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Missouri Foreign LLC Registration

The fee, the form, what triggers registration in Missouri, and how to file.

State filing fee $105 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $480
Missouri data last reviewed Aug 19, 2026 · sos.mo.gov Totals include the $105 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Missouri recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$105
Form
Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-4)
Annual obligation
No annual report required
Processing time
Missouri publishes no processing time for this filing.
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Its filing system FAQ says only that a recent system upgrade has caused longer processing than normal, with no figure attached

Estimated year 1 cost
$105
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Need to register your LLC in Missouri?

Northwest files the foreign registration and serves as your registered agent in Missouri, which the filing requires. Only need an agent? Northwest's registered agent service alone is $125/year.

Have Northwest register your LLC in Missouri ↗
$225 + the state fee · One year of registered agent included
Other registered agent options 2 alternatives
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
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Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
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What triggers foreign qualification in Missouri?

  • Physical office or place of business
  • Employees working in the state

Important to know

  • Missouri LLCs file no annual report.
What does NOT require registration in Missouri 7 activities

Missouri carves 7 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining or defending a lawsuit, administrative proceeding, or arbitration, or settling it or settling claims and disputes
  • Holding meetings of members, or carrying on other internal company affairs
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Borrowing money, or creating debt instruments, mortgages, liens, or security interests in real or personal property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing rights in the property securing them
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce
  • Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of a series of like transactions

Under RSMo Section 347.163.5. Only 7 items, the short pre-uniform form. Missouri has NO securities-transfer-office item, NO independent-contractor item, NO order-solicitation item and NO property-ownership safe harbor.

Forming a new LLC in Missouri instead? $50 to form
Formation fee
$50
Annual cost
No annual report
State income tax
Income tax up to 4.7% (2026 tax year)
Privacy
High
Missouri requires no member or manager names on the Articles of Organization (Mo. Rev. Stat. 347.039) and has no annual report for LLCs. The articles must, however, state whether management is vested in managers or in members, and must give the name and physical business or residence address of each organizer (Mo. Rev. Stat. 347.039.1(4) and (6)). Any person may serve as organizer.
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Missouri SOS before filing.