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What foreign registration costs by state / Washington

2 Best Foreign Registration Services in Washington (2026): What You Pay

Mainstay Filing ($199) and WA Registered Agent.org ($199) give you the best value among Washington foreign registration services for 2026, in that order. The state's $180 is the same whoever you hire. Service fees add $397 to $497 by year three.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team

↓ Ranked for you by: Your spend is 38% of the ranking and the work covered is 31% (more on this)

What to expect

Your state registration fee $180 sos.wa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Your first-year spend $199 State fee not included
Cost over years 1 to 3 $397 to $497 Three years of service fees
State total, years 1 to 3 $320 Not part of the ranking
Prices swap in No crossover No service overtakes another

Washington ranking

Every price is copied from the company's own pricing page. You pay the $180 state fee separately.

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Best value for you

1. Mainstay Filing: best for the same cost in each state

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 ranks first. $199 beyond what Washington charges, then $149 a year for the agent.

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

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
  • A price that holds across states

What you get

  • All fifty states covered
  • Registered agent is free in year one
  • $199 for the registration

What to watch

  • WA Registered Agent.org bills $50 less for the agent
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Washington focus

2. WA Registered Agent.org: best for adding just one state

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

Next, WA Registered Agent.org: a Washington registration through this service costs you $199, and the agent renews at $99.

Your price covers

  • Registration paperwork, filed
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • No agent charge in year one
  • $99 yearly from year two
  • $199 on top of the state fee

What to watch

  • Nothing outside this state

Totals at 1, 2, 3 and 5 years

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

Company prices from November 13, 2026, added up for you year by year. No break-even shows up inside ten years.

Your budget calculator

Choose your years and the calculator adds year one to each renewal for every service.

3 years of fees add up to Mainstay Filing $497, WA Registered Agent.org $397. Lowest at that point: WA Registered Agent.org.

The government side of your Washington budget

What you pay for Amount Source
Registration filing $180 sos.wa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual report $70 sos.wa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
State side, 3 years $320 Our sum

To find what you owe the state across three years, add the filing fee, two later reports and any minimum tax. We mention open-ended costs without putting a number on them.

What settled it

For Washington, the deciding factor was upkeep the price covers (31% of the ranking), where Mainstay Filing came out ahead.

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

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

Out-of-state LLCs, yours included, deliver the Foreign Registration Statement to the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division with $180. Include certificate of existence (good standing) or similar document no older than 60 days.

The state's wording: sos.wa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)

State fees only

Go it alone and Washington still takes $320 over three years, and you complete every form yourself. A service charges $397 to $497 to take that over.

Washington money questions

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

$180 for the filing itself, while our picks add $199.

What will these services cost me over three years?

Year one plus two renewals comes to $397 to $497.

Which form do I file to register?

You file Foreign Registration Statement with the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division.

Do I need a document from my home state to register in Washington?

Yes, and it can be at most 60 days old: certificate of existence (good standing) or similar document.

What do I file after I register?

You file the annual report next, and it costs $70.

When does one service end up costing more than another?

Not within ten years: the order of the totals stays the same.

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

Mainstay Filing, which wins on upkeep the price covers. WA Registered Agent.org follow.

Keep comparing

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Where we looked

  1. Our source for Washington Secretary of State, Corporations is ccfs.sos.wa.gov, from August 2026.
  2. Our source for Washington Secretary of State, Corporations is sos.wa.gov, from August 2026.
  3. Our source for Washington yearly filing: Annual report is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  4. Our source for Washington report due date is app.leg.wa.gov, from August 2026.
  5. Our source for Washington formation fee: Filing fee is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  6. Our source for Washington formation fee: Filing fee is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  7. Our source for Washington registered agent statute is app.leg.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  8. Our source for Washington SOS, register a foreign is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  9. Our source for Washington SOS, fee schedules and is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  10. Our source for RCW 23.95.520, activities that are is app.leg.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  11. Our source for RCW 23.95.505, consequences of not is app.leg.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  12. Our source for RCW 23.95.510, foreign registration statement is app.leg.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  13. Our source for Washington SOS, registered agents is sos.wa.gov, from October 2026.
  14. Washington service page at Mainstay Filing, from November 13, 2026
  15. pricing page at WA Registered Agent.org, from November 13, 2026