Colorado Foreign Registration Wyoming-formed LLCs
Bringing a Wyoming LLC into Colorado
A Wyoming LLC registers in Colorado on the Statement of Foreign Entity Authority for $100, with no Wyoming certificate required, and then carries two yearly charges: $25 to Colorado and Wyoming's $60 annual minimum, $85 in all.
Wyoming and Colorado compared
| Topic | Wyoming | Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Entry filing | Nothing more; the company is already formed | Statement of Foreign Entity Authority, $100 |
| Proof of good standing | Free online at $0, though Colorado never asks for it | None requested |
| Yearly upkeep | Annual minimum of $60 | $25 periodic report |
| Agent | A Wyoming agent | A Colorado agent with a Colorado street address |
Why Wyoming LLCs register here
An owner who lives in Colorado, or hires someone there, has the Colorado question in front of them even when the LLC was formed in Wyoming. The Colorado side is one filing plus one report a year. The trigger page covers whether the activity requires it.
What a Wyoming LLC files in Colorado
The Colorado statement asks for the LLC's name as recorded in Wyoming, "limited liability company" as the form, Wyoming as the jurisdiction, the principal office street address, a Colorado agent and the date business starts. The principal office is the place the business is run from. If that is a home in Colorado or another state, the statement shows that address, and a mailing address is separate and optional.
The agent, again
A Wyoming registered agent has no standing in Colorado. You need a separate Colorado agent, meaning a person with a Colorado ID or a company registered here and in good standing. If you live in Colorado you can be the agent yourself, provided you hold a Colorado license or ID or complete the passcode route. The agent page has the rules.
The numbers over a year
Wyoming's minimum of $60 plus Colorado's $25 periodic report comes to $85 a year. The first year adds the $100 statement. This does not count the agent in either state or our own charge. Wyoming does not charge for a good standing certificate, but the Colorado statement does not ask for one, so that saving goes unused.
The two upkeep routines compared
| Item | Wyoming | Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Regular charge | $60 minimum | $25 |
| Where it is filed | Wyoming Secretary of State | Colorado Secretary of State, online |
| When | On the Wyoming schedule | Window around the report month |
| Cost of a change | Set by Wyoming | $10 |
Starting in Colorado versus adding Colorado later
If the LLC is not yet formed, owners sometimes ask whether to form in Colorado instead. That is a tax and legal question; an accountant or a Colorado business lawyer can tell you. The cost side is simple: a Colorado LLC does not pay for foreign registration, and a Wyoming LLC working in Colorado pays $100 once and $25 each year in addition to Wyoming.
Wyoming names and the Colorado search
Colorado searches the true name against its own database, not Wyoming's. A name that was free in Wyoming can already be in use here, and the Colorado record would then carry an assumed entity name to be used in the state. The assumed name has to meet the same ending rules and be distinguishable from names already on file. It applies in Colorado only, and the LLC keeps its Wyoming name at home. If you want to avoid the question, you can search Colorado's business records before choosing the name in Wyoming, though that is only possible before the LLC is formed.
Changes at home that Colorado needs to hear about
A Wyoming LLC that changes its name or its entity type at home leaves a mismatch on the Colorado record until a statement of change is filed. The Division takes separate statements for each change at $10, so a name change and a change of form together cost twice that. If the LLC stops working in Colorado, the withdrawal is the cleaner step than letting the record go delinquent.
Paying attention to both ends
A Wyoming LLC working in Colorado has two sets of dates to keep. The Wyoming charge falls on Wyoming's schedule. The Colorado report falls in the window around the report month on the Colorado record. A lapse at either end can leave the LLC in poor standing in one state while it is fine in the other. Put the two dates in one calendar and review them together once a year.
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Colorado
Confirm the Wyoming record
The name and entity type should match what you will type into Colorado.
Pick a Colorado agent
An individual with a Colorado ID or a company in good standing here.
Check the name
Colorado searches the true name first.
File and pay
The statement costs $100 online.
Note the report month
The $25 periodic report follows every year.
Wyoming LLC questions
Do I need a Wyoming certificate of good standing?
Not for Colorado. The statement does not ask for one.
Does my Wyoming agent work in Colorado?
Not unless it also keeps a staffed street address in Colorado and meets the state rules.
Will Wyoming charge me less once I register elsewhere?
No. Wyoming's minimum stays whether or not the LLC registers in Colorado.
Our charge and the Colorado fee
- The Statement of Foreign Entity Authority, prepared from your answers
- A name check, so the filing carries a name Colorado will accept
- A Colorado registered agent with a usual place of business: ours, or the one you already use
- The filing, then the approved record and your periodic report month
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Our charge and the Colorado fee show as two lines at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Where this comes from
Work reaching Colorado?
Tell us the entity and where it was formed. We prepare the statement, check the name and line up the agent.