Updated October 6, 2026 · 7 services tested
We tested 7 registered agent services for New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire 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.
The table below lists a first-year price for each provider, but check the renewal column. That's the number that keeps applying every year after the opening discount ends.
| 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 legal and state 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 (discounted first year with formation) | • Same-day scans emailed to dashboard • Velo AI compliance-date alerts • Rush shipping for urgent documents | 4.7 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
| $99 first year, then $159/yrFor new customers | No | • Entity Manager tracks every state • Pre-filled forms ahead of filings • No per-delivery charge on documents | 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 for a stretch with formation) | • Same-day alert on new documents • Mail forwarding on request • Free paperwork for an incoming agent switch | 4.3 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
 | $596 first year, then $596/yrBilled $149 a quarter | No | • Dedicated registered-office address • Uploads typically post in 2-3 hours • Each state on its own subscription | 4.2 | See plan (opens in a new tab) |
New Hampshire Registered Agent Service Best Local Agent★ 3.9 / 5 | $49 first year, then $49/yr | Yes (bundled formation package available) | • Nashua office address • Same-day document scans • Secure online account | 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
Northwest Registered Agent's account groups the Registered Agent Service under an "Active Services" list, one row above the formation and brand-protection orders already on file.
That simplicity carries over to price. Northwest Registered Agent hasn't touched its renewal number in close to twenty years. That's an unusually flat track record for this market.
Switching an existing New Hampshire LLC's agent role over to Northwest Registered Agent doesn't require the owner to file anything. The company handles that paperwork itself as part of the move.
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Refund: 60 days
Our ZenBusiness test purchased LLC formation only, without activating its paid registered-agent service. Checkout offered the agent service separately, and its advertised first-year discount differs from a full fee waiver.
Once inside the account, a Compliance tab groups the Registered Agent tile with separate tiles for amendments, annual filings and trademarks. An "Appoint ZenBusiness" prompt still sits on it.
ZenBusiness draws a clear boundary on what that agent address covers. It handles legal and state mail, nothing more, according to its own help center.
That scope note keeps expectations narrow because mail shows up as a digital scan instead of a forwarded paper copy.
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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.
That multi-state view matters more than the price tag once a company is already registered as a foreign entity somewhere else.
Prepaying two or three years locks in the opening rate for that whole stretch, though anyone who cancels early ends up hitting the higher renewal sooner than planned.
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Refund: 60 days
LegalZoom's own LLC checkout skipped past a registered agent offer entirely during our test order. We ended up adding the service on its own afterward.
LegalZoom doesn't handle the registered agent role itself. It uses a subsidiary called United States Corporation Agents, Inc. instead, a fact drawn from public SEC filings rather than marketing copy.
LegalZoom's own product page highlights one feature once the service is active. A Compliance Calendar emails a reminder ahead of any upcoming deadline.
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Refund: Before state payment
Forming our test LLC through Bizee picked up the registered agent role at no extra charge. Several rivals on this page still bill for that role separately.
No separate cart or phone call was needed. The waiver was already part of the same order that filed the LLC.
Bizee's account materials point to a same-day alert whenever a state document arrives, timestamped right alongside the file itself. That same waiver applies in every state Bizee operates, not only in New Hampshire.
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Refund: 60 days
Our order with Swyft Filings billed on a quarterly rhythm. None of the other providers on this page use that billing structure for the registered agent role.
Stack up four of those payments and the yearly total lands well above what most of this lineup charges over the same stretch.
Swyft Filings' own site promises a two-to-three-hour turnaround on new documents, a tighter window than the vague same-day promises some rivals make.
A multi-state customer still juggles a separate renewal calendar for every state Swyft Filings covers.
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New Hampshire Registered Agent Service does one job and does it locally. Its own site lists a Nashua office address behind the registered agent role instead of a national call center.
Unlike several national names on this page, the company lists itself directly as the registered agent on file rather than pointing to a separate subsidiary.
The site pairs the agent duty with a fresh LLC filing at one flat total, cheaper than paying for formation and an agent separately through most rivals here.
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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 New Hampshire 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's lead in this category was the clearest of any result we measured. That gap showed up the moment a real support question came up.
ZenBusiness and Harbor Compliance follow next, tracking each other closely. LegalZoom and Bizee land a tier below that pair. Swyft Filings sits under them, and the local New Hampshire provider finishes last.
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.
New Hampshire's own Annual Report, detailed above in the Quick Facts, is a separate charge that lands on top of whatever the registered agent costs.
Listing yourself as your own agent puts your name and street address on a filing anyone can pull up, exactly what a hired agent exists to prevent.
The fee waiver New Hampshire offers for a January-through-April agent switch lines up with the same window when most owners are already filing that Annual Report.
New Hampshire Registered Agent Service's Nashua office is the only name on this page built around that single state's rules.
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.
Bizee settles at $149 a year and Harbor Compliance at $159 and ZenBusiness renews at $199. LegalZoom's current $249 rate carries no published renewal figure of its own.
Swyft Filings bills $149 or more per quarter, which totals at least $596 across twelve months.
Serving as your own agent avoids this fee altogether, provided you keep a real New Hampshire street address on file and stay reachable there during normal business hours.
None of these figures overlap with New Hampshire's own $100 Annual Report. That charge gets billed on its own separate schedule and covers a different obligation entirely.
Forming the LLC itself is a separate cost again, covered on our best LLC services in New Hampshire page instead.
Handling that filing yourself isn't required either. Northwest Registered Agent and Bizee both take care of it directly during a switch.
They do, for the entire stretch the LLC stays registered with the state, with no size or industry exception.
The factors that matter most are the renewal number once the sign-up price expires, how quickly a provider scans incoming mail, and whether that same company already handles the LLC's formation.
You can, provided you keep a real New Hampshire address where someone can accept documents during normal business hours.
Receiving service of process and official state mail, then forwarding it promptly. Filing taxes or renewing licenses isn't part of that job.
Yearly renewals run from $49 at New Hampshire Registered Agent Service up to $249 at LegalZoom, with Northwest Registered Agent, Harbor Compliance, Bizee, and ZenBusiness spread between at $125, $149, $149, and $199.
No. Every registered agent gets treated the same under New Hampshire law, whether it's a hired company or an owner acting as their own agent.
Every provider on this page satisfies what New Hampshire actually requires of a registered agent.
The real differences show up in scanning speed, whether the renewal price jumps after the first year and how much of the process still lands back on the owner.
Northwest Registered Agent takes the top spot because the agent role is the entire business here instead of a side feature attached to something else the company sells.
Harbor Compliance is the stronger choice for any business that also keeps an agent in another state.
For an owner counting every dollar up front, weigh New Hampshire Registered Agent Service's flat $49 rate ($49 first year, then $49/yr) against Northwest Registered Agent's free opening year.
One keeps the price lowest, while the other keeps everything on one nationwide dashboard.
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.