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Vermont Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $155 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $1,040
Vermont data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · sos.vermont.gov Totals include the $155 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Vermont recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$155
Form
Application for Certificate of Authority (filed through the Vermont online portal; no paper form is published)
Annual obligation
$170/year
Processing time
Vermont publishes both figures on its foreign registration page: online filing normally takes less than one business day, and postal filings need 7 to 10 business days.
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There is no expedited service and no extra fee for filing online

Estimated year 1 cost
$325
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Need to register your LLC in Vermont?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in Vermont ↗
$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 Vermont?

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

Important to know

  • Foreign LLCs pay $170 for the annual report against $45 for domestic.
  • A Vermont LLC taxed as a partnership owes a $250 minimum entity tax. A single-member LLC treated as disregarded does not.
What does NOT require registration in Vermont 11 activities

Vermont 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 members or managers, or carrying on internal company affairs
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Maintaining a transfer, exchange, or registration office for the company's own securities
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or taking orders that must be accepted outside the state
  • Creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property
  • Collecting debts, enforcing security interests, and holding property acquired that way
  • Owning real or personal property
  • A single isolated transaction not one of repeated transactions of a like nature
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce

Under 11 V.S.A. Section 4113. NO time limit on the isolated-transaction carve-out. No tax or service-of-process disclaimer. Subsection (b) defines doing business expansively as "each act, power, or privilege exercised or enjoyed in this State."

Forming a new LLC in Vermont instead? $155 to form
Formation fee
$155
Annual cost
$45/year
State income tax
Income tax up to 8.75% (2026 tax year)
Privacy
High
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Vermont SOS before filing.