Registered agent reviews: is it legit?

Mainstay Filing is our pick: $149 a year for registered agent service, the same at renewal. We review providers against five stated criteria from their own pages, with no star ratings and no customer quotes, and we say what we cannot check.

Our pick

Mainstay Filing

Our rating: 4.9 out of 5

$149 a year, same at renewal

Service of process is scanned and uploaded the same business day at no fee
The first three government mailings a year are scanned free; after that a per-piece fee applies
Tell Mainstay Filing before renewal and it will not renew

Mainstay Filing pricing, FAQ and services pages, read October 25, 2026. The registered agent address is not a business mailing address and cannot stand in for one, for example for bank verification.

The five criteria, applied to every provider

Price published. The registered agent price is on the provider’s own page.
Renewal price published. The page says what year two costs.
Price stays the same. The year-two price is not higher than year one.
Inclusions listed. The page says what the price covers.
Price terms spelled out. The page adds a qualifier we could quote: prepay, per-state, billing frequency or an introductory period.

What each provider’s own registered agent page publishes, read October 2026. “Not stated” means we did not find it on the page, not that the provider lacks it.
Provider	Price published	Renewal price published	Price stays the same	Inclusions listed	Price terms spelled out	Review
Mainstay Filing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
Bizee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
CorpNet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Not stated	Review
doola	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Priced in fewer than 5 states
FreeRegisteredAgent.com	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Review
Harbor Compliance	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Review
InCorp Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
IncParadise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Review
Launch Registered Agent	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Priced in fewer than 5 states
LegalZoom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
MyCompanyWorks	Yes	Not stated	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Priced in fewer than 5 states
MyLLC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Review
MyUSACorporation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Priced in fewer than 5 states
Northwest Registered Agent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
Registered Agents Inc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Review
RegisteredAgents.com	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Priced in fewer than 5 states
ResidentAgents.com	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Review
Standard Filings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Review
Swyft Filings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Review
ZenBusiness	Yes	Yes	Not stated	Yes	Yes	Review

Check an agent in your state

For each state: whether an agent is required, whether the statute describes a listing for commercial registered agents with the Secretary of State, the fee to change agents and how many of the providers reviewed here are priced there. Checked October 2026.
State	Agent required?	Commercial agent listing	Fee to change agent	Providers reviewed
Alabama	Required	Not in our data	$100	10
Alaska	Required	Not in our data	$25	7
Arizona	Required	Not in our data	$5	8
Arkansas	Required	Yes, in the statute	None	6
California	Required	Not in our data	None	8
Colorado	Required	Not in our data	$10	8
Connecticut	Required	Not in our data	$50	7
Delaware	Required	Not in our data	$50	7
Florida	Required	Not in our data	$25	9
Georgia	Required	Not in our data	$30	7
Hawaii	Required	Not in our data	$25	7
Idaho	Required	Not in our data	None	7
Illinois	Required	Not in our data	$25	9
Indiana	Required	Not in our data	None	8
Iowa	Required	Not in our data	None	6
Kansas	Required	Not in our data	$30	5
Kentucky	Required	Not in our data	$10	6
Louisiana	Required	Not in our data	$30	8
Maine	Required	Yes, in the statute	$35	9
Maryland	Required	Not in our data	$25	7
Massachusetts	Required	Not in our data	None	7
Michigan	Required	Not in our data	$5	7
Minnesota	Office required	Not in our data	$55	10
Mississippi	Required	Not in our data	$10	9
Missouri	Required	Not in our data	$10	9
Montana	Required	Yes, in the statute	None	6
Nebraska	Required	Not in our data	$25	7
Nevada	Required	Yes, in the statute	$60	8
New Hampshire	Required	Not in our data	$15	9
New Jersey	Required	Not in our data	$25	8
New Mexico	Required	Not in our data	$20	9
New York	Optional	Not in our data	$30	6
North Carolina	Required	Not in our data	$5	9
North Dakota	Required	Yes, in the statute	$10	9
Ohio	Required	Not in our data	$25	9
Oklahoma	Required	Not in our data	$25	6
Oregon	Required	Not in our data	None	8
Pennsylvania	Office required	Not in our data	$5	8
Rhode Island	Required	Not in our data	$20	8
South Carolina	Required	Not in our data	$10	9
South Dakota	Required	Yes, in the statute	$10	6
Tennessee	Required	Not in our data	$20	8
Texas	Required	Not in our data	$15	6
Utah	Required	Yes, in the statute	$17	6
Vermont	Required	Not in our data	$35	6
Virginia	Required	Not in our data	None	8
Washington	Required	Yes, in the statute	None	8
West Virginia	Optional	Not in our data	$15	9
Wisconsin	Required	Not in our data	$10	6
Wyoming	Required	Yes, in the statute	$5	8

Questions

Is Northwest Registered Agent legit?

We cannot certify any company. What we can check is whether its own page publishes its price, its renewal, its inclusions and its price terms, and Northwest’s does: see the criteria applied to Northwest Registered Agent.

How do I know a registered agent is legit?

Check the criteria on this site against the provider’s page, then check the state: 9 states describe a listing for commercial registered agents with the Secretary of State. See what “legit” can and cannot mean.

Is Mainstay Filing legit?

Its pages publish a registered-agent-only price of $149 a year. That plan does not include the annual report. It renews at $199 a year, with no rate that jumps at renewal and no new line items. See the same criteria applied to Mainstay Filing. The same limit applies: we cannot certify any company.