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Doing business in Pennsylvania from another state

If your LLC does business in Pennsylvania as Pennsylvania defines it, you register with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations for $250.

Step 1: put these questions to Pennsylvania’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.

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

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
Fee
$250
Paper from your home state
None for an LLC
Agent
A registered office in Pennsylvania

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Pennsylvania (2026)

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

#ServiceService feePennsylvania feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$250Year one included, then $149/yr
2PA Registered Agent.org$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr
3Pennsylvania Registered Agent.co$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Pennsylvania page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations.

Pennsylvania questions

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

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

What does registering in Pennsylvania cost?

$250 to the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations.

What is required after registering?

Annual report (Pennsylvania Department of State), $7 (due: september 30), and a registered office in Pennsylvania.

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