Answer capsule
The calculator lives at wyomingllc.xyz/tools/cost-calculator. You enter three things: years of operation (1 to 10), the add-ons you need (Form 5472 filing, ITIN, BOI report), and your business type. It returns a side-by-side five-year total cost for WyomingLLC, doola, Firstbase, and Stripe Atlas, plus your cumulative savings. It is free and requires no signup.
Open the free cost calculator at wyomingllc.xyz/tools/cost-calculator
Why a single "formation price" is misleading
When you search "how much does a Wyoming LLC cost," the top results, Northwest Registered Agent, Wyoming LLC Attorney, LLC University, LegalZoom, ZenBusiness, all quote the state filing fee and their own service fee. None of them models what you pay over the life of the company, and none of them models the federal filings a foreign-owned LLC is legally required to make.
A Wyoming LLC has a recurring cost structure with four layers:
- Year-one formation. The provider's service fee plus the Wyoming state filing fee.
- State annual report. Wyoming charges an annual license tax, billed every year on your formation anniversary.
- Registered agent renewal. Every Wyoming LLC must maintain a registered agent in the state. This renews annually.
- Federal compliance add-ons. For non-US owners, Form 5472 plus a pro-forma Form 1120 is mandatory every year. ITIN and Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting are situational.
A calculator that only shows layer one tells you almost nothing. Two providers can have identical year-one prices and a $6,000 gap by year five because one charges $160/year for renewals and the other charges $1,999/year for a bundle you may not need. Modeling all four layers across the full operating horizon is the entire point.
The reason this matters so much for non-residents specifically is that the recurring layers are exactly the ones a first-time foreign founder cannot easily anticipate. A US resident forming their second LLC already knows roughly what a registered agent renews at and that an annual state filing exists. A founder forming their first US entity from abroad sees the headline formation price, mentally files the whole thing as "one cost," and is then surprised by the year-two renewals - or, worse, never learns about the federal Form 5472 obligation until a penalty notice arrives. A multi-year calculator turns those invisible future costs into visible numbers before you commit, which is the difference between a budgeting tool and a marketing page that quotes the cheapest possible figure to win the click.
What the calculator computes
For each of the four providers, the tool builds a year-by-year cost stream:
- Year 1 = provider formation/service fee + Wyoming state filing fee (where the provider charges it separately).
- Years 2 through N = annual report/license tax + registered agent renewal + any recurring add-ons you selected.
It then sums each provider's stream over your chosen horizon and ranks them by total cost. It also surfaces the cumulative savings figure, the difference between the cheapest option and the bundled competitors, which for a typical non-resident profile lands in the $5,000–$10,000 range over five years.
The 2026 state-fee facts behind the model
The calculator's state-fee assumptions are not estimates. They come from the Wyoming Secretary of State's published schedule:
- Articles of Organization filing fee: $100, whether you file online or by mail, per the Wyoming Secretary of State. Online filings add a small third-party card processing fee.
- Annual report license tax: $60 minimum. Wyoming assesses two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($0.0002) of in-state assets, or $60, whichever is greater. An LLC with $300,000 or less in Wyoming assets pays the $60 floor, confirmed at the Wyoming Secretary of State annual report portal.
- Anniversary-month deadline. Annual reports are due the first day of the anniversary month of formation. An entity is delinquent on the second day of the following month and is administratively dissolved if the report is unfiled 60 days past due, again per the Wyoming SoS.
For the Delaware comparison (Stripe Atlas defaults to Delaware), the model uses Delaware's $90 certificate of formation filing fee and the $300 annual franchise tax that every Delaware LLC owes regardless of activity, the Delaware Division of Corporations figure that makes Delaware quietly more expensive to hold than Wyoming.
This matters for one of our headline claims: WyomingLLC's $397 is all-inclusive of the $100 Wyoming state fee in year one. The competitor numbers below show their service fee before or alongside the state fee, which is how a $397 offer beats a "$0 + state fees + upsells" offer on the real total.
Provider price assumptions
These are the year-one and recurring inputs the calculator uses. We monitor each competitor's public pricing page and refresh these quarterly; always confirm against the provider's own site before you decide.
| Provider | Year 1 (formation) | State fee | Recurring / year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WyomingLLC | $397 all-inclusive | Included | ~$160 (annual report + registered agent) | Add-ons priced à la carte |
| doola Total Compliance | $1,999/year | Included in bundle | $1,999/year | Bundle includes 5472, bookkeeping, agent |
| Firstbase Standard | $999 + typical add-ons | Included | ~$450/year | Add-ons stack on top |
| Stripe Atlas (Delaware) | $500 | $90 + $300 franchise | ~$400/year | Franchise tax + agent recurring |
The structural difference is bundling. doola Total Compliance is expensive every single year because it is an everything-included subscription, which is genuinely the right call for a founder who wants concierge service and never wants to think about a filing. WyomingLLC is cheapest because it unbundles: you pay $397 once, ~$160/year to keep the entity alive, and you add only the compliance services you actually need.
Add-ons modeled
The single biggest driver of the five-year gap, for non-US founders, is the federal compliance add-on. The calculator lets you toggle three:
- Form 5472 + pro-forma Form 1120 filing. Mandatory for foreign-owned single-member LLCs. Modeled at $99/year (WyomingLLC), bundled (doola), ~$250/year (Firstbase optional), ~$200/year (Stripe Atlas via partner).
- ITIN application. $297 (WyomingLLC add-on), bundled (doola), ~$450 (Firstbase), not offered (Atlas).
- BOI report (FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information, when applicable): ~$50 (WyomingLLC), bundled (doola), ~$199 (Firstbase), ~$99 (Atlas via partner).
A quick note on BOI status: the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirement under the Corporate Transparency Act has been the subject of injunctions and rule changes. The calculator keeps BOI as an optional, toggleable line so the figure is only added when the requirement applies to you. Check FinCEN's current guidance at fincen.gov/boi before assuming you owe a report.
Why Form 5472 dominates the math
If you take one thing from this guide, take this: the $99/year you spend on Form 5472 preparation is insurance against a $25,000 penalty. A foreign-owned US LLC treated as a disregarded entity must file Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 every year it has a "reportable transaction," even with zero US tax owed. The IRS assesses a $25,000 penalty for failure to file, file on time, or file complete information, and the penalty has no statutory maximum cap (unlike Form 5471, which caps at $60,000). Additional $25,000 penalties accrue for every 30-day period the failure continues beyond 90 days after IRS notice.
That is why the calculator treats Form 5472 as a default-on add-on for non-resident profiles. A "cheap" provider that does not handle this filing is not actually cheap, it is a $25,000 liability waiting on a deadline.
This is also why a raw "formation price" comparison is actively misleading for a non-resident. Two providers can show the same year-one number while one quietly leaves you to discover, find a preparer for, and remember the federal filing on your own - and the other folds a reliable filing into a small annual add-on. The cheaper-looking option that omits the filing is not saving you money; it is transferring a $25,000 risk onto you and calling it a discount. The calculator's default-on treatment of Form 5472 exists precisely to stop that sleight of hand, by putting the real, legally required cost on the same line as the formation fee where you can see both at once.
Example output: a typical SaaS founder
Here is a five-year run for a non-US SaaS founder who needs Form 5472 + 1120 preparation every year and orders an ITIN in year one. State and federal fees use the verified 2026 figures above.
| Cost line | WyomingLLC | doola Total Compliance | Firstbase | Stripe Atlas (DE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 formation + state fee | $397 | $1,999 | $999 | $890 |
| ITIN (one-time) | $297 | bundled | $450 | n/a |
| 5472 + 1120, years 1–5 | $495 ($99×5) | bundled | $1,250 ($250×5) | $1,000 ($200×5) |
| Annual report / franchise, yrs 2–5 | $240 ($60×4) | bundled | included | $1,200 ($300×4) |
| Registered agent, yrs 2–5 | $400 (~$100×4) | bundled | $1,800 (~$450×4) | $400 (~$100×4) |
| 5-year total | ~$1,829 | ~$9,995 | ~$6,499 | ~$4,490 |
The numbers move with your inputs, but the shape is stable: WyomingLLC's unbundled à-la-carte model is roughly $2,600 cheaper than Stripe Atlas, $4,600 cheaper than Firstbase, and $8,100 cheaper than doola over five years for this profile. The doola gap is not a knock on doola, it is the cost of concierge service rendered visible. The calculator's job is to make you decide whether that service is worth ~$8,000 to you, with the number in front of you instead of hidden.
A second example: a lean freelancer who skips the ITIN
The SaaS profile above turns on every add-on. Many non-resident founders need fewer, so here is the other end of the range: a freelancer who needs the Form 5472 filing but no ITIN and no BOI report, modeling WyomingLLC over five years.
- Year 1: $397 formation (all-inclusive) + $99 (5472) = $496.
- Years 2–5 (each): $60 annual report + ~$100 registered agent + $99 (5472) = ~$259.
- Five-year total: roughly $1,532.
Drop the 5472 add-on (file it yourself or via your own preparer) and the recurring figure falls to ~$160/year, for a five-year total near $1,037. The lesson the calculator teaches with these two profiles side by side is that your number depends almost entirely on which add-ons you genuinely need - and that the right move is to toggle off anything that does not apply to you rather than accept a bundle that pre-selects everything. A founder who does not need an ITIN should not pay for one; a calculator that hides that choice is doing the founder a disservice.
How to read the output without fooling yourself
A cost calculator can mislead as easily as inform if read carelessly, so three cautions:
- Do not anchor on year one. Year-one totals compress the providers into a narrow band; the divergence is entirely in the recurring years. Always read the five-year line, which is the number you will actually live.
- Separate "price" from "fit." The cheapest five-year total is not automatically the right choice. If you will not self-manage filings, a bundle's higher price is buying something real. The calculator quantifies the premium; only you can decide whether the concierge service is worth it.
- Treat the competitor inputs as directional. They are refreshed periodically from public pricing pages, not a live feed, and providers change prices and restructure bundles between updates. Use the calculator to understand the shape of the five-year cost, then confirm the exact current numbers on each provider's own site before you commit.
How to use it: step by step
- Go to wyomingllc.xyz/tools/cost-calculator. No account, no email gate.
- Set your operating horizon. Pick the number of years you realistically expect to run the LLC (1–10). Most founders should model at least 5; the provider gaps barely show at year 1 and blow open by year 5.
- Select your add-ons. If you are a non-US owner, leave Form 5472 + 1120 on, it is mandatory. Toggle ITIN if you need a US taxpayer ID (for certain tax treaty claims, Amazon/Stripe payouts, or personal filing). Toggle BOI only if FinCEN's current rule applies to you.
- Choose your business type. This adjusts which add-ons are pre-selected and flags state-specific assumptions.
- Read the side-by-side. Look at the five-year total, not year one. Then look at the cumulative savings line.
- Sanity-check against live pricing. Click through to each provider's pricing page. Our inputs are refreshed quarterly but providers change prices between our updates.
The non-resident angle the other calculators ignore
Every generic "Wyoming LLC cost" page is written for a US resident who already has an SSN and a US bank account. For a non-US founder, three cost-relevant realities never appear in those pages, and all three are baked into ours.
Banking is part of the real cost of being operational. A Wyoming LLC with no bank account cannot collect revenue. The good news is that the leading remote-friendly business banks do not charge you to open an account. Mercury is the most popular option for non-resident Wyoming LLC owners, accepting a meaningful share of applicants (clearing UK and EU founders most easily, and approvable with clean paperwork for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, UAE; approval not guaranteed) and no minimum balance or monthly fee. If Mercury declines, Relay is the standard next application, and Wise Business has the highest acceptance rate of the three as a fallback. None of them requires a US visit, all are fully remote, and all need only your Articles of Organization, EIN, and passport. Because banking is $0 to open, the calculator does not add a banking line, but you should budget the time: 10–15 minutes to apply and 1–7 business days for a Mercury decision.
Privacy has a (low) cost in Wyoming, and that is a feature. Wyoming does not publish member or manager names in the public record, which is a genuine reason non-residents choose it over states with public ownership disclosure. Maintaining that privacy depends on keeping a registered agent in good standing, which is exactly the ~$100/year renewal the calculator models. Skipping it does not just risk dissolution, it can expose your home address.
Federal tax compliance is the cost most founders underestimate. As covered above, Form 5472 is mandatory and carries a $25,000 floor penalty per the IRS. A US-resident calculator has no reason to surface this; ours treats it as the default line item it legally is. If your home country has a US income tax treaty, an ITIN (the $297 add-on) may also be what lets you claim treaty benefits and reduce US withholding, which is why the calculator models ITIN as a real, toggleable cost rather than ignoring it.
Limitations and honesty notes
- State fees can change between legislative sessions. We use the verified 2026 Wyoming and Delaware figures; re-check the SoS sites at filing time.
- Provider prices change. We refresh competitor inputs quarterly from their public pricing pages. The calculator reflects our latest known prices as of the model update, not a live feed.
- The calculator assumes a single-member, foreign-owned, disregarded-entity LLC for the federal add-on logic. Multi-member or corporation-elected entities have different filing requirements.
- We are honest about when a competitor fits better. If you want a hands-off concierge that handles bookkeeping, tax, and filings as one subscription and never want to manage a vendor, doola's $1,999/year may be worth it to you. The calculator shows you the price of that choice; it does not pretend the choice is wrong.
Sources
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Entities FAQ, $100 Articles of Organization filing fee
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Annual Report portal, $60 minimum annual license tax
- IRS, About Form 5472, $25,000 penalty, no statutory maximum
- Delaware Division of Corporations, $90 formation fee and $300 annual franchise tax
- FinCEN, fincen.gov/boi, Beneficial Ownership Information reporting status
