3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Georgia (2026): Fee Schedule
Best value among Georgia foreign registration services in 2026: Mainstay Filing ($199), Georgia Registered Agent.co ($199) and GA Registered Agent.org ($199), ranked in that order. $235 to Georgia, then $397 to $497 to the service over three years.
Prepared by the Agent Fee Tables editorial team ·
Schedules ordered by: Ordered on five measures: charges 39%, duties 31%, three smaller ones after that
Summary of fees
Registration charge$235sos.ga.gov {fee list dated October 2026}
What the first year bills$199Before state fees
What three years bill$397 to $497Three years of service fees
What the state bills in 3 years$355Independent of the company
Cost lines cross inCharges stay apartRanking does not change
Georgia ranking
Every charge is copied from the company's own pricing page. The $235 state fee has to be added separately.
#Opening chargeRenewal chargeCharges, three years
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1. Mainstay Filing: best for one fee wherever you register
Schedule one
Opens at $199; later years $149
Opening charge
$199
Charge from year two
$149/yr
Charges, three years
$497
Mainstay Filing ranks first. $199 for the filing in any state, with the opening registered agent year included.
Georgia Registered Agent.co charges $100 less by year three; the 31% weight on duties still puts this one first.
After the free year, the agent bills $149 annually.
Duties the charge covers
Registration completed for you
Registered agent at no charge in year one
A charge that holds across states
Charges in its favor
Registered agent is free in year one
$199 for the registration
All fifty states covered
Charges against it
Agent renews at $149, $50 above Georgia Registered Agent.co
The state's share is the filing, the reports in years two and three, and a minimum tax if there is one. Anything the state leaves unpriced is described, not totaled.
How the order came out
In Georgia, the deciding measure was duties inside the charge (31% of the order), where Mainstay Filing came out ahead.
With the LLC in two states, coverage decided it.
The Georgia foreign LLC registration fee and rules, in the state's own words
Registration: the Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241), at the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division, for $235.
If registration is skipped: a bar on suing as plaintiff in Georgia courts until it registers (O.C.G.A. 14-2-1502).
Source wording: sos.ga.gov {fee list dated October 2026}
Without a service
$355 is the floor for three years, all of it state fees. Above that floor, services add $397 to $497.
Georgia fee questions
What does Georgia charge a foreign LLC to register?
$235 as the official fee, before any service charge of $199.
What do these schedules add up to over three years?
$397 to $497 across the schedules, not counting state fees.
Which form completes the registration?
Complete Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form CD 241) and send it to the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.
Which recurring filing comes after registration?
The annual registration, which bills $60.
When does one schedule pass another in total charges?
The schedules do not cross in the first ten years.
Which foreign registration service is the best value for Georgia?
Schedule one is Mainstay Filing, then Georgia Registered Agent.co, then GA Registered Agent.org.