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What foreign registration costs by state / Pennsylvania

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

When you shop for foreign registration services in Pennsylvania for 2026, the order to follow is Mainstay Filing ($199), PA Registered Agent.org ($199) and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co ($199). You will pay Pennsylvania $250 to register, then $397 to $497 to a service over three years.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team

↓ Ranked for you by: We rank on five things: your spend (38%), your workload (31%) and three smaller ones

Pennsylvania at a glance

Government charge to register $250 pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Year-one range $199 Service fees only
Your three-year spend $397 to $497 Year one plus two renewals
State fees by year three $264 Does not depend on the service
Prices swap in Never Stable for a decade

Your Pennsylvania options

Service prices only. Every option comes with the same $250 state fee.

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Start here

1. Mainstay Filing: best for registering again and again

Starts at $199; later years $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.

The $100 extra over PA Registered Agent.org at year three pays for coverage, and coverage decides this ranking.

After the free year, the agent bills $149 annually.

Your price covers

  • Registration paperwork, filed
  • Fifty-state service

What you get

  • All fifty states covered
  • $199 above the state fee

What to watch

  • A higher agent renewal ($149)
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Pennsylvania only

2. PA Registered Agent.org: best for a low registration bill

Starts at $199; later years $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Option 2 is PA Registered Agent.org. $199 gets you registered with a year of agent service; each year after costs $99.

Your price covers

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

What you get

  • Agent included to start
  • $199 plus the state fee
  • Agent renews at $99

What to watch

  • Nothing outside this state
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Pennsylvania only

3. Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co: best for another in-state registrant

Starts at $199; later years $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Option 3 is Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co. $199 gets you registered with a year of agent service; each year after costs $99.

No price gap from PA Registered Agent.org.

Your price covers

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

What you get

  • Agent renews at $99
  • Agent included to start
  • $199 plus the state fee

What to watch

  • Nothing outside this state

What you pay by year

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 PA Registered Agent.org $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out PA Registered Agent.org Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3 Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Year one plus renewals, using prices from November 13, 2026. No service overtakes another within ten years.

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3 years of fees add up to Mainstay Filing $497, PA Registered Agent.org $397, Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co $397. Your smallest total: PA Registered Agent.org.

State fees with sources

What you pay for Amount Source
Cost to register $250 pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual report $7 pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
State fees summed, years 1 to 3 $264 Filing, reports and any tax

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.

Why number one is number one

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

Several states at one price beat PA Registered Agent.org's lower renewal.

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

If your LLC was formed elsewhere, you register it in Pennsylvania before doing business there. You hand the Foreign Registration Statement (DSCB:15-412) to the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations and pay $250.

Skipping registration can bring being kept out of Pennsylvania courts as plaintiff until you register (15 Pa.C.S. 411(b)).

Straight from the source: pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)

State fees only

Go it alone and Pennsylvania still takes $264 over three years, and you complete every form yourself. A service charges $397 to $497 to take that over.

Questions

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

$250 for the filing itself, plus $199 should you use a provider.

What will these services cost me over three years?

$397 to $497 in service fees, with state fees on top.

Which form do I file to register?

You file Foreign Registration Statement (DSCB:15-412) with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations.

What do I file after I register?

You file the annual report next, and it costs $7.

When does one service end up costing more than another?

Over ten years the totals never swap places.

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

Mainstay Filing is first for you, with PA Registered Agent.org and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co after it.

Related pages

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. Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau traces back to pa.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  2. Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau traces back to pa.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  3. 15 Pa.C.S. § 8821 traces back to pa.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  4. Pennsylvania formation fee: Filing fee traces back to pa.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  5. Pennsylvania registered agent statute traces back to legis.state.pa.us; we looked in October 2026.
  6. Pennsylvania DOS, foreign associations traces back to pa.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  7. Foreign Registration Statement, DSCB:15-412 traces back to pa.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  8. Commercial registered office providers traces back to pa.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  9. 15 Pa.C.S. 411, registration to traces back to legis.state.pa.us; we looked in November 2026.
  10. Pennsylvania Department of State, general traces back to pa.gov; we looked in November 2026.
  11. Pennsylvania service page at Mainstay Filing, from November 13, 2026
  12. pricing page at PA Registered Agent.org, from November 13, 2026
  13. pricing page at Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co, from November 13, 2026