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Oregon Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $275 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $1,475
Oregon data last reviewed Aug 19, 2026 · sos.oregon.gov Totals include the $275 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Oregon recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$275
Form
Application for Authority to Transact Business - Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form 110)
Annual obligation
$275/year
Processing time
Oregon publishes 1 to 3 business days for an online filing.
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For post or fax it publishes a live processed-through date rather than a duration; on 13 August 2026 it was working Business Registry paper received on 4 August. The Secretary of State updates that table, so check it rather than relying on a stored figure

Estimated year 1 cost
$550
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Need to register your LLC in Oregon?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in Oregon ↗
$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 Oregon?

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

Important to know

  • Foreign LLCs pay $275 for the annual renewal against $100 for domestic, one of the widest gaps in the country.
  • A multi-member LLC actively doing business in Oregon owes a $150 partnership minimum tax. A single-member LLC owes nothing, and neither does a multi-member LLC with no activity to report.
What does NOT require registration in Oregon 11 activities

Oregon carves 11 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 the managers or members, or carrying on other activities concerning internal affairs
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of the company's own securities, or maintaining trustees or depositories for them
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or obtaining orders, by mail or through employees or agents, if the orders require acceptance outside Oregon before they become contracts
  • Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in real or personal property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts
  • Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
  • Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of repeated transactions of a like nature
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce

Under ORS 63.701(2). The list is expressly non-exhaustive under subsection (3), and it says nothing about employees generally: paragraph (f) covers soliciting orders that are accepted outside Oregon, not a remote worker doing the company's actual work. The Secretary of State publishes separate guidance at https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/doing-business-means.aspx stating that hiring an Oregon-resident remote worker does not automatically require registration, but the same page treats having an office, or employees providing services to customers as the primary business activity, as clearly doing business. Treat a remote hire as fact-dependent rather than safe.

Forming a new LLC in Oregon instead? $100 to form
Formation fee
$100
Annual cost
$100/year
State income tax
Income tax up to 9.9% (2026 tax year)
Privacy
Moderate
Oregon has no general sales tax. It does charge a Corporate Activity Tax on gross receipts, and the statute applies it to LLCs. You must register with the Department of Revenue once Oregon commercial activity passes $750,000 in a year. Tax is owed only above $1 million, at $250 plus 0.57 percent of the amount over $1 million (ORS 317A.116 to 317A.131).
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Oregon SOS before filing.