A Maryland LLC costs $397 all-in in year one through Anonymousllc.co: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state filing fee, covering filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. From year two, the recurring cost is the $300 annual report (the Personal Property Return) plus the $100/year registered agent, for $400/year before income tax. This page breaks down every Maryland LLC cost, compares DIY against a done-for-you service, and shows the private-structure alternative.
The Maryland Secretary of State charges a $100 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. The fee is the same whether a founder files alone or through a service, because it is a state charge, not a service charge. Anonymousllc.co passes the $100 through at cost and adds a flat $297 service fee on top, so the state fee is never marked up. Filings are accepted within 1-3 business days of submission.
Anonymousllc.co forms a Maryland LLC for $397 all-in: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state fee. The price covers filing, registered agent for year one, a Maryland-specific operating agreement, the EIN, and four to five US bank applications. There are no upsells hidden behind that number. Add-on services are priced separately and only charged when a founder needs them: EIN $99 as a standalone, ITIN $299, and BOI $150 per report. Privacy-first buyers instead form a Wyoming LLC at $397 all-in and foreign-qualify into Maryland for a stronger anonymity structure.
The recurring cost of a Maryland LLC is $400/year from year two: the $300 annual report (the Personal Property Return) plus the $100/year registered agent renewal. Income tax is separate and depends on profit. The $300 Personal Property Return is due each year and keeps the LLC in good standing; missing it leads to administrative dissolution. The $100/year registered agent applies when a founder uses a commercial service to keep a home address off public records. Anonymousllc.co files the annual report as part of the registered agent subscription and tracks the deadline.
Filing alone costs only the $100 state fee, but the founder handles the name check, Articles, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications without support. Anonymousllc.co charges a $297 service fee on top of the state fee and completes every step in 5-10 days. The DIY path saves $297 in cash but spends time on name conflicts, an SS-4 fax for non-residents, and multiple bank applications that a first-timer files one at a time. The service path submits four or five bank applications in parallel and obtains the EIN by fax for non-residents, which most solo filers find difficult to arrange.
Maryland charges personal income tax up to 5.75% plus local county taxes on LLC profit that passes through to resident members. This is an ongoing cost on top of the $100 filing fee and $300 annual report. The IRS treats the LLC as a pass-through by default, so profit is taxed at the member's personal rate rather than at the entity level. An S-corp election on Form 2553 reduces self-employment tax once net income clears roughly $40,000 to $60,000. Wyoming, by contrast, charges no state income tax, which is why anonymity-and-tax-driven buyers compare the two states.
New Mexico is the cheapest through Anonymousllc.co at $347 all-in with no annual report and no annual fee. Wyoming is $397 all-in with strong anonymity and a $60 minimum annual report; Maryland is $397 in year one plus $400/year maintenance. Maryland's ongoing cost is higher than Wyoming's and New Mexico's because of the $300 Personal Property Return and Maryland income tax on resident members. Delaware is $407 all-in with a $300 flat annual franchise tax, and Nevada is $722 all-in with an annual list and state business license near $350/year. A Maryland founder who wants low ongoing cost and privacy forms in Wyoming or New Mexico and foreign-qualifies.
Add-ons are priced separately and charged only when needed: EIN $99 as a standalone, ITIN $299, BOI $150 per report, and registered agent renewal $100/year from year two. The $397 formation package already includes the EIN and year-one registered agent. An ITIN applies to a non-resident owner who needs a personal US tax ID for filings. A BOI report applies to foreign reporting companies, since domestic reporting companies are exempt under the March 21, 2025 FinCEN interim final rule. Anonymousllc.co confirms which add-ons apply during intake, so a founder pays for services the LLC actually requires.
A private structure costs the $397 all-in Wyoming formation plus a separate Maryland foreign qualification and a Maryland registered agent at $100/year. Maryland does not offer owner anonymity on its own filings, so privacy comes from the Wyoming layer. Anonymousllc.co forms the Wyoming anonymous LLC, where members and managers stay off state records, then foreign-qualifies it into Maryland when local operations require registration. This adds the Maryland registration fee on top of the Wyoming $397, so it costs more than a bare Maryland LLC but delivers ownership privacy a standard Maryland filing cannot. See /wyoming-anonymous-llc/.
No. A non-US resident forms a Maryland LLC at the same $397 all-in price. Anonymousllc.co obtains the EIN by fax on Form SS-4 as third-party designee and submits four or five US bank applications, all handled remotely. Banking approval is harder for non-residents, but the multi-bank strategy across Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine raises approval odds to roughly 90% at no extra formation cost. A non-resident who needs a personal US tax ID adds the $299 ITIN, and the EIN is included in the base package. No SSN, ITIN, or US visit is required to form the LLC itself.
The total first-year cost of a Maryland LLC is $397 all-in through Anonymousllc.co: the $297 service fee plus the $100 state fee, covering filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. From year two, the recurring cost is $400/year before income tax. The $400/year recurring figure combines the $300 annual report (the Personal Property Return) with the $100/year registered agent renewal. Over three years, a Maryland LLC formed directly runs $397 plus $800 in maintenance, for $1,197 before income tax, county tax, and any add-ons. A privacy structure adds the separate Maryland foreign qualification and a second registered agent on top of the $397 Wyoming formation, so it costs more but keeps ownership off public records. Anonymousllc.co quotes both the year-one and multi-year totals at intake, so a founder sees the full commitment before filing rather than discovering the $300 annual report in year two.
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