Foreign registration · Form FLLC-1

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, an LLC formed in Massachusetts registers there on Form FLLC-1, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire needs nothing from Massachusetts: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Massachusetts records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Massachusetts and New Hampshire side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$25	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	April 1
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

How Massachusetts companies register with New Hampshire

We prepare and file Form FLLC-1
It names us as your New Hampshire registered agent, with your Massachusetts name and formation date. No Massachusetts paperwork holds up the New Hampshire filing. After approval, your Massachusetts LLC is registered with New Hampshire.

Will your Massachusetts name work for New Hampshire?

We search New Hampshire's records for Massachusetts's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: New Hampshire and Massachusetts

New Hampshire calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. New Hampshire papers come to us; Massachusetts's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus New Hampshire comes to $769 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files Form 40 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in New Hampshire that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in New Hampshire?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; New Hampshire does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

$301 at checkout, with nothing to pay Massachusetts.

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

No, New Hampshire takes Form FLLC-1 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and New Hampshire?

$769 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Massachusetts company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire LLC instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Massachusetts companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Massachusetts's filings.

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