Delaware rows, in order
Service prices only. The $110 state fee is identical in every row.
1. Delaware Registered Agent.ai: best for budget formations
Top of the tally
Year one $199, year two on $99
- First year
- $199
- Later years
- $99/yr
- Three-year tally
- $397
Delaware Registered Agent.ai leads the Delaware ledger. The entries: $199 to form, agent covered the first year, then $99 a year.
A three-year tally under Mainstay Filing's earns this row first place.
Its price leaves out the Annual LLC Tax.
Included lines
- Formation, filed
- Agent service, year one
Gains
- Year one of the agent comes with it
- $199 to get going
- A modest renewal of $99
Minus column
- The Annual LLC Tax stays on your list
- EIN not included; it is $99
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2. Mainstay Filing: best for a single bill for filing and upkeep
Most included
$199 per year, renewing at $199
- First year
- $199
- Later years
- $199/yr
- Three-year tally
- $597
In second place, Mainstay Filing, where one $199 line covers formation, the registered agent and every annual tax.
Three years here come to $200 more than Delaware Registered Agent.ai.
Each Annual LLC Tax is handled for you; the one extra charge is the state's $400.
Included lines
- Articles prepared and filed
- Registered agent, full year
- Annual tax, filed each cycle
- EIN application
- State fee passed straight through
Gains
- Carries forward at $199
- The EIN application is a line in the price
- A single yearly entry of $199
Minus column
- Delaware Registered Agent.ai renews $100 lower
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3. DE Registered Agent.org: best for a second local line
Local line
Year one $199, year two on $99
- First year
- $199
- Later years
- $99/yr
- Three-year tally
- $397
DE Registered Agent.org is third: $199 to form, agent covered the first year, then $99 a year.
Its price leaves out the Annual LLC Tax.
Line for line, it ties Delaware Registered Agent.ai.
Included lines
- Formation, filed
- Agent service, year one
Gains
- Year one of the agent comes with it
- A modest renewal of $99
- $199 to get going
Minus column
- The Annual LLC Tax stays on your list
- EIN not included; it is $99
What each row adds up to
Service fees only, from each company's prices read November 13, 2026. The order holds through year ten.
Run the tally yourself
How long will you keep the company? Pick the years and compare, EIN application optional.
Delaware state fees (official)
To reproduce the bottom line, add the filing, the year-two report, the year-three report and any minimum tax. Costs without a fixed amount stay out of it.
Notes on the order
For Delaware, the column that settled the top row was three-year tally (39% of the sort), where Delaware Registered Agent.ai led.
Three years with Delaware Registered Agent.ai add up to $397; Mainstay Filing runs $200 higher.
Counting the EIN, the break-even year is 2, when Mainstay Filing passes Delaware Registered Agent.ai.
Delaware LLC filing fee and rules (official)
$110 pays for the filing that creates the LLC: the Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company, submitted to the Delaware Secretary of State. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.
Cited: per delcode.delaware.gov (booked October 2026 to the ledger)
Skipping the service
Zero-service cost: $910 to the state across three years. Service fees of $397 to $597 are what it costs not to file it yourself.
Questions about these totals
What does an LLC service cost in Delaware?
$199 in year one across our rows, plus the $110 state fee.
What do three years of service add up to?
$397 to $597 across the rows, with state fees left out.
How much does Delaware charge to file an LLC?
$110, which accompanies the Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company.
What does Delaware charge each year after formation?
$400 annually for the Annual LLC Tax, filed by the cutoff annual alternative-entity tax due on or before June 1.
Is the EIN application included?
Delaware Registered Agent.ai: $99; Mainstay Filing: no charge; DE Registered Agent.org: $99.
When does one service turn into the lower total?
They never cross in ten years, so the year-one order holds.
Which LLC service is the best value in Delaware?
The Delaware tally reads Delaware Registered Agent.ai, Mainstay Filing and DE Registered Agent.org from top to bottom.
What each entry rests on
- Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, recorded from corp.delaware.gov in October 2026
- Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, recorded from corp.delaware.gov in October 2026
- Delaware yearly filing: HB 400, recorded from legis.delaware.gov in October 2026
- Delaware report due date, recorded from delcode.delaware.gov in August 2026
- 6 Del, recorded from delcode.delaware.gov in August 2026
- Delaware registered agent statute, recorded from delcode.delaware.gov in October 2026
- Delaware Registered Agent.ai, pricing page: entered November 13, 2026
- Mainstay Filing, Delaware service page: entered November 13, 2026
- DE Registered Agent.org, pricing page: entered November 13, 2026