Compare Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada side by side on cost, anonymity, asset protection, tax treatment, and ongoing obligations. Use the snapshot table to scan; the live tool lets you weight criteria and see a ranked recommendation.
Choose the factors that drive your decision: anonymity, charging order strength, total cost, banking ease, tax neutrality, and court reputation. Weight each from 1 to 5 by importance. The weighting is what personalizes the result, because the four anonymous states trade against each other rather than one winning on every axis. An owner who prizes cost above all lands on a different state than one who prizes asset-protection reputation.
The tool scores Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada from 0 to 100 on each criterion, then computes a weighted average using your importance settings. The scores draw on the same underlying facts as the snapshot table: the $397, $347, $407, and $722 Year 1 totals, the annual obligations, the charging order tiers, and the relative banking difficulty. The weighted average turns those separate facts into one comparable number per state.
The tool ranks the four states top to bottom and names the specific tradeoff that pushes each lower-ranked state down, plus a one-line summary of who each state fits. Instead of a flat scorecard, you see why your top pick beats the runner-up and exactly what you give up by choosing a cheaper or more expensive alternative. Each result links to the matching Anonymousllc.co service page.
Once the ranking settles, the recommended state maps to a formation package with a fixed all-in price: Wyoming $397, New Mexico $347, Delaware $407, or Nevada $722. Every package includes the state filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, and EIN. The recommendation is not abstract advice; it points to a concrete SKU you can start on WhatsApp with a 5-minute intake.
Wyoming edges New Mexico by 13 points given your weights. Adjust the sliders to see how the ranking shifts.
Static snapshot pulled from current state filing fees, statutes, and pricing data. Updates when source data changes.
| State | Service fee | State fee | Year 1 total | Annual ongoing | Anonymity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | $297 | $100 state fee | $397 | $60/yr | Yes (true anonymous LLC state) |
| New Mexico | $297 | $50 state fee | $347 | None | Yes (true anonymous LLC state) |
| Delaware | $297 | $110 state fee | $407 | $300/yr franchise tax | Yes (true anonymous LLC state) |
| Nevada | $397 | $425 state fees | $722 | $350/yr (BL + Annual List) | Yes (true anonymous LLC state) |
All four states allow truly anonymous LLCs (members and managers not on public filings). Wyoming = flagship cheapest-strong-CO combo. New Mexico = cheapest at $347 with no annual report. Delaware = VC-track structure. Nevada = strongest asset protection reputation with higher fees.
Default to Wyoming unless a specific reason points elsewhere. Wyoming pairs the cheapest strong charging order protection with a $397 all-in price, no state income tax, and the easiest banking among privacy states. New Mexico wins on absolute cost at $347 with no annual report, at the cost of harder banking. Delaware suits a venture-capital track thanks to Court of Chancery jurisdiction, carrying a $300 franchise tax on top of the $407 Year 1. Nevada carries the strongest asset-protection reputation but the highest cost at $722 Year 1 and roughly $350 per year ongoing. The framework is simple: start at Wyoming, move only when one criterion clearly outranks cost.
Year 1 totals are Wyoming $397, New Mexico $347, Delaware $407, and Nevada $722. Each equals a service fee plus the state fee: $297 for the first three states and $397 for Nevada. Ongoing costs diverge more than the Year 1 numbers suggest. Wyoming runs a $60 annual report, New Mexico has no annual report and no annual fee, Delaware charges a $300 flat franchise tax due June 1, and Nevada charges roughly $350 per year for its business license and Annual List. New Mexico is cheapest to hold, Nevada the most expensive, and that ongoing gap widens every year the LLC stays open.
Wyoming is the easiest of the four for US business banking. More partner banks open accounts for Wyoming LLCs, and the state's established reputation smooths the KYB review. New Mexico is the hardest of the four, because fewer banks open accounts for New Mexico LLCs despite its low cost. Delaware and Nevada sit in between. Banking difficulty matters because a formation is only useful once the LLC can transact, and Anonymousllc.co works with 4 to 5 partner banks including Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine, with banking completed 8 to 10 days after the EIN and around 90 percent approval. When banking speed is a priority, that pushes the ranking toward Wyoming.
All four states permit anonymous LLCs, meaning no member or manager appears on the public Articles of Organization. The registered agent shows on public records; the owners do not. Anonymity is a public-records feature, not a cloak against every party. It does not extend to bank AML and KYC checks, IRS tax filings, a court subpoena, or BOI reporting where it applies. Your name still reaches your bank and the IRS. What state anonymity delivers is that a casual searcher, a competitor, or a plaintiff's lawyer scanning the Secretary of State database cannot tie the LLC to you, which is the privacy most owners are after.
Wyoming and Nevada have the strongest charging order protection of the four. Both name the charging order the exclusive creditor remedy by statute and both extend that protection to single-member LLCs. Delaware is strong but leaves the single-member question less settled, and New Mexico's statute contains ambiguity around single-member coverage. For an owner whose primary goal is shielding an ownership interest from a personal creditor, Wyoming delivers that protection at the lowest cost, while Nevada delivers a comparable statutory shield with a stronger brand reputation at a much higher price. Cost is the deciding factor between two states that are close on the law itself.
Yes. The formation state controls the entity. If you have a physical operation in a different state, you foreign-qualify the LLC there and take on that state's filing fee and annual fee. Foreign qualification stacks the second state's costs on top of the formation state's, which erodes the savings from choosing a cheap formation state when real nexus exists elsewhere. An owner with no physical presence keeps the LLC in one low-cost anonymous state and skips foreign qualification entirely. An owner with a storefront, employees, or inventory in a high-tax state weighs whether the anonymity of the formation state justifies the added foreign-qualification cost.
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