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3 Best LLC Services in New Hampshire (2026): What You Pay

For 2026, we would price out New Hampshire Registered Agent.co ($199), Mainstay Filing ($199) and NH Registered Agent.org ($199), in that order, before any other New Hampshire LLC formation services. Three years of service fees will cost you $397 to $597, and New Hampshire adds its own $100 when you file.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team

↓ Ranked for you by: What you spend over three years counts 38%, and how much work the price takes off you counts 31%. Renewal change, break-even and price visibility make up the rest. How we rank

Budget snapshot

Government charge to file $100 gc.nh.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 $597 First year and both renewals
State total, years 1 to 3 $300 Filing, reports and any minimum tax
Break-even Not within ten years Order holds for ten years

Ranked for you

Read across for year one, the price after that and your three-year total. Add New Hampshire's $100 to whichever option you pick.

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Start here

1. New Hampshire Registered Agent.co: best for plain formation

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

New Hampshire Registered Agent.co comes first because forming costs $199 with the first agent year included, and each later year runs $99.

Three years here cost less than three years with Mainstay Filing, and three-year cost is 38% of the ranking.

Leave time for the annual report, because this price skips it.

Your price covers

  • Formation delivered to the state office
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • Agent included to start
  • Formation costs $199
  • Then $99 a year

What to watch

  • Your price excludes the annual report
  • It bills $99 for the EIN application
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Any state

2. Mainstay Filing: best for never filing the annual report yourself

$199 a year
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $199/yr
You pay over 3 years $597

Option 2 is Mainstay Filing. One $199 price takes care of formation, registered agent service and every annual report.

New Hampshire Registered Agent.co costs you $200 less over three years, enough to rank higher.

You never file the annual report; New Hampshire's $100 is passed along at cost.

Your price covers

  • Formation paperwork, completed
  • Registered agent for the whole year
  • Annual report, filed on time
  • EIN application prepared for you
  • Government fee passed through unchanged

What you get

  • It prepares the EIN application
  • Year two costs $199
  • $199 for the full package

What to watch

  • Yearly premium over New Hampshire Registered Agent.co: $100
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New Hampshire focus

3. NH Registered Agent.org: best for a second in-state filer

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

Spot 3 goes to NH Registered Agent.org: forming costs $199 with the first agent year included, and each later year runs $99.

Leave time for the annual report, because this price skips it.

New Hampshire Registered Agent.co lists identical prices.

Your price covers

  • Formation delivered to the state office
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • Agent included to start
  • Formation costs $199
  • Then $99 a year

What to watch

  • Your price excludes the annual report
  • It bills $99 for the EIN application

What each service adds up to

Pick Service You pay in year 1 You pay by year 2 You pay by year 3 You pay by year 5
1 New Hampshire Registered Agent.co $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out New Hampshire Registered Agent.co Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2 Mainstay Filing $199 $398 $597 $995 Price out Mainstay Filing Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3 NH Registered Agent.org $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out NH Registered Agent.org Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Looked at November 13, 2026. Every column adds another renewal. The order of totals stays put for ten years.

Break-even check

Not sure how long you will keep the company? Try a few timelines below, with the EIN application as an extra.

Over 3 years: New Hampshire Registered Agent.co $397, Mainstay Filing $597, NH Registered Agent.org $397. The best total here is New Hampshire Registered Agent.co.

Official state charges

What you pay for Amount Source
Articles filing $100 gc.nh.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual report $100 every year sos.nh.gov (we looked on August 2026, so you can too)
Late report $50 sos.nh.gov (we looked on August 2026, so you can too)
Three-year state total $300 Added up from the lines above

Each line links to the state's own page. Together they give you the three-year state total: filing, reports in years two and three, and a minimum tax if there is one.

What settled it

Weight 38%: your three-year spend. That factor separated the top two.

New Hampshire Registered Agent.co costs you $397 by year three, $200 less than Mainstay Filing.

Need the EIN application? Then the bills cross in year 2, as Mainstay Filing moves past New Hampshire Registered Agent.co.

What New Hampshire charges you to form an LLC and what it requires

To form it you need the Certificate of Formation of a New Hampshire Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1), $100, and an address to send both: the New Hampshire Secretary of State. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

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

If you skip the service

If you file everything yourself, all you pay is the state: $300 over three years. A service piles $397 to $597 on top for the paperwork and the agent.

Quick answers

How much will an LLC formation service cost me in New Hampshire?

You pay $199 up front to the service, and the state adds $100.

What will these services cost me over three years?

$397 to $597 across the services, not counting state fees.

How much will New Hampshire charge me to file an LLC?

You pay $100, using the Certificate of Formation of a New Hampshire Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-1).

What will New Hampshire charge me each year after formation?

The cost that repeats is the annual report, at $100 annually (April 1).

Will the EIN application be part of the price?

It depends who you pick: New Hampshire Registered Agent.co charges $99, Mainstay Filing includes it and NH Registered Agent.org charges $99.

When does one service end up costing more than another?

They keep one order for ten years.

Which LLC formation service is the best value for me in New Hampshire?

Your options, best value first: New Hampshire Registered Agent.co, Mainstay Filing and NH Registered Agent.org.

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Where we looked

  1. New Hampshire Secretary of State traces back to sos.nh.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  2. New Hampshire Secretary of State traces back to sos.nh.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  3. New Hampshire report due date traces back to gencourt.state.nh.us; we looked in August 2026.
  4. N.H traces back to gc.nh.gov; we looked in August 2026.
  5. New Hampshire formation fee: Filing traces back to gc.nh.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  6. New Hampshire registered agent statute traces back to gc.nh.gov; we looked in October 2026.
  7. pricing page at New Hampshire Registered Agent.co, from November 13, 2026
  8. New Hampshire service page at Mainstay Filing, from November 13, 2026
  9. pricing page at NH Registered Agent.org, from November 13, 2026