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New Hampshire Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $100 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $775
New Hampshire data last reviewed Aug 21, 2026 · sos.nh.gov Totals include the $100 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and New Hampshire recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$100
Form
Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
Annual obligation
$100/year
Processing time
New Hampshire publishes no standing turnaround. It states that processing times vary by filing type and time of year, and posts a current processing date in the Announcements on the NH QuickStart login page.
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Expedited service is $25 and is sold in person only, at the Customer Lobby in Concord

Expedite
$25, and it is counter only. New Hampshire sells it in person at the Customer Lobby in Concord and does not offer it online or by post.
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No turnaround is published for the expedite itself; standard online processing is posted as no more than 10 business days on one FAQ page and 10 to 15 on another

Estimated year 1 cost
$200
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Need to register your LLC in New Hampshire?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in New Hampshire ↗
$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 New Hampshire?

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

Important to know

  • The annual report is $100 and due April 1 on a fixed calendar rather than the registration anniversary.
What does NOT require registration in New Hampshire 14 activities

New Hampshire carves 14 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding
  • Holding meetings of members or managers, or carrying on other internal company affairs
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Maintaining transfer, exchange, or registration offices for the company's own securities or interests, or trustees or depositories for them
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or obtaining orders, if the orders require acceptance outside New Hampshire to become contracts
  • Creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing mortgages and security interests in the property securing them
  • Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
  • Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of a series of like transactions
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce
  • Owning a controlling interest in a corporation that is doing business here
  • Being a limited partner of a limited partnership that is doing business here
  • Being a member or manager of an LLC or foreign LLC that is doing business here

Under RSA 304-C:174. Fourteen items across two paragraphs. The tax disclaimer in paragraph III is weaker than standard: it expressly preserves a Business Profits Tax finding under RSA 77-A:1, XII, so a registration safe harbor does not imply BPT safety.

Forming a new LLC in New Hampshire instead? $100 to form
Formation fee
$100
Annual cost
$100/year
State income tax
No state income tax on wages (interest/dividends tax repealed 2025)
Privacy
Moderate
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the New Hampshire SOS before filing.