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Doing business in Vermont from another state

If your LLC does business in Vermont as Vermont defines it, you register with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division for $155.

Step 1: put these questions to Vermont’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.

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

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Application for certificate of authority
Fee
$155
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence (certificate of good standing), no older than 90 days
Agent
A registered agent in Vermont

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Vermont (2026)

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

#ServiceService feeVermont feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$155Year one included, then $149/yr
2VT Registered Agent.org$199$155Year one included, then $99/yr
3Vermont Registered Agent.co$199$155Year one included, then $99/yr

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

Vermont questions

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

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

What does registering in Vermont cost?

$155 to the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division.

What is required after registering?

Annual report (Secretary of State), $170 (due: within three months after your fiscal year ends), and a registered agent in Vermont.

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