Best LLC services in Minnesota (2026)

How are LLC services for Minnesota ranked?

Providers appear in order of our rating, highest first. When two share a rating, they keep our editorial order: Tailor Brands, Bizee (formerly Incfile), ZenBusiness, then by name.

Minnesota sets two prices for the same Articles of Organization, $135 by mail, $155 online or in person. The first-year column uses the lower mail price, so a filing made online adds the difference. No provider publishes which method it uses for Minnesota.¹

Second year: the recurring Minnesota report fee as the state lists it (some states charge it every two years) plus the plan's renewal, if it renews. Registered agent renewals are extra unless the plan includes the agent for good.

Because the state renewal is free, each second-year figure is just what the compared plan renews at. Most plans are one-time charges and show $0. The exceptions bill every year: Tailor Brands Elite comes to $249, ZenBusiness Premium to $299, doola Starter to $297, and Rocket Lawyer to $149.²

Those figures leave out an included registered agent that renews after a free period, and plan items that start billing once a trial ends; both come up below. The two ties in the list are Bizee (formerly Incfile) with ZenBusiness at 8.0, and BizFilings with Rocket Lawyer at 6.8. How we rate sets out the three parts of the rating, none of which changes by state.

Which Minnesota LLC service fits which need?

The picks below come from the facts each provider publishes. Two Minnesota rules bear on them: the agent is optional, and the yearly filing costs nothing at the state.

• Lowest first-year total in Minnesota: Inc Authority, Free LLC, $135 with the state fee.
• Lowest two-year total in Minnesota: Inc Authority, Free LLC, $135 over two years with state fees. Full list
• Fastest filing: Tailor Brands, 1 business day stated on Elite. Full list
• Best for first-time founders: Tailor Brands, all three supports included in a plan (annual report filing, coaching, AI guidance). Full list
• Best all-in-one platform: Tailor Brands, sells 9 of the 10 business service types we track, with an online dashboard. Full list
• Best for non-U.S. founders: Tailor Brands, highest-rated provider whose own pages say it serves founders outside the U.S. Full list

Each line is decided by the published fact it names. First-time founder support counts an annual report filed for you, business coaching and AI guidance; the all-in-one count is the business service types a provider sells nationally.

Lowest cost in the first and second year

Inc Authority Free LLC costs $135 in year one and $0 in year two in the table. Its included registered agent is the catch: it is free for the first year and then renews at $249/year.³

Minnesota law says "Every limited liability company shall have a registered office and may have a registered agent." So a Minnesota owner can let that agent go instead of paying the renewal, as long as the LLC keeps a registered office. Inc Authority's terms say cancelling may require proof of new agent or dissolution, and a Minnesota LLC dropping its agent has neither, so ask what it will accept before the renewal date. Its 60-day money-back guarantee covers only the first purchase. Compare it on the Inc Authority pricing page and the list ordered by cost across both years.^{4, 5}

Northwest Registered Agent has the next-lowest first-year total, $174, with an agent that renews at $125/yr after year 1.⁶

First-time founders

We look for three supports here: the yearly state filing done for you, coaching from a person, and AI guidance. Tailor Brands includes all three supports in a plan. Its Elite plan lists mandatory report filing, its Business Coaching Program comes with any plan, and its Navi assistant is built into every plan. ZenBusiness also counts all three supports, with state-required annual reports on Pro and Premium, Personal Velo AI guidance on every plan, and a one-on-one consultation with a business advisor on Premium only. doola reaches two of the three supports through its AI Co-Founder assistant and report filing on higher plans; Starter does not include ongoing compliance filings.^{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13}

In Minnesota the filing these plans cover is the free Annual Renewal, so the support saves time and a missed deadline rather than a state fee. The first-time founders list shows each provider's supports.

Several business services from one provider

We track 10 business service types. Tailor Brands and LegalZoom each sell 9, while Bizee (formerly Incfile) and ZenBusiness each sell 7. A provider selling a service doesn't mean the plan includes it, and many are add-ons. See the all-in-one platforms list.

Fastest stated filing

Tailor Brands and ZenBusiness each state 1 business day on the compared plan, and Inc Authority states 24 hours. That is the provider's own preparation time. After it, Minnesota's clock starts: online filings are returned in 3 to 5 business days, while mail runs first in/first out with no published time. Expedited service is built into in-person and online filings, and the state doesn't publish a separate rush fee on top. Bizee (formerly Incfile) lists Expedited Filing in its compared plan without saying which Minnesota method that means. The fastest filing list and the LLC timeline guide separate the two waits.^{14, 15, 16}

Registered agent included

These compared plans include an agent, most for a set period.

• Inc Authority: Free for the first year with LLC formation, then $249/year^{3, 17}
• Bizee (formerly Incfile): Free first year with any Bizee formation package, then $149/year^{18, 19}
• Northwest Registered Agent: the first year, then $125/yr after year 1⁶
• BizFilings: 3 months free, then $220/yr^{20, 21}
• doola: Registered Agent Service, inside a plan that bills yearly²²

Tailor Brands sells its agent separately at $199/year, and ZenBusiness offers 50% off the first year ($99) with formation. Since Minnesota makes the agent optional, an included agent is mainly useful to an owner who doesn't want a home address as the registered office. The registered agent included list compares the terms.^{23, 24}

EIN included

An EIN is the federal tax number the IRS issues at no charge. LegalZoom lists EIN (federal tax ID) in Managed Service, ZenBusiness lists EIN in Premium, and doola lists Employer Identification Number (EIN) in Starter. The EIN included list orders them by plan price.^{11, 22, 25}

Founders outside the U.S.

doola says it can help "a non-resident without a US SSN." LegalZoom lists an EIN without a Social Security number as included in Pro and Premium. Tailor Brands links a separate sign-up flow for non-US citizens, with no eligibility details published, and Northwest Registered Agent charges $200 for an EIN when the owner has no Social Security number. The non-U.S. founders list has the rest.^{26, 27, 28, 29}

What does Minnesota charge no matter who files?

Minnesota charges $135 by mail or $155 online or in person for the Articles, whoever files them, and the totals on this page add that fee to each plan price. The yearly renewal after that is $0.^{1, 2}

• Formation filing fee: $135 by mail, $155 online or in person
• Faster state processing: Expedited service is built into in-person and online filings: Articles cost $155 that way vs $135 by mail
• Recurring report: due December 31 each year, starting the year after formation, $0
• Optional name reservation: $35 by mail; $55 in person or online

The gap between the two prices pays for the expedited handling the state builds into online and counter filing. A service that files online for you either pays the higher fee or passes it on, and none of the providers here says which.

One state charge falls outside any service. The Department of Revenue says "An LLC filing as a partnership with two or more members is subject to minimum fee," which applies once the LLC's Minnesota property, payroll and sales reach $1,280,000. The minimum fee does not apply to a single-member LLC. That is a tax question for an accountant, not something a formation plan changes.³⁰

Is a paid annual report service worth it in Minnesota?

A report filing service charges for its own work, and in Minnesota that work is all you pay for. The Annual Renewal is due December 31 each year, starting the year after formation, and the state fee is $0.^{2, 31}

That changes how some prices read. Northwest Registered Agent's report service is $100 + state fees, charged at filing, and its registered agent customers are auto-enrolled in that renewal service. A Minnesota owner who keeps Northwest as agent would pay that charge for a filing the state accepts for free, unless they cancel that service first. ZenBusiness sells Annual Report Filing $100 per report on its own, and LegalZoom lists $99 + state filing fees. Among the compared plans, Tailor Brands Elite and ZenBusiness Premium fold report filing into their yearly price, and Swyft Filings Standard includes a Trial of ComplianceGuard with one free annual report.^{32, 33, 34, 35}

No late fee applies to a missed renewal, but the LLC is administratively dissolved. The Minnesota formation guide covers that and the reinstatement route.³⁶

Trial items are the other cost to watch. Tailor Brands Elite includes a bookkeeping trial that later bills $39/month, and LegalZoom lists that its Business Advisor Plan auto-renews at $49/mo after 30 days. The LegalZoom pricing page lists each tier's later charges.^{25, 37}

Can you form a Minnesota LLC without a service?

Yes. The Secretary of State takes the Articles of Organization directly from owners, and you pay only the state fee. You can file online, by mail, or in person by appointment.³¹

Minnesota law also says an LLC "may have a registered agent," so an owner filing alone doesn't have to hire an agent, as long as the LLC keeps a registered office.⁴

What you give up is the preparation and any address service. With no agent, the Annual Renewal asks for the LLC's registered office address every year, so a home address used there goes to the state each time. A name reservation, if you want time to decide, is $35 by mail. The Minnesota formation steps walk through each field, and the cost calculator shows what a plan adds.^{14, 38}