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An out-of-state LLC in Tennessee

If your out-of-state LLC does business in Tennessee, it registers with the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations for a fee of $300.

Do you need to register?

That depends on what the LLC does in Tennessee, and Tennessee’s statute is the authority. The law behind it, from the state’s own sources: Tennessee Revised LLC Act, Public Chapter 286 (2005). If the answer is not clear, a Tennessee attorney can say.

If you register: what to bring

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Tennessee (2026)

Handing the Tennessee registration to a service? In order of our preference.

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $300 state fee = $499; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. TN Registered Agent.org $199 + the $300 state fee = $499; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
  3. 3. Tennessee Registered Agent.co $199 + the $300 state fee = $499; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices from each provider’s Tennessee page, read October 29, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations.

Where Tennessee sits

45th cheapest of 50 at $300, in the band $250 to $499. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.

Tennessee questions

Does an out-of-state LLC have to register in Tennessee?

Tennessee registers foreign LLCs through the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations. Whether your activity requires it is set by Tennessee’s statute, linked below; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $300.

What does an out-of-state LLC file in Tennessee?

SS-4233, Application for Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company, with Certificate of existence or good standing, no older than 60 days.

What does it keep up afterward?

Annual report (Tennessee Secretary of State, priced per member), $300 (due: first day of the fourth month after fiscal year end (April 1 for a calendar year)), and a registered agent in the state.

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