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Registered agent price tables - Minnesota

3 Best Registered Agents in Minnesota (2026): Price Table

Reading down the 2026 Minnesota table, the order is Mainstay Filing ($149/yr), Minnesota Registered Agent.co ($99/yr) and MN Registered Agent.org ($99/yr). Prices start at $99 to $149 for the first year and add up to $297 to $447 across three.

Compiled by the LLC Price Tables editorial team ·

Table order: Sort key: 40% cost, 30% coverage and three lesser columns. Method

Minnesota at a glance

  • Is naming one compulsory?Unusual rule, explained belowrevisor.mn.gov [read October 2026, table note]
  • What year one costs$99 to $149Yearly charge
  • Three-year cells$297 to $447Opening year plus two more
  • Annual renewalNo chargerevisor.mn.gov [read October 2026, table note]
  • Ranks change inNone within ten yearsNothing changes rank

Minnesota: prices, best value first

Service prices only. Whichever agent you name, the state collects the same.
  1. 1. Mainstay Filing: best for a national agent

    Top of the table
    • Year-1 cell$149
    • Renewal cell$149/yr
    • Three-year cell$447

    $149 at the start, $149 thereafter

    Top of the table: Mainstay Filing. A flat $149 yearly, whichever state applies.

    Minnesota Registered Agent.co is $150 lower at year three; the 30% weight on coverage still places this entry first.

    Price buys

    • An office address inside the state
    • Up to three government mailings a year, scanned at no extra charge
    • Covers LLCs, corporations, LPs, LLPs and nonprofits

    In its favor

    • $149 a year, no change at renewal
    • The same price in all fifty states

    Against it

    • $50 more per year than the local entry
    • You still do the reports
    See Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
  2. 2. Minnesota Registered Agent.co: best for owners watching every dollar

    Minnesota specialist
    • Year-1 cell$99
    • Renewal cell$99/yr
    • Three-year cell$297

    $99 at the start, $99 thereafter

    Place 2 belongs to Minnesota Registered Agent.co: $99 yearly, with a street address in the state included.

    Price buys

    • A physical in-state office
    • Papers served on the LLC scanned to your account

    In its favor

    • A lower yearly price than Mainstay Filing
    • $99 a year, no change at renewal

    Against it

    • One-state service
    • You prepare the annual renewal yourself
    See Minnesota Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
  3. 3. MN Registered Agent.org: best for another address in the state

    Minnesota specialist
    • Year-1 cell$99
    • Renewal cell$99/yr
    • Three-year cell$297

    $99 at the start, $99 thereafter

    Place 3 belongs to MN Registered Agent.org: $99 yearly, with a street address in the state included.

    Minnesota Registered Agent.co lists identical prices.

    Price buys

    • A physical in-state office
    • Papers served on the LLC scanned to your account

    In its favor

    • $99 a year, no change at renewal
    • A lower yearly price than Mainstay Filing

    Against it

    • One-state service
    • You prepare the annual renewal yourself
    See MN Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

What each entry adds up to

No.EntryYear 1 cellYear 2 cellYear 3 cellYear 5 cell
1Mainstay Filing$149$298$447$745See Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2Minnesota Registered Agent.co$99$198$297$495See Minnesota Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3MN Registered Agent.org$99$198$297$495See MN Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Read November 13, 2026. Each column picks up one more renewal. No entry passes another within ten years.

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Change the years to recalculate.
Total for 3 years: Mainstay Filing $447, Minnesota Registered Agent.co $297, MN Registered Agent.org $297. Entry with the smallest total: Minnesota Registered Agent.co.

Official state charges

ChargeCellSource
Cost to form$155revisor.mn.gov [read October 2026, table note]
Annual renewalNo chargerevisor.mn.gov [read October 2026, table note]
Three-year state total$155Filing, reports and any tax
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.

Why entry one is entry one

For Minnesota, the deciding column was filing work per row (30% of the sort), where Mainstay Filing finished ahead.

A single agent price for every state outscored Minnesota Registered Agent.co's lower one-state price.

Minnesota registered agent requirements, quoted from the official source (Minnesota Secretary of State)

A Minnesota LLC must keep a registered office in Minnesota; naming an agent there is optional.

If one is named: a Minnesota resident, or a corporation or LLC formed in Minnesota or authorized there, with a business office at the registered office. Statute cited: Minn. Stat. § 5.36.

Every Minnesota LLC keeps a registered office at an actual office location in Minnesota; a P.O. box by itself is not accepted.

As printed: revisor.mn.gov [read October 2026, table note]

State fees only

Serving as your own registered agent costs nothing more if you qualify. Every entry above bills $99 to $149 a year for the in-state address.

Quick answers

What does a Minnesota registered agent cost per year?

$99 to $149 per year in this table.

What do three years of agent service cost?

$297 to $447 across the entries, not counting state fees.

Does the law make a Minnesota LLC keep a registered agent?

A Minnesota LLC must keep a registered office in Minnesota; naming an agent there is optional.

Is the owner permitted to be the registered agent?

The state makes it optional, and you can be the named agent if you qualify.

What does the state charge the LLC every year?

What recurs is the annual renewal, at no cost annually (December 31).

When does one entry pass another in total cost?

They keep one order for ten years.

Which registered agent is the best value in Minnesota?

By the five-column test the Minnesota order is Mainstay Filing, Minnesota Registered Agent.co and MN Registered Agent.org, led by Mainstay Filing on filing work per row.

See also

Where this came from

  1. revisor.mn.gov is the reference behind Minnesota yearly filing: Recurring filing, read in October 2026.
  2. revisor.mn.gov is the reference behind Minnesota yearly filing: Recurring filing, read in October 2026.
  3. sos.state.mn.us is the reference behind Minnesota report due date, read in August 2026.
  4. revisor.mn.gov is the reference behind Minn, read in August 2026.
  5. sos.mn.gov is the reference behind Minnesota formation fee: Filing fee, read in October 2026.
  6. revisor.mn.gov is the reference behind Minnesota registered agent statute, read in October 2026.
  7. Entry taken from Mainstay Filing Minnesota service page, November 13, 2026
  8. Entry taken from Minnesota Registered Agent.co pricing page, November 13, 2026
  9. Entry taken from MN Registered Agent.org pricing page, November 13, 2026