Delaware: quotes, best value first
Quotes ranked by reading; every price comes from a company page. The $110 state fee is kept outside the quotes.
1. Mainstay Filing: best for the most filings handled per dollar
Best reading
$199 yearly, $309 due at checkout with the state fee
- Opening quote
- $199
- Quote from year 2
- $199/yr
- Reading at year 3
- $597
Mainstay Filing leads the board because only this quote folds the annual tax into its $199 yearly price.
The $200 premium over DE Registered Agent.org at year three buys coverage, and coverage decides this ranking.
Delaware bills $400 for the Annual LLC Tax, and the service passes that fee through at cost.
Quote includes
- Articles of organization, filed
- Registered agent, for twelve months
- Annual tax, filed as it falls due
- The EIN application, prepared
- Official fee, nothing added
Reads well
- No extra fee for the EIN application
- One yearly quote, $199
- $199 in year two
Reads poorly
- Renews $100 above DE Registered Agent.org
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2. DE Registered Agent.org: best for the smallest opening quote
Delaware only
$199 to form, $99 yearly after
- Opening quote
- $199
- Quote from year 2
- $99/yr
- Reading at year 3
- $397
Next on the board, DE Registered Agent.org: three years read $397 because the renewal is just $99.
You would still prepare the Annual LLC Tax.
Quote includes
- Formation delivered to the state office
- Agent service for the first year
Reads well
- $199 to form
- Agent included to start
- Agent renews at $99
Reads poorly
- Preparing the Annual LLC Tax remains a job you keep
- $99 extra for the EIN
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3. Delaware Registered Agent.ai: best for a second in-state filer
Delaware only
$199 to form, $99 yearly after
- Opening quote
- $199
- Quote from year 2
- $99/yr
- Reading at year 3
- $397
Next on the board, Delaware Registered Agent.ai: three years read $397 because the renewal is just $99.
You would still prepare the Annual LLC Tax.
DE Registered Agent.org publishes the same prices.
Quote includes
- Formation delivered to the state office
- Agent service for the first year
Reads well
- Agent included to start
- $199 to form
- Agent renews at $99
Reads poorly
- Preparing the Annual LLC Tax remains a job you keep
- $99 extra for the EIN
What each quote adds up to
Service fees only, from each company's prices sampled November 13, 2026. None of the quotes cross in ten years.
Try another time span
Readings for 1 to 5 years, EIN application optional. State fees are left out because they match on every quote.
Official state charges
Every state row cites its official source. The three-year total combines the filing, the second-year and third-year reports and any minimum tax.
Notes on the order
For Delaware, the deciding term was filings handled per dollar (30% of the ranking), where Mainstay Filing came out ahead.
Filing the Annual LLC Tax for you outweighed DE Registered Agent.org's smaller three-year reading.
Add the EIN application to the math and the crossing moves to year 2, when Mainstay Filing passes DE Registered Agent.org.
Delaware LLC filing fee and requirements, quoted from the source
The LLC is formed when the Delaware Secretary of State accepts the Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company and $110. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.
As written: delcode.delaware.gov (logged October 2026) for the record
Filing it yourself, measured
With no service, three years read $910 in state fees. Each service adds its own quote, $397 to $597 over the same period.
Questions
What do LLC formation services charge in Delaware?
Budget $199 plus $110 in state fees.
What do the quotes add up to over three years?
Year one plus two renewals reads $397 to $597.
How much does Delaware take to file an LLC?
$110 paid to the state, via the Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company.
What does Delaware bill each year after formation?
Annual LLC Tax: $400 a year, with the deadline stated as annual alternative-entity tax due on or before June 1.
Is the EIN application part of the quote?
Mainstay Filing, no added charge, DE Registered Agent.org, $99 and Delaware Registered Agent.ai, $99.
When does one quote pass another in total cost?
No crossing within ten years; no quote passes another.
Which LLC formation service ranks best in Delaware?
Mainstay Filing, which wins on filings handled per dollar. Then DE Registered Agent.org and Delaware Registered Agent.ai.
Logged references
- October 2026 log entry for Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, from corp.delaware.gov.
- October 2026 log entry for Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, from corp.delaware.gov.
- October 2026 log entry for Delaware yearly filing: HB 400, from legis.delaware.gov.
- August 2026 log entry for Delaware report due date, from delcode.delaware.gov.
- August 2026 log entry for 6 Del, from delcode.delaware.gov.
- October 2026 log entry for Delaware registered agent statute, from delcode.delaware.gov.
- Quote source: Mainstay Filing Delaware service page, November 13, 2026
- Quote source: DE Registered Agent.org pricing page, November 13, 2026
- Quote source: Delaware Registered Agent.ai pricing page, November 13, 2026