separated the top two.

You are dealing with at least two states when you register here, and one provider for both beat Georgia Registered Agent.co.

What Georgia charges you to register a foreign LLC and what it requires

What you need to register: the Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241), the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division, $235.

Operating without registering may mean Georgia courts dismissing your own claims (O.C.G.A. 14-2-1502).

In the state's words: sos.ga.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)

If you skip the service

$355 in state fees is the least three years can cost you. Services add $397 to $497 above that.

About these prices

How much will it cost me to register my LLC in Georgia?

$235 in state fees, while our picks add $199.

What will these services cost me over three years?

$397 to $497 across the services, not counting state fees.

Which form do I file to register?

You file Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241) with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.

What do I file after I register?

You file the annual registration next, and it costs $60.

When does one service end up costing more than another?

They keep one order for ten years.

Which foreign registration service is the best value for me in Georgia?

Your options, best value first: Mainstay Filing, Georgia Registered Agent.co and GA Registered Agent.org.

Where to go next

What foreign registration costs by state for all 50 states Best foreign registration services for anyone How we rank your options

Where we looked

  1. For Georgia Secretary of State fee, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  2. For Georgia report due date, open law.justia.com (read August 2026).
  3. For Georgia Secretary of State Corporations, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  4. For Georgia registered agent statute, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  5. For Georgia Secretary of State, how, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  6. For Form CD 241, application for, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  7. For Form CD 555, application for, open sos.ga.gov (read October 2026).
  8. Georgia service page at Mainstay Filing, from November 13, 2026
  9. pricing page at Georgia Registered Agent.co, from November 13, 2026
  10. pricing page at GA Registered Agent.org, from November 13, 2026