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3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Florida (2026): Unpacked

Our 2026 stack of foreign registration services in Florida, top to bottom: FL Registered Agent.org ($199), Florida Registered Agent.io ($199) and Mainstay Filing ($199). Inside the cost: $125 goes to Florida, and three years of service add $397 to $497.
Unpacked by the LLC Unpacked editorial team

Top layer

Registration fee
$125
Certificate packed in?
Yes, include it (90 day age cap)
Once registered
$138.75, annual report
Top of the stack
FL Registered Agent.org, Florida Registered Agent.io then Mainstay Filing

Our Florida picks, opened up

Prices come from each company's own page. See how we open it up.
Ranked first

1. FL Registered Agent.org: best for registering in a single place

Service $199 plus $125 to the state; agent renewal $99

What puts FL Registered Agent.org first: three years of its service fees come to $397.

Its three-year cost is below Mainstay Filing's, and cost is the heaviest layer.

Inside the price

  • Florida registration filing
  • A first year of agent service

Inside, the good

  • A free agent year at the start
  • Service fee of $199
  • Then $99 yearly

Inside, the catch

  • The home state needs a separate agent
Florida only

2. Florida Registered Agent.io: best for another in-state option

Service $199 plus $125 to the state; agent renewal $99

What puts Florida Registered Agent.io second: three years of its service fees come to $397.

Its prices match FL Registered Agent.org exactly, so the order between them is close.

Inside the price

  • Florida registration filing
  • A first year of agent service

Inside, the good

  • A free agent year at the start
  • Then $99 yearly
  • Service fee of $199

Inside, the catch

  • The home state needs a separate agent
Holds up anywhere

3. Mainstay Filing: best for registering in many states

Service $199 plus $125 to the state; agent renewal $149

Mainstay Filing lands third, and the fee is $199 on top of Florida's own, the registered agent is waived at first, and it settles at $149 a year.

Why not higher? Three years cost $100 more than FL Registered Agent.org, and cost is the heaviest layer.

The registered agent is not charged in year one and costs $149 a year after that, in any state.

Inside the price

  • Out-of-state registration filed
  • Registered agent, not charged in year one
  • The same fee in all fifty states

Inside, the good

  • The price does not change by state
  • $199 on top of Florida's fee
  • The first agent year is inside

Inside, the catch

  • $50 more a year for the agent

Inside each price

#CompanyOpening priceRenewalThree-year totalCovers
1FL Registered Agent.org$199$99/yr$397florida registration filing; A first year of agent serviceOpen FL Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2Florida Registered Agent.io$199$99/yr$397florida registration filing; A first year of agent serviceOpen Florida Registered Agent.ioPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3Mainstay Filing$199$149/yr$497Out-of-state registration filed; registered agent, not charged in year one; the same fee in all fifty statesOpen Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Read November 13, 2026. Three years means year one plus two renewals.

Layer by layer

When must an out-of-state LLC register here?

The order matters: the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section gets the registration first, and the LLC starts doing business in Florida afterward.

What an unregistered LLC can run into: Florida's courts stay closed to it as a plaintiff until it registers (Fla. Stat. 605.0904(1)); civil penalties starting around $500 to $1,000; back fees for the months it ran unregistered.

peek at dos.fl.gov, confirmed October 2026

What is inside the cost of registering?

Two parts: $125 to the state and $199 to a service.

Over three years the state's fees reach $402.50, counting any recurring report. peek at flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026

Which form is inside the filing, and where does it go?

The Application by Foreign Limited Liability Company for Authorization to Transact Business in Florida (Form CR2E027) is the filing, and the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section receives it.

Attach certificate of existence (or record of similar import) from the jurisdiction of formation dated no earlier than 90 days.

Is there a filing that repeats?

A recurring annual report follows, priced at $138.75.

The state frames the deadline as Between January 1 and May 1.

Why is the stack in this order?

FL Registered Agent.org is strongest on total across three years, a layer worth 34% of the score.

Five layers set the order: total across three years (34%), what is inside the price (29%), price laid out in the open (14%), how the renewal behaves (12%) and how far it reaches (11%).

FL Registered Agent.org stacks up to $397 over three years, $100 under Mainstay Filing.

How we open it up

What Florida requires to register

PartAmount or rulePeek at source
Registration fee$125peek at flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026
Certificate from homeYes, include it, 90 dayspeek at dos.fl.gov, confirmed October 2026
Annual report$138.75peek at dos.fl.gov, confirmed October 2026
State fees, years one to three$402.50The rows above, stacked
To check the total yourself, add the filing fee, the next two reports and any minimum tax. Costs without a set amount are left out.

More boxes to open

Does the home state need its own agent?

Most likely. Each state wants an agent of its own, and while a one-state service covers only one of them, Mainstay Filing covers every state.

How do the three-year totals compare?

Opened up over three years: FL Registered Agent.org at $397, Florida Registered Agent.io at $397, Mainstay Filing at $497, with state fees on top.

Are the fees official?

Two kinds of source feed this page: Florida's official documents for what the state charges, and company price pages for what services charge.

Do I have to use a service?

No law requires a service. It is a paid convenience.

Can I hire someone to register the LLC?

Each company here handles the filing itself. What differs between them is only the service fee, since the state charges the same.

Who tops the stack in Florida?

FL Registered Agent.org is on top: registering costs $199 over the state fee, with the agent covered in year one, then $99 a year. Under it sit Florida Registered Agent.io and Mainstay Filing.

What the page rests on

  1. Unpacking Florida Department of State, Division led us to dos.fl.gov, confirmed August 2026, which you can open yourself
  2. Unpacking Florida Department of State, Division led us to dos.fl.gov, confirmed August 2026, which you can open yourself
  3. Unpacking Florida yearly filing: Annual report led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  4. Unpacking Florida report due date led us to leg.state.fl.us, confirmed August 2026, which you can open yourself
  5. Unpacking Fla led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed August 2026, which you can open yourself
  6. Unpacking Florida formation fee: Filing fee led us to dos.fl.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  7. Unpacking Florida formation fee: Filing fee led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  8. Unpacking Florida registered agent statute led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  9. Unpacking Form CR2E027, foreign LLC application led us to form.sunbiz.org, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  10. Unpacking Florida Statutes 605.0902, certificate of led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  11. Unpacking Florida Statutes 605.0905, activities that led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  12. Unpacking Florida Statutes 605.0904, consequences of led us to flsenate.gov, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  13. Unpacking Form CR2E057, withdrawal led us to form.sunbiz.org, confirmed October 2026, which you can open yourself
  14. The FL Registered Agent.org pricing page, opened November 13, 2026
  15. The Florida Registered Agent.io pricing page, opened November 13, 2026
  16. The Mainstay Filing Florida service page, opened November 13, 2026