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Forming an LLC in Arizona from outside the United States.
Here's what Arizona charges to form and keep a company, what it asks for every year, and what its public record shows about you. You'll also get a straight answer on whether a founder abroad should form here at all.
01The figures
What does an Arizona LLC cost to form and keep?
State fees for a domestic LLC filed online, checked against the Arizona Corporation Commission in September 2026.
- Filing fee
- $50
- Recurring charge
- None
- Processing
- Standard filings can take a few weeks; expedited online filings are often approved within a business day or two
- Five-year state cost
- $50
$85 with expedited processing
No report and no recurring state charge
As the state publishes it
The filing fee and every state charge due in the first five years
State income tax
Arizona taxes an owner's share of profit earned in Arizona. A non-resident owner with no Arizona activity generally owes none, and there's no franchise tax.
The public record
The articles list the members of a member-managed LLC, or the managers and any member owning 20% or more of a manager-managed one. The articles are public.
Also required
A newspaper notice of the new LLC, run three weeks in a row within 60 days, unless the statutory agent is in Maricopa or Pima County.
Checked September 2026 against the Arizona Corporation Commission. If a figure here has changed, email us and we'll correct it.
02The straight answer
Should a founder abroad form in Arizona?
An Arizona LLC costs $50 to form and files no annual report, so it's one of the cheapest states to keep a company in, and far cheaper than Wyoming over five years. The trade-off is privacy. Anyone can look up the articles, and they name the owners, or the managers and anyone owning 20% or more. If your statutory agent is outside Maricopa and Pima counties, you'd also pay for a newspaper notice. Wyoming costs more but keeps your name off the public record.
Arizona is right anyway when
- You'll have staff, an office, a warehouse or property in the state
- A bank, a marketplace or a licensing body has told you the company must be formed in this state
| Arizona | WyomingWe file here | DelawareWe file here | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To file | $50 | $102.40 | $110 |
| Every year | None | $60 a year | $400 a year |
| Five years | $50 | $342.40 | $1,710 |
| Owners public | Yes | No | No |
| State income tax | Arizona taxes an owner's share of profit earned in Arizona | No personal or corporate income tax | No Delaware income tax on a company that doesn't do business in Delaware |
03What we would file instead
The same company, in Wyoming.
A Wyoming LLC costs $102.40 to file, keeps owners off the public record, and is the state banks and payment processors are used to seeing from founders abroad. Here's the whole first year, from the same price list checkout uses.
| WYOMING | Starter | StandardMost chosen | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our feeCharged once, when you confirm | $289 | $499 | $1,299 |
| Wyoming filing feePaid to the state, passed through at cost | $102.40 | $102.40 | Included |
| Due on the dayBefore any extras you choose | $391.40 | $601.40 | $1,299 |
| Then, every yearOur registered agent renewal and Wyoming's yearly charge | $179 | $309 | $1,059 |
Extras are optional and asked one at a time, each with its price. Filing yours ahead of our next batch costs $75. We email you before anything renews.
04Questions
Questions about an Arizona LLC.
If yours is not here, email us at [email protected] before you order.
Only if its statutory agent is outside Maricopa and Pima counties. For those two, the Commission publishes the notice on its own website for free. Anywhere else, the notice runs in a newspaper for three consecutive weeks, within 60 days of formation, at the newspaper's rate.
Yes. Arizona, like every state, doesn't require an LLC's owners to be US citizens or residents. It does require a statutory agent, Arizona's name for a registered agent, with a street address in Arizona. Arizona LLCs file no annual report.
It costs $50 to file, and nothing after that. Over five years that comes to $50 in state charges. A Wyoming LLC costs $342.40 over the same five years.
No. We file in Wyoming and Delaware only. For a founder outside the US, they're the two states worth being in, and we'd rather know two states well than fifty a little. If your business will have staff, an office, stock or property in Arizona, it'll need to register there whichever state formed it, and we'll tell you so before you order.
05Every state
Every other state, with its figures.
Each state's filing fee and recurring charge, as published in September 2026. Arizona is highlighted.
Ready when you are
Form it in the state that suits you.
Most founders abroad choose Wyoming for an LLC, or Delaware for a corporation that will raise money. The order form explains the trade-off where you choose.