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How to check a registered agent in North Carolina

Mainstay Filing is our pick in North Carolina at $149 a year. To check any agent here: ask the North Carolina Secretary of State how it records agents, confirm a North Carolina street address, then apply the five criteria.

The North Carolina rule

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address. A North Carolina resident, or a corporation, nonprofit or LLC on the North Carolina business registry other than the company itself. The address has to be a physical registered office in North Carolina. A P.O. box can be added only as a mailing address. Changing agents costs $5. Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-30, checked October 20, 2026.

Providers reviewed in North Carolina

• Mainstay Filing $149 a year, same at renewal.
• Harbor Compliance $99, then $159
• Northwest Registered Agent $125, same afterwards
• InCorp Services $129, same afterwards
• FreeRegisteredAgent.com $0, then $129
• LegalZoom $249, same afterwards
• Registered Agents Inc $200, same afterwards
• ZenBusiness $99, then $199
• Bizee $149, same afterwards