Name: Michigan Registered Agent.co
Address: 1690 Watertower Place Ste 100, Lansing, MI, 48823, US
Telephone: +13134584894
Price range: $99/year

Launching an LLC in Michigan involves a single state filing, an ongoing appointed agent, and a short list of compliance items each year. $0 for the formation filing, about a week for state processing, and a small ongoing list of fees that come up year by year. Keep reading for each step, the all-in numbers, and how our service handles the paperwork side.

Build Your Michigan LLC — $199

$199 gets you a complete filing service through Michigan Secretary of State. Approval timelines run about about a week.

Build Your Michigan LLC — $199

What an LLC Does for You in Michigan

A limited-liability company sits between a sole proprietorship and a corporation: liability protection like a corporation, taxes like a sole prop. Small businesses across Michigan default to the LLC structure for liability protection that doesn't come with corporate-level formality.

Michigan LLC Pricing

Item	Cost
Our LLC formation service	$199 one-time
State filing fee (Michigan Secretary of State)	$0 one-time
Registered agent (required for every Michigan LLC)	$99/year
State annual report fee	$25/year

$199 is the filing service. State fees go to Michigan Secretary of State. Appointed agent is $99/year on its own.

The Steps to Form a Michigan LLC

1. Name Your Michigan LLC

The state name rule: an LLC indicator in the name (LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company), plus distinguishability from every other registered entity in Michigan. The state's entity database (searchable through Michigan Secretary of State) tells you immediately whether a name is available.

Restricted name terms include the obvious ones — 'bank,' 'insurance,' 'trust,' 'agency' (when implying government). If you're not licensed in those areas, leave them out.

2. Designate a Registered Agent

A Michigan LLC must designate a RA at formation and keep one on file thereafter. The agent needs a physical Michigan address and availability within the normal workday. Whatever address you put down for the agent is publicly visible through Michigan Secretary of State's entity search.

Use our agent product at $99/year. Your home address stays out of the public record entirely.

3. Submit the Articles to Michigan Secretary of State

This is the actual formation step: file the formation document at Michigan Secretary of State with $0 attached at submission. What the form needs: the entity's legal name, the entity's principal location, agent identity and address, manager- or member-managed designation, and organizer information.

Online filings go through the Michigan Secretary of State website and move faster than paper submissions through the state.

Typical processing is about a week from filing to approval. Rush processing can usually be added for additional state fees.

4. Put Together an Operating Agreement

While Michigan doesn't make you file an operating agreement, you'll need one nearly every time the LLC interacts with a bank or a courtroom. The agreement defines ownership, distributions, management authority, voting rules, and exit procedures. Without a written agreement, Michigan's default LLC rules apply — and those rules are generic, not tailored to your situation.

5. Get a Federal Tax ID (EIN)

An EIN (Employer Identification Number) acts as the federal ID the IRS uses to track the LLC. Banks won't open a business account without it; neither will payroll or federal taxes work without it. The IRS issues EINs for free at IRS.gov. The form is a ten-minute affair and you'll have the number.

Paid EIN-application services are unnecessary: EINs come free from the IRS in a quick online process.

6. Manage the Recurring Obligations

The LLC stays compliant with the state only if you handle the recurring obligations. Those are:

Hold a current RA with a Michigan address on file without any lapse
File the yearly report annually, by the state's deadline
Maintain strict separation between LLC-side and personal-side finances (distinct bank accounts and bookkeeping)
Handle federal taxes and Michigan's tax filings by their deadlines

Failure to maintain triggers administrative dissolution by Michigan Secretary of State. The LLC loses its liability protection until reinstated.

Done with paperwork? Pay $199 and our team handles the Michigan formation filing.

Start My Michigan LLC — $199

The Registered Agent Requirement

Michigan law makes the RA a requirement for every LLC, with no exemption available. An agent in Michigan must:

Hold a brick-and-mortar address in Michigan (P.O. Boxes don't count on their own)
Be reachable throughout the workday to take legal correspondence and lawsuits
Relay all received mail and notices without delay so the LLC has time to react

Listing yourself as the agent puts your home address on the public record. Once it's listed, anyone running a Michigan entity search can find it.

Our agent product runs $99 per year in Michigan. The agent on the public record is us, not you.

Common Michigan LLC Questions

How much does it cost to form an LLC in Michigan?

The state's filing fee is $0. That's on the lower end of state filing fees. Plan for $25/year on the yearly report after that.

How long does it take to form an LLC in Michigan?

State approval normally arrives in about a week.

Does Michigan require an annual report?

Yes. Plan on $25/year per year for the yearly report.

Do I need a registered agent for my Michigan LLC?

Yes — Michigan LLCs are required to have a RA at all times. The rule applies continuously from formation forward.

Can I form an LLC in Michigan if I live in another state?

Yes. An in-state agent is the one requirement. Our $99/year plan handles it. Non-residents can form Michigan LLCs without any extra steps.

Get Your Michigan LLC Filed

Filing directly with Michigan Secretary of State is fully available through the Michigan Secretary of State website. The state's filing fee is $0, the agent obligation remains regardless of how you file.

Our RA service is what you list on the formation paperwork. Pricing: $99 annually — you get our address on the filing, scans the day mail arrives, and a heads-up before every state deadline.