Updated October 6, 2026 · 7 services tested
We tested 7 registered agent services for Idaho. 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)
Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $159/yrFor new customersSee Harbor Compliance agent plan (opens in a new tab)Prices checked October 6, 2026.
We compared registered-agent pricing, documented features, and account observations for Idaho founders. Our tests covered different service steps by provider, including LLC formation and active-agent account access where available.
Northwest Registered Agent remains our top pick. ZenBusiness ranks second at 4.7/5 for its guided platform and stronger public customer-review score, while Harbor Compliance ranks third at 4.6/5 and remains a strong option for multi-state compliance.
Skip the first-year sticker price and look at the renewal column instead. That number is what your card gets charged every year, long after any opening discount runs out.
| 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 scans of state and legal mail • Business address stands in on the filing • Free paperwork for an incoming agent switch | 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-price first year with formation) | • Velo compliance alerts • Same-day scans emailed to dashboard • Overnight delivery for urgent mail | 4.7 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
| $99 first year, then $159/yrFor new customers | No (sold separately) | • Entity Manager Software across states • Same-day document delivery • Unlimited storage, no per-doc fee | 4.6 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $119 first year, then $119/yrIncluded in year one with its Entrepreneur and Complete LLC packages | No (sold as an add-on) | • Immediate SOP notice and e-delivery • Online forwarding-address updates • Free email forwarding, first 3 notices/yr | 4.6 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $249 first year, then $249/yr | No | • Compliance Calendar reminders • Scanned documents to account • Unlimited cloud storage | 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 dashboard alert • Mail forwarding on request • Handles agent-change paperwork | 4.3 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $596 first year, then $596/yrBilled $149 a quarter | No | • Dedicated Idaho office address • Document uploads posted within hours • Separate subscription per additional state | 4.2 | 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 signed up with Northwest Registered Agent to watch how much of the process ran without a phone call or a follow-up email.
The signup screen skipped every upsell prompt, and the welcome message already listed an entity ID and a start date instead of a generic thank-you note.
Transferring an existing LLC's filing happened entirely inside the account, without a separate form to download, print or mail in.
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Refund: 60 days
During ZenBusiness's LLC formation checkout, we turned down the registered agent option once, and it came back a second time before we finished.
ZenBusiness leans on that repeat prompt and a half-price first-year deal to turn formation buyers into agent buyers, rather than giving the role away free from the start.
ZenBusiness's own notice keeps the registered agent address narrow, covering legal and state mail only, never a stand-in for a general business or mailing address.
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Our Harbor Compliance assessment covered direct Q&A and a pricing and signup-wizard walkthrough, without a paid registered-agent order.
The provider describes Entity Manager as a dashboard for tracking compliance across multiple states; we did not test live document delivery.
The whole trade-off with that flat structure is wider state coverage instead of the lowest starting price on this page.
The provider promises quick handling for documents it gets, with storage kept free of extra charges no matter how long an account stays open.
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Refund: 90 days
MyCompanyWorks let us add its agent role onto an account already open for LLC formation, with no new signup from scratch.
MyCompanyWorks provides the service through Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., a Wolters Kluwer company, rather than under its own name.
MyCompanyWorks promises a fast notice once a document reaches its office, letting you update your forwarding address through an online form instead of a phone call.
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Refund: 60 days
Plenty of owners already know the LegalZoom name, yet the agent role itself never came up during our LLC formation checkout.
United States Corporation Agents, a wholly owned LegalZoom subsidiary, is the agent LegalZoom names behind that familiar brand name.
Idaho requires an agent to be named the moment paperwork gets filed, so a checkout flow that skips the question is worth flagging up front.
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Refund: Before state payment
Bizee waived the agent fee for the opening stretch when we ordered it together with formation, undercutting most other prices in this lineup.
The waived period applied automatically inside the same account used for formation, with state and federal filings both visible from a single dashboard screen.
We had to switch on mail forwarding ourselves rather than find it active by default, an easy step to miss during the first week.
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Refund: 60 days
Ordering Swyft Filings' agent service by itself, apart from any LLC formation, surfaced the quarterly billing rhythm before checkout instead of burying it in fine print.
Its dashboard lets you pull up and download a document on demand, instead of waiting on a separate emailed copy.
Coverage runs one state per subscription, so a business filed in more than one place needs a separate order for each.
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Our testing methodology combines provider research with account observations where access was available.
The ZenBusiness test purchased LLC formation only, without activating its paid registered-agent service; the Harbor Compliance assessment covered direct Q&A and a pricing and signup-wizard walkthrough without a paid order.
We average six numeric categories equally to calculate each overall score, rounding the result to one decimal place. The separate Idaho Fit subsection adds context and is not a seventh numeric score.
ZenBusiness's six scores average 4.700/5; Harbor Compliance's average 4.633/5, giving displayed overall scores of 4.7 and 4.6, respectively.
Northwest Registered Agent leads this category outright, with ZenBusiness close enough behind to take second, while Harbor Compliance and MyCompanyWorks land in the middle of the pack.
Swyft Filings settles at the bottom of this category, still a workable score.
Renewal price matters more than the signup discount when comparing recurring costs. Harbor Compliance renews at $159 per year, compared with ZenBusiness at $199 per year, so Harbor earns the higher Price score: 4.7 versus 4.6.
Their current introductory rates both start at $99. Compare the final checkout total and any formation or multi-year conditions before deciding how much the first year will cost.
Northwest Registered Agent has the highest Features score at 4.8, while ZenBusiness and Harbor Compliance each score 4.7. Northwest's forms library and handling of agent-change paperwork add practical value beyond receiving documents.
Harbor Compliance's Entity Manager stands out for tracking registrations in multiple states, while ZenBusiness provides guided account tools through Velo. Those different strengths may matter more to an individual owner than the small numerical gap.
Northwest Registered Agent and Harbor Compliance share the highest Privacy and Security score at 4.9, while ZenBusiness scores 4.7.
We considered documented address-use policies and secure document handling alongside the account observations available to us.
An agent's address can replace a personal address in the registered-agent field, but it does not remove information required elsewhere on state filings.
ZenBusiness explicitly limits its agent address to legal and state mail, rather than general business correspondence.
Northwest Registered Agent and Harbor Compliance each score 4.9 for Compliance Alerts, while ZenBusiness scores 4.6.
We considered the clarity and availability of deadline reminders; managed filing services, when offered, may carry a separate charge. MyCompanyWorks scores 4.7 in this category.
Public customer reviews are one input in our comparison, alongside service features and account observations. ZenBusiness earns a 4.8 User Ratings score; Harbor Compliance earns 3.9.
These are editorial category scores derived from the review snapshot checked on October 2, 2026, rather than ratings of a state-specific office.
ZenBusiness's score combines Trustpilot's 4.8/5 from 32,767 reviews and BBB's 4.04/5 from 817 customer reviews, weighted by review count. The result is 4.78/5, rounded to 4.8.
Harbor Compliance's score uses Trustpilot's 3.1/5 from 53 reviews, BBB's 1.0/5 from 8 customer reviews, and Birdeye's 4.2/5 from 245 Google reviews. The same weighting gives 3.93/5, rounded to 3.9.
Review counts and invitation practices differ across platforms, so these samples are not directly comparable measures of service quality.
BBB customer-review averages are separate from its business letter grades; Harbor's own site also reports a separate Google sample of 4.3/5 from 212 reviews.
Harbor's unrounded mean of 4.633/5 is higher than MyCompanyWorks at 4.567/5. That explains their order even though both cards display 4.6/5 after rounding.
Idaho's own Annual Report carries no fee when filed online through the state's SOSBiz portal, so the bigger decision on this page is the Registered Agent Service renewal instead of a state filing charge.
When an owner or manager personally handles the role, Idaho lists that person as a noncommercial agent, named directly by address rather than through a commercial filing.
With no local Idaho-specific provider in the mix, all seven names above are national brands, so renewal price and document-handling speed carry more weight here than in a state with a stronger local option.
Standalone annual rates among these providers start at $119 and reach about $249 per year, excluding quarterly billing, prepaid discounts and paid membership requirements.
ZenBusiness starts at $99 and renews at $199; Harbor Compliance starts at $99 and renews at $159.
Swyft Filings bills $149 or more per quarter, which totals at least $596 across twelve months. Naming yourself as agent skips the fee entirely, as long as you keep a real Idaho street address on file the whole time your LLC stays active.
An agent's fee is separate from Idaho's own Annual Report. That report carries no charge when filed online through SOSBiz, though a paper filing adds its own $20 charge, and a pricier registered agent won't change what the state itself bills.
Formation itself is priced on a different page entirely. Our best LLC services in Idaho guide walks through those costs for anyone pricing the complete setup, not only the agent role.
Some providers spare you most of this list entirely. Both Northwest Registered Agent and Bizee will prepare and file the switch-over paperwork themselves once you become a customer.
Yes. Idaho law requires every LLC to keep an agent designated for as long as the business stays active.
Yes, as long as you keep a real Idaho street address on file where documents can reach you during normal business hours.
The job is to accept service of process and state notices on the company's behalf, then forward each one without delay. Taxes and other filings sit outside that duty.
Standalone annual rates on this list start at $119 and reach about $249, excluding prepaid discounts, with first-year promotions starting at $99.
Swyft Filings costs at least $596 first year, then $596/yr (billed $149 a quarter) when its quarterly bills are added together.
File a Statement of Change of Registered Agent, Registered Office, or Both. Filing online through SOSBiz carries no fee; a paper filing costs $20.
Yes. Idaho LLCs file one every year by the end of their registration-anniversary month, with no fee at all when filed online.
Every provider on this page meets Idaho's baseline legal duty for a registered agent.
The real differences start after that baseline, covering document turnaround speed, whether a renewal price stays put and how much compliance work still falls on the owner.
Northwest Registered Agent wins this page by building the agent role as its main product instead of a side offering. Harbor Compliance is the strongest alternative once a business needs more than one state watched from a single account.
For the tightest budget, MyCompanyWorks' flat renewal undercuts every other flat-rate option on this page, while Bizee's waived opening stretch is worth a look for a business ordering formation and the agent role together.
ZenBusiness is our second overall choice at 4.7/5, combining guided account tools with the stronger public customer-review score.
Harbor Compliance ranks third at 4.6/5 and is still the specialist pick for owners tracking compliance across multiple states.
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Our verdict
$125 first year, then $125/yr. 90-day money-back guarantee.
Prices checked October 6, 2026.