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

Your best-value options among Vermont LLC formation services for 2026 are Vermont Registered Agent.co ($199), Mainstay Filing ($199) and VT Registered Agent.org ($199), ranked from first to third. Three years of service fees will cost you $397 to $597, and Vermont adds its own $155 when you file.
Written by the Price Your LLC editorial team

↓ Ranked for you by: Ranking = 38% what you spend + 31% work covered + three smaller factors (details)

What to expect

Your state filing fee $155 legislature.vermont.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Year-one range $199 What the service charges
Your three-year spend $397 to $597 Opening year plus two more
State fees by year three $245 Filing, reports and any minimum tax
Break-even Does not happen Ranking steady to year 10

Your Vermont options

Read across for year one, the price after that and your three-year total. Add Vermont's $155 to whichever option you pick.

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First choice

1. Vermont Registered Agent.co: best for plain formation

$199 and fees; renewal $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Vermont Registered Agent.co ranks first. $199 to start, first agent year included, then $99 a year.

A lower three-year bill than Mainstay Filing puts it first, since cost weighs most.

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

Your price covers

  • Articles of organization, filed
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • A modest $99 renewal
  • Agent included to start
  • $199 plus the state fee

What to watch

  • Annual report is not part of what you pay for
  • $99 extra for the EIN
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All fifty states

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

$199 annually, renewing at $199
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $199/yr
You pay over 3 years $597

Spot 2 goes to Mainstay Filing: it is the only price here that includes the annual report in $199 a year.

Three years run $200 higher here than with Vermont Registered Agent.co.

It files the annual report for you, and you pay only the $45 state fee, at cost.

Your price covers

  • Formation delivered to the state office
  • Registered agent for the whole year
  • Annual report, filed on time
  • EIN application prepared for you
  • State fee at cost

What you get

  • $199 a year covers filing and agent and report
  • No increase at renewal ($199)
  • The EIN application is taken care of

What to watch

  • $100 more a year than Vermont Registered Agent.co after year one
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Vermont only

3. VT Registered Agent.org: best for owners who prepare their own reports

$199 and fees; renewal $99
You pay in year 1 $199
You pay after year 1 $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $397

Option 3 is VT Registered Agent.org. $199 to start, first agent year included, then $99 a year.

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

You would pay the same at Vermont Registered Agent.co.

Your price covers

  • Articles of organization, filed
  • Agent service for your first year

What you get

  • $199 plus the state fee
  • Agent included to start
  • A modest $99 renewal

What to watch

  • Annual report is not part of what you pay for
  • $99 extra for the EIN

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 Vermont Registered Agent.co $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out Vermont 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 VT Registered Agent.org $199 $298 $397 $595 Price out VT 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. The order of totals stays put for ten years.

Break-even check

Choose your years and the calculator adds year one to each renewal for every service, counting the EIN application when you tick it.

3 years of fees add up to Vermont Registered Agent.co $397, Mainstay Filing $597, VT Registered Agent.org $397. Lowest at that point: Vermont Registered Agent.co.

Official state charges

What you pay for Amount Source
LLC formation filing $155 legislature.vermont.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual report $45 every year sos.vermont.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
State fees summed, years 1 to 3 $245 Sum of 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.

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

With the EIN application in your budget, the totals cross in year 2, when Mainstay Filing passes Vermont Registered Agent.co.

What Vermont charges you to form an LLC and what it requires

The Vermont Secretary of State takes $155 plus the Articles of Organization. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Official text: legislature.vermont.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)

What it costs without a service

Go it alone and Vermont still takes $245 over three years, and you complete every form yourself. A service charges $397 to $597 to take that over.

About these prices

How much will an LLC formation service cost me in Vermont?

$199 in year one, plus the state's $155 filing fee.

What will these services cost me over three years?

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

How much will Vermont charge me to file an LLC?

You pay $155, using the Articles of Organization.

What will Vermont charge me each year after formation?

Once your LLC exists, Vermont will bill you for the annual report each year at $45, within 3 months after the end of the LLC's fiscal year on record.

Will the EIN application be part of the price?

Vermont Registered Agent.co adds $99, Mainstay Filing adds nothing and VT Registered Agent.org adds $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 Vermont?

Your options, best value first: Vermont Registered Agent.co, Mainstay Filing and VT Registered Agent.org.

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Where we looked

  1. Our source for Vermont Secretary of State fee is sos.vermont.gov, from October 2026.
  2. Our source for Vermont report due date is legislature.vermont.gov, from August 2026.
  3. Our source for Vermont formation fee: Filing fee is legislature.vermont.gov, from October 2026.
  4. Our source for Vermont registered agent statute is legislature.vermont.gov, from October 2026.
  5. Vermont Registered Agent.co pricing page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026
  6. Mainstay Filing Vermont service page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026
  7. VT Registered Agent.org pricing page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026