US LLC for non-residents
Start your US LLC. Everything filed within 48 hours.
$40 for all our work, EIN included. Add a registered agent at $45 a year and the state fee, and your LLC is on its way. You do not need to live in the US or be American: no citizenship, visa, US address or SSN needed.
From $120 all-in, state fee included. Any of the 50 states.
Your price
The registered agent renews at $45 a year; nothing else recurs with us. The state asks: annual report from $60.
Start in Wyoming
Why founders abroad choose startyour.llc
48-hour promise
Within 48 hours of payment every form is filled in and submitted: state, registered agent, IRS.
Built for foreign owners
No SSN, no US address? Not a problem. We get your EIN from the IRS and handle every form for you.
Registered agent at cost
A real street address in your state, $45 a year, with all state mail scanned to your order page.
Bank account, the easy route
With your EIN letter in hand, open a US business account at Mercury through our introduction.
Why a US LLC
Run a US company from anywhere. No US passport, visa or address needed.
You do not have to live in the United States or be American to own a US company. Founders all over the world use a US LLC to unlock the payment tools, marketplaces and customers their own country does not give them.
Stripe not available where you live?
Stripe only serves businesses in a limited list of countries. With a US LLC, an EIN and a US business bank account you can apply for a US Stripe account and accept cards from customers everywhere.
Get paid in US dollars
Invoice clients from a US company, receive dollars in a US business account and stop losing money on slow international wires and conversions.
Sell on Amazon, Shopify and more
Amazon US, Shopify Payments, PayPal Business and many app stores and platforms are built around US companies. With your LLC you can apply as one.
Trust from US customers
A US company, a registered address in a US state and a US bank account make it easier for American clients, partners and investors to say yes.
No citizenship, residency or visa
No US state asks owners or managers to be citizens or residents. You never have to travel: we do everything online and you sign once.
One company for a global business
A Wyoming or New Mexico LLC costs little to keep each year and lets you sell to customers in every country from one company.
Stripe, PayPal, Shopify, marketplaces and banks review every application themselves: a US LLC makes you eligible to apply, it does not guarantee approval. Owning a US company does not give you a visa or the right to work in the United States.
What you get
One fee. Nothing hidden behind an upsell.
Formation services love a menu of extras. We charge $40 for the work and pass the rest on at cost.
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Most formation sites charge $200 to $400 for the same work once the "free" package is topped up with the EIN, the agent and the operating agreement. We list it all up front.
- Name availability check in your state
- Articles of Organization prepared and filed
- Registered agent in your state for 12 months, at cost
- EIN from the IRS, free, with or without an SSN
- Operating agreement (single- or multi-member)
- Online order page with every document and a status timeline
- Introduction to Mercury for a US business bank account
- Compliance calendar: annual report, franchise tax, IRS deadlines
- Optional: CORA bookkeeping, including your yearly Form 5472
After formation
Your LLC’s yearly paperwork, handled by CORA.
A foreign-owned US LLC files Form 5472 with the IRS every year, even with no income, and missing it costs $25,000. CORA, our bookkeeping partner, prepares it from your books and sends it in one click, keeps every IRS and state deadline on your dashboard, books your sales from Shopify, WooCommerce, Square, Stripe and your own software through its API, and prepares payments for your Mercury account.
- Form 5472 and pro forma 1120, sent in one click
- Form 1065 and K-1s for multi-member LLCs
- IRS and state deadlines, sales tax thresholds
- Live bank transactions, receipts read for you
- Shopify, WooCommerce, Square and Lightspeed connection
- Payments prepared for your Mercury account
- API key for your own website and software
Where to form
Popular states for international founders
$195Delaware
The best-known jurisdiction for investors and holding structures, with a specialised business court.
State fee $110 · 2–3 weeks (expedite available)
$210Florida
No state income tax, fast filings and a large international banking scene.
State fee $125 · 2–5 business days
$136.95New Mexico
The lowest running cost in the country: no annual report and no annual fee.
State fee $51.95 · 1–3 business days
$392Texas
A large economy, no state income tax, and a name that reads well on an invoice.
State fee $307 · 3–5 business days
$187.40Wyoming
The favourite of non-resident founders: low fees, strong privacy, no state income tax and no citizenship requirement.
State fee $102.40 · 1–3 business days
How it works
Three steps. You do one of them.
Tell us about your LLC
Ten minutes online: name, state, owners, what the business does. No documents to upload.
We take care of everything
Within 48 hours: state filing, registered agent and your EIN application with the IRS.
Receive your documents
Approved articles, EIN letter and operating agreement land on your order page, with an e-mail each time.
Guides
Know what you are getting into
How to start a US LLC as a non-resident
How a founder outside the US forms an LLC: who can own one, which state, registered agent, EIN, bank account and yearly filings.
Stripe not available in your country? How founders get paid with a US LLC
Stripe only serves businesses in a limited list of countries. How a US LLC lets founders elsewhere apply for Stripe, PayPal and Shopify Payments.
Can a non-American start a company in the US? Yes, and you never have to go there
No US citizenship, visa, residency or address is needed to own a US LLC. The myths that stop founders, and what you actually need.
Ready when you are
Your LLC could be filed by this time tomorrow.
Pay once, sign once, and follow every step online.