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Key Takeaways

-   Arizona requires member and manager names in public LLC formation filings
-   Your registered agent's address — not yours — appears on the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search
-   $50 Articles of Organization filing fee; a flat 2.5% Arizona income tax on pass-through profit, no franchise tax, and no ACC annual report requirement for LLCs at all
-   Arizona provides exclusive-remedy charging order protection under A.R.S. § 29-3503(E) — a member's personal judgment creditor is limited to a charging order against distributions and cannot foreclose on the membership interest or force a sale of the LLC's assets
-   Federal obligation: the Corporate Transparency Act requires all beneficial owners to report to FinCEN regardless of state-level anonymity — state privacy does not eliminate this federal requirement
-   Same-day filing available through LLC Attorney at no markup on state fees

Arizona is an honest exception among privacy guides: the state itself does not keep your name off the record. Formation runs through the Arizona Corporation Commission, and a member-managed LLC must list every member while a manager-managed LLC lists each manager and any member holding 20% or more (A.R.S. § 29-3201) — all of it searchable on the public ACC database. The way to form a genuinely anonymous Arizona LLC is structural: stand up the Arizona entity, then put a Wyoming holding LLC in the member or manager slot so the Wyoming name, not yours, lands on the public filing. You keep Arizona's low costs — a $50 filing fee, no franchise tax, a 2.5% flat income tax, and no LLC annual report — and a strong exclusive-remedy charging order under A.R.S. § 29-3503(E). This guide walks the structure, the exact filing steps, what the public record does and does not reveal, and the federal FinCEN obligations that apply either way. Same-day organizer service is available through LLC Attorney starting at $49.

$50Articles of Organization filing fee (with the ACC)

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## What Is an Anonymous LLC?

An anonymous LLC is a limited liability company structured so that the owner's name does not appear in publicly searchable state records. It is not a separate legal entity type — it is a standard LLC formed in a state whose filing requirements do not mandate member or manager disclosure.

In most states, the Articles of Organization requires you to list the names and addresses of members or managers. Those filings become part of the state's public business database, searchable by anyone. In Arizona, Arizona requires the Articles of Organization to name members (member-managed) or managers plus any 20%-or-greater member (manager-managed) under A.R.S. § 29-3201, and the ACC publishes that filing, so anonymity is achieved by making a Wyoming LLC the listed owner rather than relying on the state to hide names.

The result: someone searching the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search for your LLC finds the entity name, the registered agent's address, and the formation date. Your name does not appear.

This structure is used by real estate investors who do not want tenants researching their ownership portfolio, business owners who prefer to separate their public persona from their holdings, high-net-worth individuals protecting assets from litigation research, and online entrepreneurs who operate under a business identity separate from their personal name.

## Why Arizona? How It Compares to Other Privacy States

Arizona is one of four states that does not require member or manager names in public LLC filings. The others most commonly used for anonymous formation are Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada.

What makes Arizona stand out:

Arizona is worth being candid about: it is not on the short list of states that let you keep names off the public filing. A member-managed Arizona LLC must name every member, and a manager-managed one must name each manager plus any member holding at least 20% (A.R.S. § 29-3201) — and the ACC posts all of it to a searchable database. What Arizona does offer is a genuinely strong charging-order statute and an inexpensive, low-tax operating environment. So the privacy structure here flips the usual logic: rather than form an anonymous Arizona LLC, you form a normal Arizona LLC and place a Wyoming holding LLC in the ownership slot. The Wyoming parent is the name that appears on the ACC record; you appear nowhere public. You get Arizona's low 2.5% tax and operating footprint, with Wyoming supplying the name privacy Arizona's statute does not.

If you are a non-Arizona resident forming here purely for privacy, the service handles Arizona anonymous LLC formation from anywhere in the country. You do not need to travel to Arizona or have any prior connection to the state.

## Arizona's Registered Agent Privacy Mechanism

The core technical reason Arizona enables anonymity is the registered agent requirement. Every Arizona LLC must designate a registered agent with a physical Arizona street address. That address appears on the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search. Your address does not.

When you use a professional registered agent service, the registered agent's address — not your home or business address — is the only address on the public record. Your LLC exists in the state's database as an entity with a registered agent. Your name and address are nowhere in the filing.

LLC Attorney's Arizona registered agent service is $125/year. Your registered agent's address appears on the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search. LLC documents and legal notices are delivered to LLC Attorney's Arizona office and forwarded to you through your secure client portal.

The privacy limit to understand here: if you list yourself as the organizer on the Articles of Organization, your name may appear as organizer on the filing. In Arizona, the organizer signs and is named on the filed Articles of Organization, so naming LLC Attorney as organizer keeps your own name off that line; the harder problem in Arizona is the separate member and manager attachment, which is why the ownership layer has to be a Wyoming LLC rather than you. If you use LLC Attorney to file, LLC Attorney serves as the organizer, and your name does not appear anywhere on the formation document.

## What State Anonymity Does NOT Cover — Federal FinCEN Reporting

This section is mandatory reading. State-level anonymity does not eliminate your federal disclosure obligation.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective January 1, 2024, requires virtually every LLC formed in the United States to report its beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. This is a federal law that applies to every state, including Arizona.

What you must report to FinCEN:

-   Full legal name of each beneficial owner
-   Date of birth
-   Current residential street address
-   Identifying document number (driver's license or passport) and an image of that document

A "beneficial owner" is anyone who owns 25% or more of the company, or anyone who exercises substantial control over the company.

**Is the FinCEN report public?** No. Beneficial ownership reports go to FinCEN's secure database. They are not searchable by the public, tenants, business partners, or civil litigants. Law enforcement and certain financial institutions can access them under specific conditions.

**The practical picture:** your name does not appear in Arizona's public records. It does appear in FinCEN's non-public federal database. Arizona-level anonymity protects you from public search — not from federal law enforcement.

**Penalties for non-compliance:** willful failure to file a BOI report carries civil penalties of up to $500 per day and criminal penalties of up to $10,000 plus two years imprisonment.

The service's formation packages include guidance on FinCEN BOI filing. If your LLC qualifies for an exemption (most larger companies and regulated entities do), your attorney can confirm exemption status during the formation process.

## Arizona Anonymous LLC — Costs and Annual Obligations

Arizona is cheap to maintain even with a two-tier structure layered on top. There is no franchise tax, and Arizona LLCs file no annual report with the ACC — a genuine cost and compliance advantage over most states. Pass-through profit is taxed at Arizona's flat 2.5% rate, one of the lowest in the country among income-tax states. The cost you cannot skip is the Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax: if the LLC sells taxable goods or services, it registers and remits TPT through the Department of Revenue at the 5.6% state rate plus local rates. When a Wyoming holding LLC owns the Arizona entity, the Wyoming layer carries its own $60 minimum annual license tax, so budget for that filing.

## How to Form an Anonymous LLC in Arizona

### If You Do It Yourself

**Step 1 — Choose a business name that does not reveal your identity.**

Your LLC name must comply with Arizona's naming requirements — it must include "Limited Liability Company," "LLC," or "L.L.C." and be distinguishable from existing Arizona entities. Beyond the legal requirements, choose a name that does not connect back to your personal identity. Many anonymous LLC owners use a business-descriptive name (property address, investment theme, or project name) rather than a personal name-based name like "Johnson Holdings LLC."

Search the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search at ecorp.azcc.gov to confirm availability. Your search is not a reservation — someone can register your name while you prepare paperwork.

When you reserve or file the name, remember that whatever entity you list as member or manager becomes part of the permanent public record — so the Wyoming holding LLC should already exist before you file the Arizona Articles, not after.

**Step 2 — Reserve your name if you need time to prepare (optional).**

File a name reservation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, $45 fee. This holds the name for 120 days. Without a reservation, the name can be taken between your search and your Articles of Organization submission.

**Step 3 — Select a professional registered agent — do not use your own address.**

This step is non-negotiable for anonymity. The registered agent's address is the only address on the public filing. If you list your home or office address, your address becomes publicly searchable. You need a professional registered agent with a physical Arizona street address.

Research registered agent providers carefully. The registered agent's address will be the permanent public record for this LLC. Switching registered agents later requires a filed amendment ($25 fee) and creates a public paper trail of the change.

**Step 4 — Decide whether to list yourself as organizer.**

The organizer is the person or entity submitting the Articles of Organization. In Arizona, the organizer's name and signature sit on the filed Articles of Organization, and Arizona makes that filing publicly searchable on the ACC database. If you do not want your name on the filing at all, you have two options: use an attorney or formation service as the organizer, or confirm whether Arizonaallows organizers to be omitted after filing.

**Step 5 — Complete and file the Articles of Organization.**

Go to azcc.gov and complete the current version of the Articles of Organization (Form L010 (online via ecorp.azcc.gov)). Always use the current form directly from the Arizona Corporation Commission — older versions are rejected at filing. Complete it with your LLC name exactly as chosen, your registered agent's full legal name and Arizona street address, your management structure (member-managed or manager-managed), and the organizer's name and signature.

**Privacy note on management structure:** in Arizona, the Articles of Organization force you to declare member-managed or manager-managed, and Arizona attaches a real privacy consequence to that choice — a member-managed filing must name every member, while a manager-managed filing names each manager plus any member holding 20% or more (A.R.S. § 29-3201). If you choose manager-managed, Arizona does publish manager names on a manager-managed filing, so the privacy move is to name your Wyoming holding LLC as the manager rather than yourself, keeping a human name off the public ACC record entirely.

**Step 6 — File the Articles of Organization and pay the $50 fee.**

Submit online at ecorp.azcc.gov or by mail to the Arizona Corporation Commission office in Phoenix. Online filing processes in 7 to 14 business days for online filings, with 24-hour expedited service for an extra $35. Mail-in takes significantly longer and has no tracking.

**Step 7 — Wait for your approved Articles of Organization.**

Your LLC does not legally exist until the Arizona Corporation Commission approves the filing. Standard processing is 7 to 14 business days for online filings, with 24-hour expedited service for an extra $35. Your approved Articles of Organization is your LLC's founding document — keep it. Every bank will require a copy.

**Step 8 — Draft your operating agreement — keep it private.**

Your operating agreement is an internal document. It is not filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission and does not appear in any public database. This is where you document member ownership, management authority, and profit distribution. Unlike the Articles of Organization, the operating agreement can include your personal name without creating any public record.

Arizona treats the operating agreement as an internal record under A.R.S. § 29-3105 — it is never filed with the ACC and never becomes public, which is where the actual ownership chain between you and the Wyoming parent is documented. Keep the original with your company records. Give a copy to every member. A critical privacy caution: do not reference your operating agreement in any publicly filed document, and do not attach it to bank account applications where it could become a public or semi-public record without your knowledge.

**Step 9 — Apply for a federal EIN.**

Your LLC needs an EIN from the IRS. For single-member LLCs, the IRS defaults to using your Social Security Number as the responsible party identifier. This does not create a public record — EINs and their responsible party information are not publicly searchable — but it does create a federal connection between your SSN and your LLC. Apply at irs.gov/ein. Free, no government filing fee. Available Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern. The 15-minute inactivity timeout is real — do not start the application unless you have all information ready.

**Step 10 — Open a business bank account.**

Most banks require your approved Articles of Organization, your EIN confirmation (IRS CP-575 letter), your operating agreement, and the personal ID of authorized signers. Your bank will know who owns the LLC — federal anti-money-laundering rules require banks to collect beneficial owner information internally. That information stays within the bank and is not published in any database. Some banks have more streamlined processes for anonymous LLCs; others are skeptical of privacy structures. Call ahead and ask what they require for an LLC with a professional registered agent address.

**Step 11 — File your FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information report.**

This is a mandatory federal step. Within 90 days of formation (for LLCs formed in 2024 or later), you must file a BOI report at fincen.gov/boi. The report is free. It is not public. It goes to FinCEN's secure law enforcement database. Failure to file carries civil penalties up to $500/day and criminal penalties up to $10,000 plus imprisonment.

**Step 12 — Pay your annual Arizona obligations.**

Arizona LLCs have no ACC annual report obligation, so there is no recurring state filing or fee to track for the Arizona entity itself — you only need to keep a statutory agent on file continuously. If a Wyoming holding LLC owns the Arizona LLC, you still file and pay Wyoming's annual report and license tax on its anniversary date, so the only recurring state calendar to watch is Wyoming's, not Arizona's.

If you would rather not manage the formation process, the FinCEN BOI filing, and the ongoing annual compliance yourself, the service handles Arizona anonymous LLC formation starting at $49.

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### If LLC Attorney Does It for You

1.  Submit your information at llcattorney.com. Name preference, management structure, registered agent designation (LLC Attorney serves as your Arizona registered agent), and your FinCEN BOI responsible party information. No forms to find, no state portal to navigate, no organizer name disclosure.
2.  LLC Attorney files your Articles of Organization with the Arizona Corporation Commission, serves as your registered agent and organizer (so your name does not appear on the public filing), drafts your operating agreement, and files your FinCEN BOI report. Same-day filing available if needed.
3.  Receive your approved Articles of Organization, EIN confirmation, operating agreement, and FinCEN BOI confirmation through your LLC Attorney client portal. Annual compliance reminders included so you never miss an obligation.

## Maintaining Your Arizona LLC's Anonymous Status

Forming anonymously is the first step. Maintaining anonymity requires ongoing discipline.

What breaks anonymity:

-   Signing contracts in your personal name on behalf of the LLC. Always sign as "Your Name, Member/Manager, \[LLC Name\]" — but consider whether you need to sign at all, or whether an authorized manager or attorney can sign instead.
-   Using your home address anywhere in connection with the LLC — bank correspondence, business licenses, tax registrations.
-   Publishing your name as the owner in marketing materials, press releases, or social media profiles linked to the LLC.
-   Filing a DBA (doing business as) registration in states that require public disclosure of the LLC owner's identity.
-   Using your personal email address in formation documents, registered agent correspondence, or banking applications where it could be discovered.

What does not break anonymity:

-   Your operating agreement listing your name. This is a private document not filed with any state agency.
-   Your FinCEN BOI report listing your name. This goes to a non-public federal database, not a public record.
-   Your bank account records. Banks collect beneficial owner information under federal anti-money-laundering law but do not publish it.

## Forming a Arizona Anonymous LLC as a Non-Resident

You do not need to live in Arizona or have any connection to the state to form a ArizonaLLC. Arizona allows non-residents to form LLCs and serves as one of the more commonly used states for out-of-state privacy formations.

What you need as a non-Arizona resident:

-   A Arizona registered agent with a physical Arizona street address (required regardless of residency)
-   A Arizona mailing address for state correspondence (your registered agent's address satisfies this)
-   Payment of the $50 filing fee and ongoing no LLC annual report and any Transaction Privilege Tax obligation

**The foreign registration question:** if your anonymous LLC operates in a state other than Arizona — meaning it has employees there, owns property there, or generates substantial revenue from customers there — that state may require you to register the LLC as a foreign entity. Foreign registration typically requires disclosing the LLC's principal address and registered agent in that state, and it may or may not require member/manager disclosure depending on the operating state's rules.

Arizona-level anonymity protects your name in Arizona's public records. If you do business in another state and register as a foreign LLC there, that state's public records will show your Arizona LLC's registration. Whether your name appears depends on that state's disclosure rules for foreign LLCs — not Arizona's. If you operate across multiple states and anonymity matters in each, an attorney consultation can map which states require foreign registration and what each discloses.

## When Should You Consult an Attorney for Your Arizona Anonymous LLC?

On-demand attorney consultations for a flat rate per 30-minute session — no retainer required. Anonymous LLC formation benefits from attorney guidance on several scenarios:

-   **Privacy structure design:** whether a single Arizona LLC is sufficient or a Wyoming holding company over your Arizona LLC better fits your privacy and asset-protection goals.
-   **Operating agreement drafting:** a template operating agreement may not include the language needed to preserve anonymity in banking, litigation, and business dealings.
-   **Multi-state operations:** if you will do business in multiple states, some will require foreign registration. An attorney can map what each state requires and what it discloses.
-   **FinCEN BOI exemptions:** most LLCs must file a BOI report, but certain regulated entities qualify for exemptions. An attorney can confirm your exemption status.
-   **Asset transfer mechanics:** if you are moving existing assets into an anonymous LLC, the transfer documents must be drafted correctly to avoid tax events and creditor notification requirements.
-   **Arizona-specific nuances:** Arizona's public member and manager disclosure under A.R.S. § 29-3201 means the Wyoming-over-Arizona ownership chain must be documented correctly from day one — an attorney can confirm the holding LLC is the listed member or manager and that both entities' FinCEN reports are filed.

## When DIY Anonymity Breaks Down in Arizona, and Where It Can't Protect You

A Arizona anonymous LLC hides your name from the public business registry. It does not make you untraceable, and there are specific, predictable points where DIY anonymity falls apart:

-   **The IRS responsible-party field.** Getting an EIN typically requires naming a responsible party with an SSN or ITIN. Listing yourself here is the most common self-inflicted privacy leak, and it happens after the LLC is already filed, when people assume the hard part is done.
-   **Litigation and subpoenas.** State anonymity is not a liability shield. In a lawsuit, a court can compel disclosure of the beneficial owner. Anonymity protects you from casual searches, not from legal process.
-   **Banking, KYC, and real-estate closings.** Banks and title companies are required to identify the beneficial owner. Your name will appear in those private files even when it never touches the public record.
-   **When you actually need structuring, not just a filing.** Multi-state operations, a nominee arrangement, or a double-LLC privacy structure are easy to get wrong in ways that defeat the privacy you paid for. These are attorney decisions, not form-filling.

In Arizona specifically, anonymity breaks the moment a human name reaches the member or manager attachment on the Articles of Organization, so the structure only holds if the Wyoming holding LLC — never you personally — is the entity listed there.

You do not have to map these risks on your own. LLC Attorney's attorney-trained Business Success Advisors are free and can tell you which of these situations needs a licensed attorney, and flat-fee consultations (no retainer) are available when one does.

## What You Actually Get When You Form Your Arizona Anonymous LLC with LLC Attorney

Filing an Arizona LLC is easy; making it anonymous is the part that goes wrong on a self-serve platform. Arizona will happily print your name on the public ACC record if you file member-managed with yourself as the member, and most cheap services do exactly that because they never set up the Wyoming holding layer that has to own the entity. Get the ownership slot wrong at filing and the only fix is an amendment that leaves your name in the filing history forever.

Included with LLC Attorney anonymous LLC formation, starting at $50:

-   A Arizona filing structured to keep your name off the the Arizona Corporation Commission entity search, using the state's privacy mechanism correctly rather than by accident.
-   Registered agent service at $125/year, so a third-party address — not yours — sits on the public record.
-   An EIN obtained without exposing you as the responsible party where the structure allows, the single most common way owners accidentally de-anonymize themselves.
-   An operating agreement that keeps members and managers off the public record while still documenting ownership privately.
-   Ongoing privacy maintenance across annual filings, so a routine renewal does not quietly put your name back on the record.
-   Access to attorney-trained Business Success Advisors at no charge, plus optional flat-fee attorney consultations (no retainer) when your situation needs a licensed attorney.

Because Arizona's privacy depends entirely on the Wyoming parent occupying the member or manager line — not on any state name-shielding — the value is in building both entities and the ownership chain correctly at formation, which is what is included here.

## Starting Your Arizona Anonymous LLC with LLC Attorney

Arizona's privacy structure is structural rather than statutory — but it only works if a Wyoming holding LLC is the listed member or manager from the first filing, because Arizona publishes whatever name sits in that slot and an amendment never erases the original record. Getting the organizer, registered agent, operating agreement, and FinCEN filing right at formation establishes your privacy foundation. Shortcuts at any of these steps create exposure that is hard to reverse.

The service handles Arizona anonymous LLC formation starting at $49. It serves as your registered agent and organizer — your name does not appear on the public filing. Same-day filing is available at no markup on state fees. FinCEN BOI filing guidance is included. On-demand attorney consultations in 30-minute increments cover operating agreement drafting, privacy structure design, and multi-state operating questions. See our [full pricing](/pricing) for all service tiers.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

Does forming an anonymous LLC in Arizona really keep my name private?

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Not by filing alone. Arizona requires the Articles of Organization to list members (if member-managed) or managers and any 20%-or-greater member (if manager-managed), and the ACC publishes that record at ecorp.azcc.gov. To form an anonymous Arizona LLC, you make a Wyoming holding LLC the listed member or manager, so the Wyoming entity's name appears on the ACC record instead of yours. Your name still lives in two non-public places regardless: your operating agreement and your federal FinCEN beneficial ownership report. The result is real public anonymity through structure, not the statutory name-shielding that Wyoming or New Mexico provide outright.

What is the difference between a Arizona anonymous LLC and a regular LLC?

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The structure is identical — the difference is in Arizona's filing requirements. Arizona does not require member or manager names in the Articles of Organization. A standard LLC formed in a state like California would list member names publicly. A Arizona LLC lists only the registered agent's address. Otherwise, both structures provide the same liability protection, management flexibility, and pass-through taxation.

Do I still have to disclose my name somewhere if I form an anonymous LLC?

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Yes — in two places. First, your operating agreement is a private internal document that typically names all members. Second, the Corporate Transparency Act requires a Beneficial Ownership Information report to FinCEN identifying all beneficial owners. Neither disclosure is public. FinCEN's database is accessible to law enforcement and certain financial institutions under specific conditions — not to the general public.

Can I open a bank account with an anonymous LLC?

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Yes. Banks require your Articles of Organization, EIN, operating agreement, and the personal ID of authorized signers. Federal anti-money-laundering rules also require banks to collect beneficial owner information internally. Your bank will know who owns the LLC — but that information stays within the bank and is not published in any database.

Is an anonymous LLC legal?

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Yes. Forming an LLC in a state that does not require member disclosure is fully legal. The structure is used by legitimate businesses, real estate investors, and privacy-conscious entrepreneurs nationwide. The only legal constraint is the federal FinCEN BOI reporting requirement, which applies to virtually every LLC regardless of where it is formed.

What happens to my anonymity if I get sued?

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A lawsuit against the Arizona LLC names the entity, not you, so litigation does not automatically expose you — but Arizona's public ACC filing already shows whoever is listed as member or manager, which is exactly why the Wyoming holding LLC should occupy that slot. With the Wyoming parent named, a pre-suit search reveals the Wyoming entity and your statutory agent's address, not you. During litigation a court can still order discovery that pierces to ownership, and on the personal-creditor side Arizona's exclusive-remedy charging order (A.R.S. § 29-3503) limits a member's creditor to a charging order rather than a forced sale. Structure protects you from casual search; it does not override a court order.

Can I convert my existing LLC into an anonymous LLC?

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You cannot convert an existing LLC formed in a disclosure state into an anonymous one — the public record already exists. The most common approach is to form a new Arizona LLC and transfer assets or business operations to it. An attorney consultation can walk through the transfer mechanics and tax implications.

What is the annual cost to maintain a Arizona anonymous LLC?

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Arizona's recurring cost is low. Formation is $50, there is no franchise tax, and Arizona LLCs file no annual report with the ACC. Pass-through income is taxed at Arizona's flat 2.5% rate, and businesses with taxable sales remit Transaction Privilege Tax through the Department of Revenue. A privacy structure adds the Wyoming holding LLC's costs on top: roughly $100 to form and a $60 minimum annual license tax, plus registered agent service in each state of about $100 to $300 per year.

## Learn More About Arizona

-   [Arizona LLC Formation](/states/az/llc-formation-arizona)
-   [Arizona Registered Agent](/states/az/registered-agent-arizona)
-   [Wyoming Anonymous LLC](/states/wy/anonymous-llc-wyoming)
-   [Arizona EIN Number](/states/az/ein-number-arizona)