Updated November 10, 2026 · 9 services tested
We tested 9 LLC services for Utah. Northwest is our pick: $39 + $59 state fee, with the first registered agent year included (then $125/yr).
By Jon Morgan · Fact-checked by Jon Tobin, Business Attorney · How we test
Northwest Registered Agent
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$0 + $59 state feeSee ZenBusiness plans (opens in a new tab)Prices checked November 10, 2026. Utah's state filing fee is $59.
We formed an LLC with every service reviewed in this guide.
Northwest Registered Agent came out on top for direct Corporate Guide support, the included first registered-agent year and Business Identity tools, which fit our emphasis on practical support and clear recurring costs for Utah owners.
The table below compares the nine services' formation fees, registered agent pricing, filing speeds and package inclusions.
| Service | Service Fee | Resident Agent | Money-Back Guarantee | Score | Compare offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $39 + $59 state fee | Free first year with the $39 LLC, then $125/yr | 90 days | 4.9 | Form my LLC (opens in a new tab) |
| $0 + $59 state fee | $249 first year, then $249/yr (not in any plan) | 60 days | 4.7 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
| $0 + $59 state fee | $199 first year, then $199/yr (not in any plan) | 60 days | 4.6 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $0 + $59 state fee | Free first year with formation, then $249/yr | 60 days | 4.5 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $0 + $59 state fee | $199 first year, then $199/yr (not in any plan) | No | 4.4 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $49 + $59 state fee | $14.99/mo first year, then $14.99/mo (inside its compliance plan) | Refund if not submitted within 24 business hours | 4.3 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $99 + $59 state fee | $99 first year, then $159/yr (sold separately) | Case dependent | 4.1 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $0 + $59 state fee | Free first year with formation, then $149/yr | Refund before state filing, less $30 | 4.0 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
 | $149/yr minimum after trial + $59 state fee | $124.99 first year, then $124.99/yr (Plus or Pro membership required) | Cancel during 7-day trial | 3.7 | See plans (opens in a new tab) |
Prices checked November 10, 2026. Utah's state filing fee is $59.
Each score combines support, price, features, turnaround, ease of use and user ratings.
Refund: 90 days
BBB: Not accredited; A rating
Same/Next Day Filing: No paid internal-speed tier
Free Features: Website and email
Northwest Registered Agent's account uploaded several founding papers on its own the moment our order reached completed status. Banking papers and membership certificates joined the state Certificate, so we had nothing left to ask for by hand.
Corporate Guides, Northwest's support team, checked our account details directly instead of routing the question through a general help queue. Legal mail sent to the account's address was scanned and posted the same way.
Business Identity, the bundle tied to agent service, added a business address, limited mail scans, phone service, a domain and email to the account. The price for renewing that coverage is posted up front, so we never had to hunt for it.
Pros
Cons
Refund: 60 days
BBB: A+ accredited
Same/Next Day Filing: No included same-day tier
LegalZoom collected payment before the dashboard even asked for the remaining company details needed to prepare the filing, the reverse order of every other service in this test.
Once inside the account we tested, attorney access became the real reason to stay.
Licensed attorneys, a large document library and contract review all sat behind the same login as the formation status. That historical account experience is not assigned to either current plan.
The current affiliate offer has separate terms: Managed Service provides 30 days of advisor support and advisor filing review, while Expert Service includes 30 days of advisor, attorney and accountant access plus licensed-attorney filing review.
After 30 days, the plans renew at $49/month and $99/month, respectively; either can be canceled. Registered agent service never appeared inside the historical checkout we tested.
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Pros
Cons
Refund: 60 days
BBB: Accredited
Advisory Services: Accounting consultation
Once our ZenBusiness order was submitted, Velo AI, the account's built-in assistant, ran a check on first login and separated what we had purchased from what remained undone. That distinction mattered more than the confirmation screen itself.
The order screen kept every optional purchase on its own line before payment, so declining one never blurred the running total. Registered agent coverage, for instance, disappeared from the total instead of being folded into a combined price.
Registered agent service is the one open question the account does not resolve on its own. An owner without a qualifying Utah agent already lined up still has that decision to make after checkout.
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Refund: 60 days
BBB: Accredited
LLC Packages: Free entry plus quoted bundles
Same/Next Day Filing: Paid expedite option
Advisory Services: Business advisor
The moment payment cleared with Inc Authority, the account jumped straight to a logo builder with several AI-made options ready to claim, before any compliance checklist appeared.
Getting there took patience. The path from entering company details to final checkout ran through a string of full-screen offers, each with its own countdown timer, covering documents, faster handling and ongoing compliance.
Once the order was placed, there was little dashboard beyond that logo screen and an order summary. An owner who declines every offer gets a low opening cost, but must set a personal reminder for the agent renewal.
Pros
Cons
BBB: Not accredited
Free Features: Formation and 30-day bookkeeping trial
The Tailor Brands dashboard put our filing status next to several other business tools in one place, instead of scattering them across separate logins the way some competitors do.
Navi AI, the account's guided assistant, welcomed us on first login and kept financial tracking active from day one. That made the account feel useful even while the state review was still pending.
The entry-level queue can sit in internal review far longer than the faster option, and registered agent service is a separate purchase arranged during the application flow rather than included automatically.
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Cons
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Refund: Refund if not submitted within 24 business hours
BBB: A-rated
Advisory Services: Paid attorney support
LLC Attorney grouped every formation document into one delivery instead of billing them as several separate charges, which made the paperwork easier to sort afterward.
Filing goes to the state within 24 business hours of document review, per the promise. In one test filing we reviewed, the actual submission cleared in 18 hours, faster than that promise.
Phone support answered within minutes in the exchanges on record, while email responses averaged roughly a day. One of those responses was described as generic rather than specific to the question asked.
Pros
Cons
Refund: Case dependent
BBB: Accredited
Advisory Services: Compliance specialists
Harbor Compliance's Project Status feature tracked our formation like a case file. Entity Manager kept deadlines, filings and records in one portfolio instead of treating Utah as a standalone order.
Nobody calls to walk you through setup once an order is placed. The client portal and its own tutorials carry the process instead, backed by same-day scanning whenever legal mail arrives.
Good-standing monitoring and annual-report reminders stayed easy to check next to the entity record. That matters more once a business operates in more than one state than it does for a single Utah filing.
Pros
Cons
Refund: Refund before state filing, less $30
BBB: Not accredited
Advisory Services: Tax consultation on paid tiers
Bizee's checkout never picked a paid option for us ahead of time. Every extra sat on its own screen with a clear way to say no, and the running total stayed in view the whole time.
The agent screen named Republic Registered Agent LLC as the company holding that role. That separate company, rather than Bizee, got legal mail on the account's behalf.
We said no to faster processing at checkout, then saw the same offer again inside the dashboard right after paying. The account still sorted documents, alerts and status clearly once we got past that repeat pitch.
Pros
Cons
Refund: Cancel during 7-day trial
BBB: Accredited
LLC Packages: Three annual memberships
Same/Next Day Filing: No included same-day tier
Free Features: First registration with membership
Advisory Services: Legal Pro access
Rocket Lawyer treats formation as one perk inside a bigger annual legal plan. The first business filing carries no extra charge, but every filing after that does.
Phone support answered questions fast in the calls on record, often on the first try. Incorporation Specialists answered follow-up emails without a long wait.
Paperwork turnaround held up well once we submitted it, with approvals usually landing within two days. The plan itself, more than the free first filing, is the real thing being sold here.
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We formed an LLC with every ranked service and paid for our own formation order, so the checkout, application flow, account and renewal terms matched exactly what a reader would encounter.
We checked every Utah-specific claim against the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and the current Limited Liability Company Act [6].
Six scored categories, averaged to one decimal, drive the ranking, and our testing methodology explains how checkout records, account evidence and primary-source checks feed that score.
Utah Fit is a separate editorial check that resolves close results without being folded into the arithmetic mean.
A support answer only counted here when it resolved something specific for the account in front of us instead of pointing to a generic help article aimed at every customer.
Northwest earned the highest Support score among Utah's nine providers.
Its Corporate Guides verified our account by name, while LegalZoom's paid tiers offer advisor or attorney access and Velo AI made routine ZenBusiness follow-up possible without opening a ticket.
The realistic first-year total, counted after every renewal and optional purchase, mattered more than the figure printed on the first screen.
Northwest and Inc Authority tie for the highest Price score at 4.9.
Northwest's $39 formation includes the first registered-agent year, with a published $125/year renewal; ZenBusiness keeps a $0 Starter option, while its paid tiers and separate agent service raise ongoing costs.
A tool only earned credit here when it showed up inside the order we placed or the account that followed, instead of sitting on a separate marketing page.
Northwest and LegalZoom tie for the highest Features score at 4.9, each building a different strength around the core filing. ZenBusiness follows at 4.7, with its dashboard and guided follow-up tools.
Keeping a provider's own internal review separate from Utah's own queue is what earned points here. A fast in-house read was never scored as a faster state approval.
Northwest and ZenBusiness tie for the highest Turnaround score at 4.8.
ZenBusiness lists one-business-day processing for Pro and Premium after complete information is received; Tailor Brands and LLC Attorney sit further back once a slower entry-level queue and review time are factored in.
The easiest accounts kept the running total and every earlier choice on screen, so changing our mind partway through never meant starting the order over.
ZenBusiness leads Ease of Use at 4.9 for its guided forms and follow-up dashboard. Northwest and Tailor Brands share the next score at 4.7, while LegalZoom scores 4.6.
Published reviewer feedback, not anything the team observed directly, decided this category, cross-checked against whether the public reputation matched what we saw during testing.
ZenBusiness and Northwest sit a step behind Tailor Brands, which holds the highest User Ratings score on this page. All three cleared 4.7, well ahead of the rest of the field.
A strong Utah fit makes the state's registered-agent requirement and anniversary renewal explicit instead of implying that any provider can make a public filing anonymous.
Northwest ranks first for Utah fit because its formation purchase includes the first agent year, clear renewal pricing and Business Identity tools.
ZenBusiness fits owners who want guided online follow-up, while LegalZoom ranks second for owners who expect to use its broader paid advisory and legal support.
The SBA's current profile records 371,569 small businesses and 690,069 small-business employees in Utah [7]. The resources below help owners move from that statewide picture to filing, tax and growth decisions.
Source: SBA Office of Advocacy 2025 Utah Small Business Profile, using Census, BLS and FFIEC data.
Hiring a formation company is optional. If you would rather start a Utah LLC yourself, this seven-step path covers the whole filing.
Bookmark our guide to closing a Utah LLC for whenever that stage of the business arrives.
A Utah LLC starts with the nonrefundable $59 Certificate fee. Add whatever formation provider, registered agent and optional services you pick; the annual state renewal costs $18.
Utah's current guide warns of 15-20 business days from receipt and says expedited service is unavailable. Factor in the provider's internal handling time before the Certificate ever reaches the state.
A qualifying Utah resident or authorized business with a Utah street address can serve as agent. An owner can often qualify, though the LLC itself cannot serve as its own agent.
The Utah renewal is due on the LLC's anniversary date. It costs $18, and a late renewal adds $10.
No. Filing directly through Utah OneStop or the Division's paper process is always an option, and a formation company is optional.
Northwest Registered Agent is our privacy-focused choice. Its formation purchase includes the first agent year, Business Identity address tools and a published annual renewal.
Northwest Registered Agent ranks first. It combines direct Corporate Guide support, the included first agent year and Business Identity tools, with a published renewal of $125/year.
Northwest is our first choice for most Utah owners who want direct Corporate Guide support, the included first registered-agent year and Business Identity tools. The published renewal is $125/year.
LegalZoom ranks second for Utah owners who expect to use its broader legal services; attorney access is included with Expert Service.
ZenBusiness ranks third for founders who prefer guided online formation and post-filing task tracking. LLC Attorney fits an owner who wants a documents-first paper trail more than a guided dashboard.
Pick the service around the problem that still needs solving after the state filing, more than the cheapest opening number. For most first-time Utah owners, that points to Northwest.
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Our verdict
$39 + $59 state fee, with the first registered agent year included (then $125/yr). 90-day money-back guarantee.
Prices checked November 10, 2026. Utah's state filing fee is $59.