Doing Business in Another State

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Doing business in Florida from another state

If your LLC does business in Florida as Florida defines it, you register with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section for $125.

Step 1: put these questions to Florida’s law

  1. An employee or contractor works from the state. Ask whether the statute counts work done by people located in the state, and whether employees and independent contractors are treated alike.
  2. You sell to customers there but have no one on the ground. Ask whether the statute treats sales from outside the state differently from activity inside it.
  3. The LLC owns or leases property there. Ask whether owning or leasing real estate is listed as an activity that does, or does not, count.
  4. You open an office, shop or warehouse. Ask whether a fixed place of business is named in the statute. Settle the answer before you sign a lease.
  5. You hold meetings or keep a bank account there. Ask whether the statute lists these ancillary activities, and whether they count by themselves.

The law, as listed in the state’s own sources: Florida Statutes 605.0905, activities that are not transacting business; Florida Statutes 605.0904, consequences of transacting business without authority.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Form CR2E027, Application by Foreign Limited Liability Company for Authorization to Transact Business in Florida
Fee
$125
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence (or record of similar import) from the jurisdiction of formation, no older than 90 days
Agent
A registered agent in Florida

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Florida (2026)

Step 3: if you would rather not file it yourself.

#ServiceService feeFlorida feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$125Year one included, then $149/yr
2FL Registered Agent.org$199$125Year one included, then $99/yr
3Florida Registered Agent.io$199$125Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Florida page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section.

Florida questions

When does an LLC from another state have to register in Florida?

When its activity in Florida meets Florida’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it in the law linked below.

What does registering in Florida cost?

$125 to the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section.

What is required after registering?

Annual report (Florida Division of Corporations, filed online), $138.75 (due: between January 1 and May 1), and a registered agent in Florida.

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