Every state keeps its own rulebook. We keep all fifty-two.

How to read this board

What differs, and what pointedly does not.

Differs: the filing office (a Secretary of State in most states, a corporation commission in Arizona and Virginia, a tax department in Maryland), the agent’s title (statutory agent in Ohio, resident agent in Kansas, agent for service of process in California), and the periodic duty — from Delaware’s $300 tax with no report, to California’s suspension-backed Statement of Information, to Ohio’s honest nothing-at-all for LLCs.

Does not differ: our price, our protocol, or our disclosure. The agent of record is CorpNet, Incorporated in every jurisdiction, the mail chain is the same written protocol, and state fees are at cost everywhere.

Choosing, without a recommendation

We publish facts. The choice stays yours.

Sethhost never recommends a state or an entity type — that is legal judgment, and we are not a law firm. Founders usually start from three honest questions: where will the company actually operate, what does the state charge every year to exist, and what does the state demand on paper. Our Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Delaware comparison works those questions for the three most-asked states, and every state page above carries its own facts for the rest.