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Foreign registration price index · New York

3 Best Foreign Registration Services in New York (2026): Price Index

New York, 2026: NY Registered Agent.org ($199), New York Registered Agent.ai ($199) and Mainstay Filing ($199) hold the first lines of the foreign registration services index, best value first. Registration costs $250 at the state, and the service lines add $397 to $497 across three years.
Entries by the LLC Price Index editorial team

Index basis: Five columns make the index; two of them hold 70% of the weight

The New York tally

Charge to register$250ny.gov (read October 2026) per the state
Year-one lines$199Not counting the state fee
Subtotal at year three$397 to $497Service lines across 3 years
Government side, 3 years$259Not part of the index
Crossing pointNo crossingStable for a decade

New York: foreign registration price index

Ordered by our value index. No line includes the $250 state fee.
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1. NY Registered Agent.org: best for the smallest yearly agent bill

Leads the index
First year$199
Years 2 and on$99/yr
Three-year sum$397
$199 on top of $250 at the state; renewal $99

Best value in New York is NY Registered Agent.org: $199 to register with a year of agent service included, then $99 each year.

Cost settles it: three years here come in under Mainstay Filing.

Line includes

  • State registration handled
  • Agent service in year one

Credits

  • No agent charge in year one
  • $199 added to the state fee
  • $99 yearly from year two

Debits

  • Nothing outside this state
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2. New York Registered Agent.ai: best for a nearby filer

Local provider
First year$199
Years 2 and on$99/yr
Three-year sum$397
$199 on top of $250 at the state; renewal $99

Next on the ledger: New York Registered Agent.ai, with $199 to register with a year of agent service included, then $99 each year.

On price alone it is a tie with NY Registered Agent.org.

Line includes

  • State registration handled
  • Agent service in year one

Credits

  • No agent charge in year one
  • $199 added to the state fee
  • $99 yearly from year two

Debits

  • Nothing outside this state
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3. Mainstay Filing: best for LLCs still expanding

Fifty states
First year$199
Years 2 and on$149/yr
Three-year sum$497
$199 on top of $250 at the state; renewal $149

Mainstay Filing is line 3: $199 on top of the state fee, agent for service of process free in year one, $149/yr afterward.

On three-year cost it sits $100 behind NY Registered Agent.org.

The agent bills $149 a year starting in year two, in any state.

Line includes

  • Filing made with the state
  • Agent for service of process free for the first year
  • One fee in every state

Credits

  • Year-one agent service is covered
  • Any state at one fee
  • A $199 service charge

Debits

  • $50 more per year for the agent

Cumulative ledger

LineProviderTotal, year 1Total, year 2Total, year 3Total, year 5
1NY Registered Agent.org$199$298$397$595Visit NY Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2New York Registered Agent.ai$199$298$397$595Visit New York Registered Agent.aiPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3Mainstay Filing$199$348$497$795Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Company prices from November 13, 2026, accumulated year by year. No crossing happens inside ten years.

Work it out

Choose a number of years to see each line's service subtotal by then.
Over 3 years: NY Registered Agent.org $397, New York Registered Agent.ai $397, Mainstay Filing $497. Smallest subtotal: NY Registered Agent.org.

State fees, with citations

EntryAmountCited from
Registration filing charge$250ny.gov (read October 2026) per the state
Biennial statement$9dos.ny.gov (read October 2026) per the state
3-year state cost$259Sum of the lines above
State subtotal over three years = filing + the year-two and year-three reports + any minimum tax. Costs with no fixed amount stay out.

Index notes

NY Registered Agent.org indexed above New York Registered Agent.ai on three-year cost index, a 38% column.

On the three-year column NY Registered Agent.org sits at $397, which leaves a $100 gap to Mainstay Filing.

Official New York foreign LLC registration fee and rules

Registering means filing the Application for Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form DOS-1361-f-a) at the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations and paying $250. Attach certificate of Existence (also called a Certificate of Good Standing) no more than 365 days.

Source text: dos.ny.gov (read October 2026) per the state

Going without a service

The cost of filing it yourself: $259 to the state across three years. Service subtotals of $397 to $497 are what you pay to avoid the forms.

Price questions

What does New York charge an out-of-state LLC to register?

$250 in state fees, before $199 in service fees.

What is the three-year subtotal for these services?

$397 to $497 across the lines, before state fees.

Which document does the registering?

The registering document is Application for Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form DOS-1361-f-a), and the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations is the office that takes it.

Does New York want a paper from the LLC's home state?

Yes, no more than 365 days old: certificate of Existence (also called a Certificate of Good Standing).

What recurring filing comes after registration?

Next comes the biennial statement, billed at $9.

When does one line pass another in total cost?

Within ten years, never: the order of the subtotals stays the same.

Which foreign registration service indexes best in New York?

NY Registered Agent.org indexes first. New York Registered Agent.ai and Mainstay Filing follow.

Related indexes

Source lines

  1. New York Department of State is backed by dos.ny.gov, read August 2026.
  2. New York Department of State is backed by filing.dos.ny.gov, read August 2026.
  3. New York report due date is backed by nysenate.gov, read August 2026.
  4. NY Limited Liability Company Law is backed by nysenate.gov, read August 2026.
  5. New York formation fee: Filing is backed by dos.ny.gov, read October 2026.
  6. New York registered agent statute is backed by nysenate.gov, read October 2026.
  7. Department of State, Application for is backed by dos.ny.gov, read October 2026.
  8. LLC Law § 802, application is backed by nysenate.gov, read October 2026.
  9. LLC Law § 808, consequences is backed by nysenate.gov, read October 2026.
  10. Department of State, Certificate of is backed by dos.ny.gov, read October 2026.
  11. NY Registered Agent.org pricing page (read November 13, 2026)
  12. New York Registered Agent.ai pricing page (read November 13, 2026)
  13. Mainstay Filing New York service page (read November 13, 2026)