Updated October 6, 2026 · 8 services tested
We tested 8 registered agent services for Kansas. 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 Kansas 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.
Check the renewal price column before you decide, not just the opening rate. A plan that looks cheap for year one can cost more once that 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 scanning of legal mail • Business address stands in for yours • Free switch-over paperwork | 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) | • Same-day scans and email alerts • Overnight delivery for urgent items • Legal-mail-only address policy | 4.7 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
| $99 first year, then $159/yrFor new customers | No | • Same-day document scanning • Entity Manager multi-state dashboard • Automatic deadline reminders | 4.6 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $124.99 first year, then $124.99/yrOnly with a Plus or Pro membership | No (Plus or Pro membership required; billed separately) | • Digital document delivery • Attorney consultations via membership • Paid Plus or Pro membership required | 4.5 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $249 first year, then $249/yr | No | • Mail alerts and scanned documents • Compliance Calendar reminders • 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 service-of-process upload • 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 | • Documents posted within hours • Available in every state • Billed every three months | 4.2 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
Kansas Registered Agent Best Local Agent★ 3.9 / 5 | $49 first year, then $49/yr | No | • Wichita, Kansas office • Real-time document uploads • Advance deadline reminders | 3.9 | 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 a resident agent account with Northwest Registered Agent to see how quickly a scanned document actually reached the dashboard after signup.
Same-day scanning kicked in right after signup, with the first document link waiting inside the dashboard before the day was out. Switching our Kansas filing address over happened automatically inside account settings.
That convenience costs a bit more than the cheapest names on this list, but the steady renewal price and hands-off transfer process are why it holds the top spot.
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Refund: 60 days
ZenBusiness pairs its agent plan with an in-account dashboard that groups service-of-process alerts next to other compliance tasks. ZenBusiness says newly scanned legal documents trigger email notifications and appear in the account dashboard.
Its own published policy limits that address to legal and state mail only, never a stand-in for the company's 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.
Harbor Compliance says the service includes secure document storage and Entity Manager access. Fees apply per state, so compare the full order total when adding several registered offices.
A single-state Kansas LLC won't need every tool in that dashboard, but the discount for prepaying multiple years makes the base service worth a look regardless.
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Refund: 60 days
Buying the agent role from Rocket Lawyer meant opening a membership account first. A plain, agent-only plan never showed up on its own.
Rocket Lawyer Corporate Services LLC does the actual agent work behind that familiar brand name for every customer who signs up.
The membership also included a phone call with a lawyer, a real bonus when legal questions come up. Every document we got, though, arrived only as a digital file.
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Refund: 60 days
The LegalZoom name draws plenty of founders on reputation alone. Its formation checkout never once mentioned agent service during our own signup run.
Behind that familiar brand sits United States Corporation Agents, Inc., a LegalZoom subsidiary that handles the actual agent work for its customers.
Kansas requires an agent on file the moment paperwork is filed. A checkout that skips the option deserves a second look before you commit.
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Refund: Before state payment
Bizee waives the agent charge for an opening stretch when it's ordered alongside formation, undercutting most other rates on this page.
That waived window applied automatically inside the same account used for filing, and fresh service-of-process alerts appeared right next to our state and federal paperwork.
Every scanned notice carried a timestamp inside the account, a detail worth having if a filing deadline is ever disputed.
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Refund: 60 days
Swyft Filings posted a charge to our card on a rhythm that caught us off guard the first time it happened.
Once we adjusted for that, the dashboard itself worked cleanly: a scanned document from the state showed up not long after it landed in the mail.
That national reach helps if a Kansas LLC ever registers to do business elsewhere. The recurring total still adds up faster than a single annual rate would.
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Kansas Registered Agent runs out of a real Wichita office and lists live phone support instead of an automated queue.
Kansas Registered Agent names itself as the resident agent on every account it opens, keeping that role in-house instead of routing it through another company.
Being based in the state means the staff already know Kansas's filing quirks. The account itself skips the extras a national platform would include.
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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 Kansas 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.
A call to Northwest Registered Agent connected us with a live person in minutes, skipping the usual phone-tree wait.
Harbor Compliance and ZenBusiness both scored close behind on responsiveness, while the smaller regional names on this list route support through a slower ticket queue.
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.
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.
Kansas's Information Report comes due just once every two years, a lighter recurring load than the yearly filing some states demand.
The state also lets an LLC name itself as its own resident agent, an option worth knowing about even though most owners still choose a paid service instead.
Kansas draws no line between commercial and noncommercial agents, which keeps comparing providers on this page simpler than in states that split the two.
Standalone annual rates among these providers start at $49 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.
Rocket Lawyer's $124.99 annual (the same in the first year and every year after) agent add-on requires a separately paid Plus or Pro membership, so its agent fee is not the whole recurring bill.
Acting as your own resident agent avoids that fee entirely, though it puts your personal Kansas address on a public filing.
An agent's fee has nothing to do with the state's own Information Report, a separate biennial filing due every other year in April for $90 online or $110 by mail.
Paying more for an agent doesn't change what the state itself charges, and missing that filing window can put an LLC's good standing at risk.
Formation itself runs on a separate budget line entirely, and our best LLC services in Kansas guide covers those costs if you're pricing the whole setup rather than just the agent piece.
Handing this step to a provider spares a founder from tracking down every one of these details alone. Northwest Registered Agent and Bizee both handle that switch-over paperwork automatically once you sign on.
Yes. Every LLC formed in Kansas must keep a resident agent on file for the entire time the business stays active.
Yes, as long as your Kansas address matches the LLC's registered office, or the LLC names itself as the agent instead.
A resident agent receives lawsuits and official state mail on the business's behalf, then passes them along quickly. Tax filings and other compliance paperwork sit outside that job.
Standalone annual rates on this list start at $49 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. Rocket Lawyer requires a paid membership in addition to the agent fee.
File the Certificate of Amendment, Change of Resident Agent and/or Registered Office for $30 online or $35 by mail.
No. Kansas runs on a biennial Information Report instead, due every other year in April, priced at $90 online or $110 by mail.
Every provider here clears Kansas's baseline legal requirements for an agent.
The real differences show up afterward: how fast documents get scanned, whether the renewal price holds steady, and how much compliance tracking falls on the business owner instead of the service.
Northwest Registered Agent wins for owners who want document scanning that doesn't slip and a transfer that never carries a separate fee. Harbor Compliance suits an owner managing more than one state who wants a dashboard built for that.
Budget shoppers should look at Kansas Registered Agent's fixed local rate, the cheapest path on this page. Bizee's waived opening stretch is the strongest alternative if that rate needs to hold for only the first year.
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.