3 Best LLC Services in New York (2026): Fee Schedule
Comparing 2026 fee schedules, the best LLC formation services for New York are Mainstay Filing ($199), NY Registered Agent.org ($199) and New York Registered Agent.ai ($199), in that order. From $397 to $597 for three years of service, plus $200 that New York collects at filing.
Prepared by the Agent Fee Tables editorial team ·
Schedules ordered by: Best value first, using our five-part order
New York: the fee summary
Filing fee owed to the state$200dos.ny.gov {fee list dated October 2026}
First-year range$199Service fees only
Years 1 to 3 added$397 to $597First year with two more
State total, years 1 to 3$209The same for every service
Point of equal costDoes not occurRanking does not change
New York ranking
Schedules sit in value order, with charges taken from company pages. The $200 state fee stays outside the service charges.
#Opening chargeRenewal chargeCharges, three years
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1. Mainstay Filing: best for skipping the biennial statement altogether
Leads the list
$199 each year, with $399 due at checkout together with the state fee
Opening charge
$199
Charge from year two
$199/yr
Charges, three years
$597
Mainstay Filing has the best schedule in New York: formation, agent for service of process and biennial statement all sit inside $199 a year, renewing at $199.
Three years cost $200 more than NY Registered Agent.org, but the extra duties it covers weigh more in the order.
You never prepare the biennial statement, and the $9 state fee is all that gets added.
To get the state figure, add the filing fee, two later reports and any minimum tax. Open-ended costs get a mention but no number.
How the order came out
Duties inside the charge put Mainstay Filing first. That measure is 31% of the order, and charges over three years, charge at renewal, point of equal cost and fee disclosure make up the rest.
NY Registered Agent.org bills less over three years, yet the biennial statement stays with you.
Include the EIN application and Mainstay Filing goes past NY Registered Agent.org in year 2.
The New York LLC filing fee and what the state requires, in its own words
Requirements: the Articles of Organization (Form DOS-1336-f); fee $200; office the New York Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is the agent for service of process for every New York LLC; naming a registered agent is optional.
Publication: within 120 days, a notice runs for six weeks in two county newspapers (the papers set their own charges), then a Certificate of Publication is filed for $50.
Tax Department LLC fee (Form IT-204-LL): $25 a year for a single-member LLC with New York-source income; partnership LLCs pay more.
Cited at: dos.ny.gov {fee list dated October 2026}
If you skip the service
$209 is the floor for three years, all of it state fees. Above that floor, services add $397 to $597.
Questions
What do LLC formation services charge in New York?
$199 in year one across these schedules, plus the state's $200 filing fee.
What do these schedules add up to over three years?
Year one plus two renewals comes to $397 to $597.
How much does New York bill to file an LLC?
$200 to the state; the form is the Articles of Organization (Form DOS-1336-f).
What does New York bill each year after formation?
Biennial statement: $9 per two-year cycle, deadline worded by the state as during the calendar month in which the Articles of Organization were filed, every 2 years.
Does the charge include the EIN application?
Mainstay Filing bundles it in, NY Registered Agent.org bills $99 more and New York Registered Agent.ai bills $99 more.
When does one schedule pass another in total charges?
Not in ten years: the order of running totals does not change.
Which LLC formation service is the best value in New York?
Schedule one is Mainstay Filing, then NY Registered Agent.org, then New York Registered Agent.ai.