Published fee
$795 + state filing fee
Standard business LLC service fee. A Wyoming anonymous LLC (Invisible Investor) is $995 plus the $100 Wyoming state filing fee, an estimated $1,095 in total. If your CPA is discussing an S-election, the Lean S-Corp Optimizer is $995 plus applicable state filing fees.
State and government filing fees, registered-agent renewals, annual state reports, bank charges and any attorney or CPA work are separate and paid to those providers directly. Government fees are set by the state and can change.
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Who forms an LLC with us
- A 1099 professional formalising contractor income under a company
- A small business owner separating business activity from personal affairs
- A real-estate investor holding property in a dedicated entity
- An operating company that needs to exist before a Solo 401(k) is adopted
- A second entity added to an existing structure as activity grows
Included
What the service covers
- Name availability check and state formation filing coordination
- Articles of organisation prepared and submitted to the chosen state
- Operating agreement documentation, single-member or multi-member
- EIN application coordination with the IRS
- Registered-agent coordination where you do not have one
- Organisational records: membership record, resolutions, banking documents
- A working session covering what the entity does and does not change
Structure options
Standard, separated or privacy-oriented
Which one is appropriate is a legal question. Here is how they differ in plain terms so the conversation with your attorney is a shorter one.
Standard home-state LLC
Formed in the state where the business actually operates. Simplest to maintain, one set of annual obligations, and usually the right answer for a service business or a single local property.
Holding and operating separation
An operating company for revenue-generating activity, and a separate entity that holds assets. Used where an owner wants activity and assets in different boxes. The benefit depends entirely on how the entities are actually run.
Privacy-oriented formation states
Some states require less public disclosure of members or managers, and some owners choose them for that reason. This affects public records, not liability outcomes, and it can add a foreign-registration requirement in your operating state. Discuss it with your attorney before choosing.
No entity structure guarantees protection from creditors, lawsuits or taxes. The results depend on facts, state law and how the entity is operated day to day.
Process
How the setup runs
- 1
Fit conversation
What the business does, where it operates, who the owners are and whether an entity is genuinely the right next step.
- 2
Scope and fee confirmed
We confirm what is included and what it costs in writing, including which state fees are payable directly to the state.
- 3
Information gathering
Name preferences, addresses, member details and ownership percentages, intended activity and effective date.
- 4
Filing and documents
State filing is submitted, the operating agreement and organisational records are prepared, and the EIN is obtained.
- 5
Banking and handover
You receive the documents banks typically ask for and a walkthrough of ongoing obligations that stay with you.
Preparation
Information we will need
- Preferred company name and one or two alternatives
- Formation state and the state(s) where the business will operate
- Full legal names and addresses of all members, and ownership percentages
- Business address, and whether you need registered-agent coordination
- A plain description of the intended business activity
- Desired effective date
Do not send Social Security numbers, EINs or identification documents by email. Provide those inside the secure application or during a scheduled session.
Scope
Roles and limitations
What Survival 401K does
- Prepare and coordinate formation filings and organising documents
- Coordinate EIN issuance and registered-agent arrangements
- Explain how an entity typically interacts with a Solo 401(k) or IRA LLC
- Provide the paperwork banks commonly request to open an account
What we do not do
- Practise law or give legal advice about liability or asset protection
- Guarantee that any structure will withstand a legal challenge
- Prepare tax returns or advise on the tax treatment of your entity
- Guarantee state processing times or acceptance of a filing
- Act as your accountant, bookkeeper or payroll provider
Questions
LLC setup FAQs
Next step
Ready to form the company?
Start with a consultation if you want the structure sanity-checked first, or go straight to the secure LLC application when you know what you need.
The secure application opens on this site and is submitted over an encrypted connection to the Survival 401K secure application system.