Doing Business in Another State

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Doing business in Georgia from another state

If your LLC does business in Georgia as Georgia defines it, you register with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division for $235.

Step 1: put these questions to Georgia’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.

Georgia’s sources do not name a statute on this page; start at the Georgia filing page.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Form CD 241, Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company
Fee
$235
Paper from your home state
None for an LLC
Agent
A registered agent in Georgia

$225 filing fee plus a $10 service charge.

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Georgia (2026)

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

#ServiceService feeGeorgia feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$235Year one included, then $149/yr
2GA Registered Agent.org$199$235Year one included, then $99/yr
3Georgia Registered Agent.co$199$235Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Georgia page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.

Georgia questions

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

When its activity in Georgia meets Georgia’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it through the Georgia filing page.

What does registering in Georgia cost?

$235 to the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division. $225 filing fee plus a $10 service charge.

What is required after registering?

Annual registration (Georgia Secretary of State), $60 (due: between January 1 and April 1), and a registered agent in Georgia.

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