Updated October 6, 2026 · 5 services tested
We tested 5 registered agent services for Georgia. Northwest Registered Agent is our pick: $125 first year, then $125/yr.
By Jon Morgan · Fact-checked by Jon Tobin, Business Attorney · How we test
Northwest Registered Agent
$125 first year, then $125/yrFree first year with its $39 LLCGet Northwest's agent service (opens in a new tab)
ZenBusiness
$99 first year, then $199/yrHalf price in year one when you switch to ZenBusiness (state fee extra)See ZenBusiness agent plan (opens in a new tab)
Rocket Lawyer
$124.99 first year, then $124.99/yrOnly with a Plus or Pro membershipSee Rocket Lawyer's agent plan (opens in a new tab)Prices checked October 6, 2026.
We signed up for every registered agent service on this list, then timed how fast paperwork actually reached our inbox once payment cleared.
Northwest Registered Agent takes the top spot, thanks to a renewal rate that hasn't moved in two decades and same-day document scanning. ZenBusiness lands second, built around an assistant that flags account gaps that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Look past the opening-year sticker price and check the renewal column instead. A plan that looks cheap in year one can cost far more once that discount expires.
| Service | Agent price | RA bundled with formation | Service features | Score | Compare offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $125 first year, then $125/yrFree first year with its $39 LLC | Yes (free first year with formation) | • Same-day legal mail scanning • Business address stands in for yours • Free agent switch-over | 4.9 | Get agent service (opens in a new tab) |
| $99 first year, then $199/yrHalf price in year one when you switch to ZenBusiness (state fee extra) | No (half off first year with formation) | • Velo compliance alerts • Same-day scans, email alerts • Overnight urgent delivery | 4.7 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
| $124.99 first year, then $124.99/yrOnly with a Plus or Pro membership | No (needs Plus or Pro membership) | • Digital document delivery • Attorney access via membership • Half price for members | 4.5 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $249 first year, then $249/yr | No | • Unlimited cloud storage • Compliance Calendar reminders • Mail alerts and scans | 4.4 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $149 first year, then $149/yrFree first year with a Bizee LLC | Yes (free stretch with formation) | • Same-day SOP notifications • Mail forwarding on request • Handles agent-change paperwork | 4.3 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
Prices checked October 6, 2026.
Each score combines support, price, features, privacy and security, compliance alerts and user ratings.
Refund: 90 days
We opened an account with Northwest Registered Agent to watch how the setup process ran from checkout to a working dashboard.
No upsell screens interrupted signup, and the confirmation email arrived right away with an entity ID and coverage dates already attached instead of a generic thank-you note.
We watched that address swap happen automatically inside the account settings, without a separate opt-in step before the filing address updated.
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Refund: 60 days
ZenBusiness pairs its agent service with Velo, a built-in assistant marketed to flag state-notice problems as soon as they appear in the account.
Its own dashboard, captured in our provider evidence file, places the registered agent tile on the same Compliance tab as amendment and annual-report tools. A prompt to add coverage still shows there after a customer declines it at signup.
The provider's own disclaimer restricts that address to legal and state mail only, keeping it separate from any general business or mailing use for the company.
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Refund: 60 days
Getting the agent role from Rocket Lawyer meant creating a membership account first. The service itself only appears as a line item once that account exists.
Rocket Lawyer Corporate Services, a related company operating under the Rocket Lawyer brand, carries out the agent duties behind the scenes.
Attorney phone access and contract review rode along with the same membership, a genuine perk if a legal question ever comes up. Rocket Lawyer's own materials describe delivery as digital-only, with no physical mail-forwarding option offered.
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Refund: 60 days
Plenty of business owners know the LegalZoom name well enough to skip comparing it, yet its agent role never came up during our formation checkout.
United States Corporation Agents, a LegalZoom subsidiary, is the entity named as the agent behind that well-known brand. Georgia wants an agent named right when paperwork gets filed, so a checkout that skips the question is worth a second look.
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Refund: Before state payment
Bizee waives the agent fee for the opening stretch of service when ordered together with formation, undercutting most of the other prices on this page.
That free period showed up automatically inside the same account used to file. Fresh service-of-process alerts landed in the filings tab beside state and federal paperwork.
We had to flip on forwarding ourselves rather than see it default to active, a step easy to miss the first week. Moving away from Bizee later is something its own account helps handle instead of leaving the whole process to the customer.
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Every provider on this page went through the same testing methodology: we paid for the service ourselves, used it the way an actual customer would and scored the outcome against what actually happened instead of what the marketing promised.
Six categories built the final ranking, weighted toward what matters most given how Georgia actually runs its own filing calendar.
Northwest Registered Agent's test call connected to a real person within minutes, with no phone-tree maze standing between us and an answer.
ZenBusiness followed close behind, leaning on Velo to clear routine questions so staff can spend time on the harder ones. Rocket Lawyer and LegalZoom both trailed on raw speed, though neither left a question unanswered.
A tie sits at the top of this category, with Northwest Registered Agent and ZenBusiness sharing the top price score, each earning it a different way. One froze its renewal years back, while the other leans on a steep opening discount.
Once membership cost gets folded into the math, Rocket Lawyer's real price for the agent role drags it toward the bottom of this category.
Northwest Registered Agent still packs in the most here, combining same-day scanning with no per-document fee and a free transfer for an LLC switching agents.
ZenBusiness counters with Velo watching the account around the clock, while Bizee answers back by folding agent alerts into the same tab as its other filings.
Northwest Registered Agent tops this category outright by listing its own office address on the public filing, so an owner's home address never has to appear there.
ZenBusiness and Rocket Lawyer both publish a matching limit on their side, restricting that address to legal and state mail only.
Northwest Registered Agent needs no scheduled check-in because new documents reach the account automatically, keeping it on top of this category again.
ZenBusiness takes a different route, with Velo showing an account's state-notice status the moment you log in instead of waiting on an emailed reminder.
Northwest Registered Agent's third-party review scores led every provider on this list, with ZenBusiness close enough behind to round out the top two.
A single review platform can swing on its own, so we weighed those scores as one input alongside our own hands-on testing rather than treating them as the deciding factor.
Georgia's Annual Registration window runs January through April, on its own separate calendar that has nothing to do with which agent a business picks.
Georgia also lets an LLC's own Georgia-resident owner or manager fill the agent role directly, as long as that person's address matches the registered office on file.
The state skips the commercial-versus-noncommercial split some states use for agents too, which makes comparing providers here a little easier.
The cheapest renewal here runs $125 a year, the priciest nears $249.99, and most sit between $125 and $200. Naming yourself as agent skips that fee, at the cost of a public Georgia filing carrying your own street address.
An agent's fee is separate from Georgia's Annual Registration, a $50-plus-$10 filing due every January through April. A pricier agent won't lower what the state charges, and missing the April 1 window adds a flat $25 penalty.
Formation costs sit on their own separate ledger, and our best LLC services in Georgia guide breaks those down if you're pricing the full setup instead of just the agent role.
A provider willing to handle this switch saves a founder from tracking every one of these steps alone. Northwest Registered Agent and Bizee both file that transfer paperwork on your behalf once you sign up.
Yes. Every LLC on file with the state has to keep one in place for as long as it operates.
Yes, as long as you live in Georgia and your address matches the LLC's registered office on file with the state.
It accepts lawsuits and official state mail for the company, then forwards each one right away. Tax filings and other paperwork fall outside that job.
Budget for a renewal somewhere between $125 and $249.99 a year, with most providers on this list closer to the $125-to-$200 mark.
File Form CD 920 with the Corporations Division along with a $20 fee, but only after that year's Annual Registration is already on record.
Yes. Georgia LLCs file one every year between January 1 and April 1 for $50 plus a $10 service fee, and missing that window adds a $25 late fee.
Every name on this list clears what Georgia legally requires of an agent.
What separates them comes down to everything past that baseline: scanning speed, whether the renewal number holds steady, and how much oversight lands back on the business itself.
Northwest Registered Agent takes the win on same-day document scanning, paired with a free transfer for an LLC that already exists. ZenBusiness is the strongest runner-up for an entrepreneur who wants Velo watching the account for early warnings.
For the tightest budget, Bizee's waived opening period undercuts the field, while Rocket Lawyer only pays off for someone who'll actually use the legal access bundled with membership.
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Our verdict
$125 first year, then $125/yr. 90-day money-back guarantee.
Prices checked October 6, 2026.