A Washington LLC costs $200 to file and $497 all-in through Anonymousllc.co ($297 service fee plus the $200 state fee). Ongoing cost is a $60 annual report plus $100/year registered agent. Washington charges no state personal income tax but applies a Business & Occupation (B&O) gross-receipts tax. This page breaks down every formation and maintenance cost for 2026 and compares Washington to the four anonymous-LLC states.
The Washington Secretary of State charges a $200 fee to file the Certificate of Formation online. It is paid once at formation and is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. Mail filing runs at a lower $180 rate but adds weeks of processing, so online filing is the standard path. The $200 covers the state's review and the stamped certificate that proves the LLC exists. Anonymousllc.co advances and includes this fee inside its all-in price, so there is no separate state invoice for the founder to track. An optional 180-day name reservation costs an extra $30 when a founder wants to hold a name before filing.
Ongoing Washington cost is the $60 annual report plus $100/year for registered agent service if you use a commercial provider, so maintenance runs about $160/year. Washington charges no state personal income tax. The annual report is due by the end of the LLC's formation anniversary month and keeps the entity in good standing. On top of that, a Washington LLC registers for a state business license and files Business & Occupation (B&O) gross-receipts tax returns through the Department of Revenue, with the amount tied to gross revenue rather than a flat fee. There is no franchise tax in the Delaware sense on the LLC itself. Because the B&O tax lands on gross revenue rather than profit, a founder should model it against expected sales at formation, not treat the $60 annual report as the only recurring state obligation. The registered agent renewal and the annual report are fixed each year, while the B&O bill moves with revenue.
Anonymousllc.co charges a $297 service fee on top of the $200 state fee, for $497 total, and completes everything in 5-10 business days. Filing yourself costs only the $200 state fee but leaves every other step to you. The DIY path means running your own name checks, drafting the operating agreement, filing IRS Form SS-4 for the EIN, and submitting each bank application alone. The $297 service fee covers all of that plus registered agent for year one. For most founders the time saved and the avoided filing errors outweigh the fee, and the whole package arrives inside two weeks. A rejected name, a mistyped registered agent address, or an EIN application that stalls at the IRS each cost days of back-and-forth when handled alone, and those are the exact steps the service fee removes.
The $497 total covers the $297 service fee and the $200 Washington state filing fee. It includes the state filing, registered agent for year one, a Washington-specific operating agreement, the EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. Bank applications go to Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine among others, submitted in parallel for about a 90% overall approval rate. Add-on services are priced separately: EIN $99, ITIN $299, and BOI filing $150 when a foreign reporting company applies. Founders whose priority is ownership privacy instead choose the $397 all-in Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualify into Washington, since a direct Washington filing discloses members or managers on public records.
New Mexico is the cheapest at $347 total with no annual report and no annual fee. Wyoming is $397 all-in with a $60 annual report and strong owner privacy. Washington runs $497 in year one plus a $60 annual report each year. Washington also carries the B&O gross-receipts tax that the anonymous states do not impose, and it discloses members or managers on public records. A founder who serves Washington customers but wants both lower cost and privacy forms the anonymous LLC in Wyoming or New Mexico and foreign-qualifies into Washington. Delaware costs $407 with a $300 flat franchise tax, and Nevada costs $722 with an annual list and state business license.
Foreign-qualifying an out-of-state LLC into Washington costs the same $200 state fee as a domestic filing, plus a certificate of good standing from the home state. This is the path a privacy-focused founder takes to operate in Washington without disclosing ownership. The founder forms the anonymous LLC in Wyoming for $397 all-in, then registers it in Washington as a foreign LLC through the Application for Certificate of Authority. Washington charges $200 for that registration, and the home state issues a certificate of good standing for a small state fee. The foreign-qualified LLC then files the same $60 Washington annual report each year and registers for the state business license and B&O tax like any Washington business. The trade is one extra registration in exchange for keeping the owner's name off Washington public records while operating legally in the state.
A Washington LLC costs about $497 in year one and roughly $160 each year after, so the five-year running total lands near $1,137 before tax. That figure covers the state filing, registered agent, and annual reports, not the B&O gross-receipts tax. Year one is the $497 all-in formation price. Years two through five each carry the $100 registered agent renewal plus the $60 annual report, for $160 a year, or $640 across the four years. The B&O tax sits on top and scales with revenue, and a low-revenue LLC offsets much of it through the small-business credit. A Wyoming anonymous LLC compares at $397 in year one and $160 a year after with no gross-receipts tax, which is why cost-and-privacy founders form in Wyoming and foreign-qualify into Washington only when they need a Washington presence.
A non-resident pays the same $497 all-in Washington price, with the EIN obtained by fax at no extra charge inside the package. Optional ITIN service is $299 when a personal US tax return requires one. Non-residents form Washington LLCs without an SSN, ITIN, or visit to the US. The $497 covers the state filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 bank applications, and the non-resident EIN is filed by fax in 5-7 days rather than online in minutes. A foreign-owned single-member Washington LLC also files Form 5472 each year, which a partnered US preparer handles for a separate fee. Founders whose main goal is ownership privacy instead form the $397 Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualify into Washington, since a direct Washington filing names members or managers on the public record.
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