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Foreign registration price tables - Massachusetts

3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Massachusetts (2026): Price Table

Our 2026 table for Massachusetts puts Mainstay Filing ($199), Massachusetts Registered Agent.co ($199) and MA Registered Agent.org ($199), in that order, ahead of the other foreign registration services. State fee: $500, identical for all. Service fees over three years: $397 to $497.

Compiled by the LLC Price Tables editorial team ·

Table order: Cost 40%, coverage 30%, three smaller columns (how the table is sorted)

Massachusetts at a glance

  • Fee at the filing office$500sec.state.ma.us [read October 2026, table note]
  • Price band, year one$199Government fees not counted
  • Three-year cells$397 to $497First year and both renewals
  • What the state takes in 3 years$1,500Registration, reports and any minimum tax
  • Ranks change inEntries keep their placesNo entry passes another

Massachusetts price table

Entries sit in value order, with prices taken from company pages. The $500 state fee stays outside the entry prices.

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing: best for registering again and again

    Ranked first
    • Year-1 cell$199
    • Cell for later years$149/yr
    • Three-year cell$497

    $199 on top of Massachusetts's $500; renewal $149

    Mainstay Filing is the first entry in Massachusetts: $199 for the filing, nothing for the agent at first, and no change in price from state to state.

    Paying $100 more than Massachusetts Registered Agent.co over three years takes the recurring filings off your hands.

    After the free year, the agent bills $149 annually.

    Price buys

    • The foreign registration filing
    • One fee wherever you register

    In its favor

    • $199 added to Massachusetts's fee
    • All fifty states covered

    Against it

    • $50 above Massachusetts Registered Agent.co at renewal
    See Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

  2. 2. Massachusetts Registered Agent.co: best for a registration with a small price

    Single-state service
    • Year-1 cell$199
    • Cell for later years$99/yr
    • Three-year cell$397

    $199 on top of Massachusetts's $500; renewal $99

    Entry 2 is Massachusetts Registered Agent.co. Registering with Massachusetts through this service costs $199, followed by a $99 agent renewal.

    Price buys

    • Registration completed for you
    • Agent service for the first year

    In its favor

    • Agent service at no cost in year one
    • A modest $99 renewal
    • $199 plus the state fee

    Against it

    • Nothing outside this state
    See Massachusetts Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

  3. 3. MA Registered Agent.org: best for one extra state

    Single-state service
    • Year-1 cell$199
    • Cell for later years$99/yr
    • Three-year cell$397

    $199 on top of Massachusetts's $500; renewal $99

    Entry 3 is MA Registered Agent.org. Registering with Massachusetts through this service costs $199, followed by a $99 agent renewal.

    Cell for cell, it ties Massachusetts Registered Agent.co.

    Price buys

    • Registration completed for you
    • Agent service for the first year

    In its favor

    • A modest $99 renewal
    • $199 plus the state fee
    • Agent service at no cost in year one

    Against it

    • Nothing outside this state
    See MA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Year-by-year totals

No.EntryYear 1 cellYear 2 cellYear 3 cellYear 5 cell
1Mainstay Filing$199$348$497$795See Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2Massachusetts Registered Agent.co$199$298$397$595See Massachusetts Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3MA Registered Agent.org$199$298$397$595See MA Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Service fees only, taken from each company's prices as of November 13, 2026. No entry passes another within ten years.

Try other years

Once you set the years, the calculator adds year one and the renewals for each entry.
At 3 years, the totals are Mainstay Filing $497, Massachusetts Registered Agent.co $397, MA Registered Agent.org $397. Least spent: Massachusetts Registered Agent.co.

The government side, Massachusetts

ChargeCellSource
Registration charge$500sec.state.ma.us [read October 2026, table note]
Foreign LLC annual report$500sec.state.ma.us [read October 2026, table note]
State fees summed, years 1 to 3$1,500Sum of the lines above
The state's share over three years is built from the filing fee, the reports owed in years two and three and any yearly minimum tax. Items with no fixed price, such as newspaper publication, are described in the text and left out of the sum.

Notes on the order

Filing work per row put Mainstay Filing first. That column is 30% of the sort, and three-year row total, renewal gap, row crossover and cell clarity make up the remainder.

The home state counts too; one account for both scored highest.

Massachusetts foreign LLC registration fee and rules, quoted from the official source

An LLC formed elsewhere registers in Massachusetts before doing business there. The paperwork is the Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48), handed to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division with $500. The filing needs certificate of legal existence or good standing no older than 90 days.

What skipping it may cost: Massachusetts courts closed to its own claims (G.L. c. 156C, 54(a)).

Official wording: sec.state.ma.us [read October 2026, table note]

If you skip the service

Hire no one and three years cost $1,500 in state fees. A service puts $397 to $497 on top over the same stretch.

Questions

What does registering a foreign LLC in Massachusetts cost?

$500 paid to the state, before a service fee of $199.

What do these entries add up to over three years?

Service totals after three years: $397 to $497.

Which form carries out the registration?

Use Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48), lodged with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division.

Must a document from the home state accompany the Massachusetts filing?

Yes, one issued within 90 days: certificate of legal existence or good standing.

Which recurring filing follows registration?

It is the Foreign LLC annual report, charged at $500.

When does one entry pass another in total cost?

Not within ten years: the running totals keep the same order.

Which foreign registration service is the best value for Massachusetts?

Mainstay Filing ranks first, ahead of Massachusetts Registered Agent.co and MA Registered Agent.org.

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Where this came from

  1. For Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth the source is sec.state.ma.us (August 2026).
  2. For Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth the source is malegislature.gov (August 2026).
  3. For M.G.L. c. 156C, sec. 12 the source is sec.state.ma.us (August 2026).
  4. For Massachusetts formation fee: Filing fee the source is sec.state.ma.us (October 2026).
  5. For Massachusetts formation fee: Filing fee the source is sec.state.ma.us (October 2026).
  6. For Massachusetts registered agent statute the source is sec.state.ma.us (October 2026).
  7. For Massachusetts Corporations Division, foreign LLC the source is sec.state.ma.us (October 2026).
  8. For G.L. c. 156C § 48 the source is malegislature.gov (October 2026).
  9. For G.L. c. 156C § 54 the source is malegislature.gov (October 2026).
  10. For G.L. c. 156D § 15.01 the source is malegislature.gov (October 2026).
  11. Massachusetts service page, as printed by Mainstay Filing on November 13, 2026
  12. pricing page, as printed by Massachusetts Registered Agent.co on November 13, 2026
  13. pricing page, as printed by MA Registered Agent.org on November 13, 2026