Wyoming Limited Liability Companies
Starting an LLC in Wyoming is a good call if you’re looking for a simple and affordable way to structure your business and protect your assets.
This page provides everything you need in order to start your LLC and keep it compliant with the state of Wyoming.
If you want more, hire us to form your LLC in Wyoming for just $39 + state fees. You’ll be out the door in minutes, and we make it easy to keep your personal address off public records.
How to Start an LLC in Wyoming
LLCs provide exceptionally strong asset and privacy protections, if they’re properly formed and maintained. Starting an LLC in Wyoming will cost you $100 (+ $4 credit card fee if you file online), with a yearly minimum fee of $60 to keep it going.
To start an LLC in Wyoming, you’ll submit paperwork—called Wyoming Articles of Organization—to the Wyoming Secretary of State, online or by mail. Our guide will show you how to start an LLC with the strongest privacy and asset protections available.
1. Name Your LLC
Before you can do much else, you’ll need a business name that complies with Wyoming’s state statutes (WY Stat § 17-29-108). Wyoming is pretty strict about their naming rules, so don’t try to skirt them. The most important thing to know is that your business name must be unique in the state of Wyoming.
When you name your LLC, make sure your business name:
- Includes an indicator like LLC or Limited Liability Company.
- Doesn’t suggest your business is something that it isn’t (like, for example, a corporation).
- Isn’t already trademarked or in use in the state of Wyoming.
How can you know if your business name is unique? By conducting a Wyoming business name search. If your name is taken, don’t try to get around it with shenanigans like adding the or misspelling a word. If your name is too close to another name on the rolls, your paperwork will get rejected.
2. Get A Domain Name
An online presence is a core part of a business’s branding strategy. So, once you’ve ensured that your preferred business name is available in Wyoming, you should see if a matching or complimentary domain name is available. A domain name is your business’s parcel of land on the internet, and it’s where you’ll eventually build your business website, so you’ll want something snappy and consistent with your company name.
If you haven’t thought about building a website yet, don’t worry. Securing a domain name is a cost-effective way to set a foundation for a website in the future. There are some great reasons to consider registering a domain name early in your business journey:
- Registering your domain name alongside your business name in Wyoming prevents problems with inconsistencies in your branding in the future
- As your business grows, you can invest more resources into growing your online presence with the groundwork of securing a domain name out of the way
- Even without a website built, you can use a domain name to establish a branded business email account with a professional look that ends in your company name (such as info@YOURCOMPANY.com)
The best part? Having Northwest form your business will net you a domain name of your choice, registered for a year at no cost to you. And if you want more? You can test drive all of our web services, including email, web hosting, and a prebuilt website with free SSL security for 90 days with no upfront cost.
3. Submit Wyoming Articles of Organization
The Articles of Organization is the paperwork you fill out to start your LLC. Once you get it in to the Wyoming Secretary of State and they approve it, your LLC is live.
Wyoming is known as a state with strong privacy protections for LLC owners. But you can only take advantage of these protections if you fill out the Wyoming Articles of Organization in a specific way that maximizes privacy. We’ll show you how to do it.
If you’re filing online, you’ll be asked right away if you want to add an additional designation. If you’re forming a regular LLC, you can skip this (most people do). But if you want to form a special kind of LLC, you’ll select that here. Here are some of the options for special LLC types in Wyoming:
- Close LLC—an LLC with super strict rules on transferring ownership
- Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) LLC—an LLC that uses blockchain technology to make decisions
- LC3—a low-profit LLC with a charitable purpose
- Series LLC—an LLC made up of separate units, called series
Tip: Skip this to form a regular LLC.
If you want your LLC to start immediately, skip this. If you want to delay the date your LLC starts (say, to start in a new tax year), you can add a date up to 90 days in the future here.
Your Wyoming registered agent is the person or company who acts as the legal point of contact for your business. If your business is ever sued, the process server will show up at your registered agent’s office and deliver the paperwork in person. Once that happens, you’re legally considered served.
Every business in Wyoming is required by law to have a registered agent. Your registered agent must:
- Have a street address in Wyoming
- Be available at that address during business hours to accept legal mail
If you can do that, you can be your own registered agent. But there’s a pretty big caveat!
If you act as your own registered agent, you’ll have to list your name and address on the public record. This undermines any privacy protection you’d otherwise get from forming an LLC.
A professional registered agent will list their name and address here in place of your own. And if they’re good, they’ll let you use their address throughout this form. That’s what we do!
Three options:
- Use Your Own Address: This is easy but if you work from home it compromises privacy and security.
- Use a P.O. Box: Safe and secure, but you can’t use a P.O. Box in places where a physical street address is required.
- Use an Address Service: Our Wyoming Virtual Office and Mail Forwarding services are affordable and boast a physical street address in Sheridan you can use as your primary business address and for all your business purposes. $20/ month gets you a suite number in our commercial Sheridan office plus unlimited mail forwarding. It’s the best deal in the industry.
Another address for the public record. Hire a registered agent and you can keep yours private, sparing yourself heaps of junk mail.
This is where the state will contact you if there’s a problem with your filing and to send you annual report reminders. You can list your own phone number and email here, or hire us to form your company and get a business line and professional email address to use.
This is the person signing and submitting your Articles of Organization to the Wyoming Secretary of State. Sounds official, but anyone can do it, and they’ll have no control over your company. If you hire us, we’ll do it!
How to File Your Wyoming LLC Articles of Organization
Filing Articles of Organization just means submitting your paperwork and paying the correct fee to the Wyoming Secretary of State. You can file either online or by mail.
- If you file online ($100 + $4 credit card fee), your paperwork will be processed immediately.
- If you file by mail ($100), you’ll have to wait 15 days for your LLC to be official—add a few days for snail mail time.
File by mail or in person:
Wyoming Secretary of State
Herschler Building East, Suite 101
122 W 25th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020
File online:
Wyoming Business Center
Note: Certain business names require you to file by mail.
You’ll need to file your paperwork by mail if your business name does any of the following:
- starts with an a followed by a space (for example, A Little Bakery LLC)
- uses the words the or an (for example, The Little Bakery LLC)
- uses a special character (for example, Bunny & Sugar Bakery LLC)
The Wyoming Secretary of State is not messing around when it comes to your business name’s uniqueness. Using a different designator (like L.L.C. instead of LLC), making a word plural, or adding a special character to a name that’s taken won’t cut it. The filing fee is non-refundable, so make sure you have a name that works.
4. Adopt an Operating Agreement
An operating agreement is a document that outlines how your Wyoming LLC will do things like vote, divvy up profits, and transfer ownership. Operating agreements are internal documents, but they’re super important—without one, legal disputes will be decided by Wyoming’s default LLC statutes. Those might not be the best fit for your business. Plus, you’ll need an operating agreement to open a bank account.
Tip: Only lawyers write their own operating agreements—everyone else uses templates, and the internet is full of ‘em. We had our attorney write a Wyoming operating agreement you can trust, specifically for use in the Cowboy State.
5. Get an EIN
An EIN, or an Employer Identification Number, is like a social security number for your business. It’s a nine-digit number, assigned to your business by the IRS for tax identification purposes. You’ll need it to get a business bank account, apply for loans and licenses, and, of course, pay taxes. You can apply for one online with the IRS or hire us to take care of it for you.
6. Open a Business Bank Account
You need a separate bank account for your LLC. If you don’t get one, and you let your personal finances mix with your business money, you’re at risk of piercing the corporate veil. This is a dramatic-sounding metaphor that just means a court could find your LLC isn’t actually a separate entity from you, the owner. To open a bank account, you’ll need an operating agreement, EIN, and an LLC Resolution to Start a Bank Account.
7. File Your Annual Report
Every year, you’ll need to file a Wyoming Annual Report with the Wyoming Secretary of State. The purpose of the report is to keep the state up-to-date on your LLC’s information. The filing fee is determined by the total value of your LLC’s assets. If your LLC’s assets are less than $300,000, you’ll pay the minimum $60 fee. If they’re over, you’ll pay $0.0002 for every dollar. So if your assets total $400,000, then you’ll pay $80 ($400,000 multiplied by .0002). You can file online, by mail, or hire us to take care of it for you.
8. File BOI Report
As of March 26, 2025, most international LLCs registered to do business within the U.S. are required to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The deadline for filing your BOI Report depends on when your business was formed.
The BOI Report requirement is currently under review by both FinCEN and Congress, but the deadline for new international businesses is 30 days from their U.S. registration date. To hire us to file your BOI Report for you, you’ll need to sign up for a free account or hire us to form your company or act as your registered agent.
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