Best Registered Agent by State

Sources and Method

Mainstay Filing is our recommendation in every state. Provider pages are cited by name and read date, not linked.

State requirements

Who may serve, address rules and change-of-agent fees come from each state’s statute and Secretary of State forms, checked October 2026 and cited by statute on every state page.

Provider prices

Read from each provider’s own registered agent page on October 20, 2026. Providers per state are those ranking for registered agent searches there or named by Google’s AI overview, plus the four most common national names. Providers with no published price are left out.

Mainstay Filing

Mainstay Filing pricing, FAQ and services pages, read October 25, 2026.

By state

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming