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What a registered agent costs by state / Pennsylvania

3 Best Registered Agents in Pennsylvania (2026): What You Pay

Your best-value options among Pennsylvania registered agents for 2026 are Mainstay Filing ($149/yr), PA Registered Agent.org ($99/yr) and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co ($99/yr), ranked from first to third. Your first year of agent service will cost $99 to $149, and three years will cost $297 to $447.
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

Your Pennsylvania budget

Do you need a registered agent? Explained further down legis.state.pa.us (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Your first-year spend $99 to $149 Cost of one agent year
Three-year range $297 to $447 First year and both renewals
Annual report $7 a year pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Bills cross in Bills stay apart Order never flips

Pennsylvania ranking

Service prices only. Whichever agent you name, you pay the state the same.

1
First choice

1. Mainstay Filing: best for LLCs in more than one state

Starts at $149 and renews at $149
You pay in year 1 $149
You pay at renewal $149/yr
You pay over 3 years $447

Mainstay Filing ranks first. One price across fifty states: $149 a year.

Pay $150 more than PA Registered Agent.org across three years and the repeating filings stop being your problem.

Your price covers

  • A real address in the state
  • Up to three government mailings a year, scanned for you free
  • Covers LLCs, corporations, LPs, LLPs and nonprofits

What you get

  • $149 a year, no change at renewal
  • Travels with your company

What to watch

  • Costs you $50 extra annually
  • Agent service only, reports stay with you
2
Local option

2. PA Registered Agent.org: best for LLCs that never leave one state

Starts at $99 and renews at $99
You pay in year 1 $99
You pay at renewal $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $297

Option 2 is PA Registered Agent.org. $99 a year and $99 at renewal, meant for an LLC that stays in one state.

Your price covers

  • A street address inside the state
  • Legal documents posted to your account

What you get

  • A lower yearly price than Mainstay Filing
  • Constant $99 per year

What to watch

  • One-state service
  • The annual report is not part of it
3
Local option

3. Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co: best for a local backup

Starts at $99 and renews at $99
You pay in year 1 $99
You pay at renewal $99/yr
You pay over 3 years $297

Option 3 is Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co. $99 a year and $99 at renewal, meant for an LLC that stays in one state.

You would pay the same at PA Registered Agent.org.

Your price covers

  • A street address inside the state
  • Legal documents posted to your account

What you get

  • A lower yearly price than Mainstay Filing
  • Constant $99 per year

What to watch

  • One-state service
  • The annual report is not part of it

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 $149 $298 $447 $745 Price out Mainstay Filing Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2 PA Registered Agent.org $99 $198 $297 $495 Price out PA Registered Agent.org Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3 Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co $99 $198 $297 $495 Price out Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co Partner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Looked at November 13, 2026. Every column adds another renewal. No break-even shows up inside ten years.

Break-even check

Change the years and see what you would pay.

3 years of fees add up to Mainstay Filing $447, PA Registered Agent.org $297, Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co $297. Least you would pay: PA Registered Agent.org.

State fees with sources

What you pay for Amount Source
Filing to form your LLC $125 pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
Annual report $7 every year pa.gov (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)
What the state collects by year 3 $139 Lines added together

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.

Notes on the order

Mainstay Filing did better than PA Registered Agent.org on upkeep the price covers, a 31% factor.

If you ever expand, PA Registered Agent.org cannot follow you.

What Pennsylvania requires of your registered agent (Pennsylvania Secretary of State)

Pennsylvania requires a registered office (a Pennsylvania street address or a Commercial Registered Office Provider), not an agent.

Pennsylvania does not require a registered agent. Every LLC keeps a registered office instead: an actual street address in Pennsylvania, or a Commercial Registered Office Provider named in its place by a company without a Pennsylvania address. (15 Pa.C.S. § 8825)

The address has to be an actual street address or rural route box number in Pennsylvania. A P.O. box alone is not accepted.

As written: legis.state.pa.us (we looked on October 2026, so you can too)

Filing it yourself

You lose nothing by acting as your own registered agent if you qualify. The services listed bill $99 to $149 a year for the in-state address.

About these prices

How much will a Pennsylvania registered agent cost me per year?

Expect $99 to $149 a year.

What do three years of agent service cost?

After three years you will have paid $297 to $447 in service fees.

Do I have to have a registered agent for a Pennsylvania LLC?

Pennsylvania requires a registered office (a Pennsylvania street address or a Commercial Registered Office Provider), not an agent.

Can I be my own registered agent?

Naming one is optional, and you can be the agent if you qualify.

What will the state charge my LLC each year?

Budget $7 every year for the annual report, due September 30.

When does one service end up costing more than another?

There is no crossing within ten years, so no service overtakes another.

Which registered agent is the best value for me in Pennsylvania?

By our five factors the Pennsylvania order is Mainstay Filing, PA Registered Agent.org and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co, led by Mainstay Filing on upkeep the price covers.

Keep budgeting

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Where we looked

  1. Our source for Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau is pa.gov, from August 2026.
  2. Our source for Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau is pa.gov, from August 2026.
  3. Our source for 15 Pa.C.S. § 8821 is pa.gov, from August 2026.
  4. Our source for Pennsylvania formation fee: Filing fee is pa.gov, from October 2026.
  5. Our source for Pennsylvania registered agent statute is legis.state.pa.us, from October 2026.
  6. Mainstay Filing Pennsylvania service page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026
  7. PA Registered Agent.org pricing page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026
  8. Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co pricing page, as we saw it on November 13, 2026