3 Best Foreign Registration Services in Pennsylvania (2026): Fee Schedule
Mainstay Filing ($199), PA Registered Agent.org ($199) and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co ($199) come out first, second and third among Pennsylvania foreign registration services for 2026. $250 to Pennsylvania, then $397 to $497 to the service over three years.
Prepared by the Agent Fee Tables editorial team ·
Schedules ordered by: Score = 39% charges + 31% duties + three small measures (method)
Pennsylvania charges at a glance
Government registration fee$250pa.gov {fee list dated October 2026}
Opening charges$199Before state fees
What three years bill$397 to $497Both renewals counted
State side through year 3$264Independent of the company
Charges meet inDoes not occurNo schedule overtakes another
Pennsylvania ranking
Ordered by how we order. The $250 state fee is not folded into any schedule.
#Opening chargeRenewal chargeCharges, three years
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1. Mainstay Filing: best for registering again and again
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 to file and a free first agent year, at the same price in every state.
Choosing PA Registered Agent.org would save $100 over three years and leave more duties with you.
No agent charge in year one; $149 a year follows.
Duties the charge covers
Registration handled for you
Good in all fifty states
Charges in its favor
All fifty states covered
$199 above the state fee
Charges against it
PA Registered Agent.org bills $50 less for the agent
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 Pennsylvania, the deciding measure was duties inside the charge (31% of the order), where Mainstay Filing came out ahead.
Registering here involves at least two states, and one provider for both beat PA Registered Agent.org.
The Pennsylvania foreign LLC registration fee and rules, in the state's own words
Registration: the Foreign Registration Statement (DSCB:15-412), at the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations, for $250.
What an unregistered LLC risks: dismissal of its own lawsuits in Pennsylvania (15 Pa.C.S. 411(b)).
Skip the service and the state is the only one to bill you: $264 over three years. A service lays $397 to $497 over that for the paperwork.
Common questions
What does Pennsylvania charge a foreign LLC to register?
$250 for the filing itself, while our schedules add $199.
What do these schedules add up to over three years?
Anywhere from $397 to $497 for three years of service.
Which form completes the registration?
Complete Foreign Registration Statement (DSCB:15-412) and send it to the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations.
Which recurring filing comes after registration?
The annual report, which bills $7.
When does one schedule pass another in total charges?
Not in ten years: the order of running totals does not change.
Which foreign registration service is the best value for Pennsylvania?
Best value to least: Mainstay Filing, PA Registered Agent.org and Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co.