Anonymous LLC Glossary

No. No statute anywhere defines an “anonymous LLC.” It is industry shorthand for an ordinary LLC formed in a state whose formation document does not require member or manager names, so ownership never reaches the public record. The phrase does not appear in the Wyoming or New Mexico statutes, which is worth knowing before quoting it to a lawyer or a banker.

Anonymity is about the public record: whether your name appears in a database anyone can search. Privacy is operational: what leaks through mail, domain registrations, licences, court filings, and data brokers after formation. A state can give you the first and still leave you exposed on the second, which is why the two are treated as separate topics across this site.

The federal vocabulary does - EIN, ITIN, Form 5472, beneficial owner, and disregarded entity mean the same thing everywhere. State-level terms do not. Charging-order protection, annual report obligations, and what a formation document must disclose all vary by state, so a definition here gives the general sense and the state pages carry the specifics.

84 terms, grouped A to Z by the term itself rather than by the page title, so “What Is a Charging Order” indexes under C. Each entry links through to a full definition page citing the statute or form it comes from.