Business Formation Exposure
Short answer
/business-formation/ is the primary-cited silo for LLC and corporation formation filings across all 51 U.S. jurisdictions — formation, amendment, good standing, dissolution, reinstatement, annual renewal, registered agent visibility, member/organizer visibility, and foreign qualification. The state matrices compare U.S. jurisdictions, while the federal 501(c)(3) reference is a single-row federal matrix. Across those scopes, they record facts about what law, filing systems, or federal tax-exemption administration permit, require, expose, make available, or charge.
What lives in this silo
Grouped by filing type. Every state-by-state matrix cites the state's official filing office as the primary source; typed unknowns mark fields that cannot be observed under the methodology at /about/methodology/.
Formation
- LLC Formation Fees by State
- LLC Formation Fees by State — Explainer
- LLC Name Reservation Fees by State
- LLC Conversion Fees by State
- Entity Conversion and Domestication by State
- LLC Merger Fees by State
- Series LLC Formation Fees by State
- Series LLC Features by State
- Series LLC by State — Explainer
- Corporation Formation Fees by State
- Formation Filing Fee Rules by State: Dates, Refunds, Waivers
- LLC and Corporation Publication Requirements by State
- Multi-State Footprint Cost: State Fees Only
- Planning and Exposure Tools
- Nonprofit Formation and 501(c)(3) Recognition
- Federal 501(c)(3) Reference
- LLC vs. Corporation: Formation Basics
- Entity Owner Capacity by State
- Business Entity Forms Compared: Federal Tax Classification
- Entity Innovation Availability by State
- What Are Articles of Organization?
- What Are Articles of Incorporation?
Amendment & certified copies
- LLC & Corporation Amendment Fees by State
- LLC Amendment Fees by State — Explainer
- Articles of Amendment Filing Fees by State
- What Is an LLC Amendment (and How to Change Your LLC Name)?
- Certified Copy of Articles Fees by State
- What Is a Certified Copy of Articles?
Good standing & registry access
- Certificate of Good Standing Fees by State
- Certificate of Good Standing Fees by State — Explainer
- What Is a Certificate of Good Standing?
- Filed Document Access by State
- Filed Document Access by State — Explainer
- Business Registry Searchability by State
- Business Registry Searchability by State — Explainer
- Business Registry Bulk Data Availability by State
- Business Registry Bulk Data Availability by State — Explainer
- Public Filing Fields by State
- Public Filing Fields by State — Explainer
Dissolution & reinstatement
- LLC & Corporation Dissolution Fees by State
- LLC Dissolution Fees by State — Explainer
- Dissolution vs. Withdrawal: What's the Difference?
- LLC Reinstatement Fees & Rules by State
- What Is Administrative Dissolution and Reinstatement?
- Foreign LLC Withdrawal (Dissolution) Fees by State
Annual renewal
- LLC Annual Renewal Rules by State
- LLC Annual Report & Renewal Fees by State — Explainer
- Corporation Annual Report & Renewal Rules by State
- Foreign LLC Annual Report Rules by State
- Foreign LLC Renewal Fees & Rules by State
- What Is an Annual Report (and Franchise Tax)?
- LLC Recurring Filings and Good Standing
Registered agent
- Registered Agent Visibility by State
- Registered Agent Visibility by State — Explainer
- Registered Agent Address Reverse Lookup by State
- Registered Agent Address Reverse Lookup by State — Explainer
- Change of Registered Agent Fees by State
- Registered Agent Change Fees by State — Explainer
- Registered Agent Brand Networks — Who Operates Which Brand
- Who Actually Operates Your Registered Agent? — Explainer
- What Is a Registered Agent?
Member / organizer visibility
- Member Name Visibility by State
- Member Name Visibility by State — Explainer
- Organizer Name Visibility by State
- LLC Organizers by State: What the Formation Record Shows
- New Mexico LLC Anonymity: What the Formation Record Requires
- Nominee Organizer Claims: What the Filed Record Actually Shows
- What Forming an LLC Puts on the Public Record
- What Is an LLC Member?
- What Is an LLC Organizer?
- What Is an Anonymous LLC?
Foreign qualification
- Foreign Qualification Privacy Exposure by State
- Foreign Qualification Privacy Exposure by State — Explainer
- Foreign LLC Registration Fees by State
- Foreign LLC Registration Fees by State — Explainer
- Foreign LLC Registration: Doing-Business Statutes by State
- What Is Foreign Qualification?
Vendor pricing
Not legal advice
Filing fees and rules change with statutes and portal updates. This silo is research, not compliance guidance. Consult counsel for filing-specific questions.
Frequently asked questions
What does this silo cover?
Every filing tied to forming, amending, maintaining, and dissolving an LLC or corporation with a state's business filing office — formation, amendment, good standing, dissolution, reinstatement, annual renewal, registered agent, member/organizer visibility, and foreign qualification — with the state filing fee and public-record exposure for each.
What's the difference between a matrix and an explainer?
A matrix is the 51-jurisdiction (50 states + DC) primary-cited data table. An explainer is the narrative page built on top of that matrix — same underlying data, written out with context. Most matrices below have a paired explainer.
Is this legal advice?
No. This silo documents what is publicly observable in state filing systems as of the source dates shown on each page. Consult counsel for entity-specific filing strategy.
How does this relate to /business-operations/?
Formation covers the filings that create and maintain entity status. Operations covers the recurring and event-driven filings — lifecycle reports, UCC — that surface identity or address data after formation. See /business-operations/.