Northwest Registered Agent Review: Prices, Fine Print and Ratings
Plans, registered agent prices, three-year cost, fine print and ratings for Northwest Registered Agent, with what it costs in your state. We have not used these services ourselves; every figure is read from the company's own site or from the rating site named.
Northwest Registered Agent prices read from its own site on September 15, 2026; ZenBusiness prices read from its own site on September 22, 2026.
Last updated October 14, 2026
TL;DR: Northwest Registered Agent starts at $39 + state fee. Registered agent in year one: Included with $39 formation; after that, $125/yr. Our three-year total for its cheapest plan plus registered agent is $289, state fees excluded. The BBB grade is A, not BBB accredited, and Trustpilot shows 4.1/5 from 297 reviews, both as recorded September 15, 2026. On our score it places first of the four formation services we compare, at 94.3 out of 100.
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| Item | Northwest Registered Agent |
|---|---|
| Our score | 94.3 out of 100, first of four |
| Plans | Formation: $39 + state (one-time)Reg. Agent: $125/yr |
| Registered agent, year one | Included with $39 formation |
| Registered agent renewal | $125/yr |
| 3-year service cost | $289 ($39 + $125 + $125) |
| BBB | A, not BBB accredited |
| Trustpilot | 4.1/5 (297 reviews) |
| Prices read | September 15, 2026 |
| Ratings recorded | September 15, 2026 |
The 3-year service cost is our total of each service's cheapest plan plus registered agent for a new LLC, state fees excluded. BBB and Trustpilot figures are as recorded on the date shown and not re-checked since.
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What you'll pay in your state
Northwest Registered Agent charges the same in every state; what changes is the state's own filing fee and report fee. Pick your state to add them up. The year-one figure is the cheapest plan plus registered agent plus the state filing fee, and leaves out the state report and any other state charge.
| Northwest Registered Agent in Alabama | $239 in year oneCheapest plan Formation: $39 + state (one-time); registered agent in year one: Included with $39 formation (the same in every state); plus the Alabama filing fee. |
|---|---|
| Alabama filing fee | $200 |
| Alabama report fee | No annual or biennial report |
| Yearly state charges after year one | $0 a yearThe report fee per year plus any minimum entity-level tax we have checked for Alabama. |
Our estimated first-year state cost for an LLC in Alabama is $200, which is $32 less than the national average of $232. It counts a year's share of recurring state fees and taxes at their minimum, so what you pay in year one can differ.
Northwest in Alabama: Registered agent customers are enrolled by default in Northwest's renewal service, which charges your saved payment method $100, plus any state fee or tax it pays for you, each time it handles a state filing for you, cancellable any time.
Filing with Alabama yourself costs the state filing fee with no service charge. For your report's due date, use the annual report deadline tool.
Before you buy
What each record documents about automatic renewals, default enrollments and add-on prices, read from the company's own site. Check each one at checkout, because prices and defaults change.
Northwest Registered Agent
- EIN filing is a $50 add-on, and S-corp election is sold as a separate service.
- $39 formation fee vs $0 on starter plans elsewhere.
- Enrolls registered agent customers in report filing ($100 + state fees) by default.
- Registered agent in year one: Included with $39 formation; after that, $125/yr.
What Northwest Registered Agent does well
From Northwest Registered Agent's own record, as read on September 15, 2026 and, for ratings, as recorded September 15, 2026.
- Registered agent included for year one, then a flat $125/yr
- States in its privacy policy that it does not sell your information
- Runs its own servers
The alternative: ZenBusiness
ZenBusiness starts at $0 + state fee. Registered agent in year one: $99, not included in any plan; after that, $199/yr. That makes a three-year service cost of $497 against $289 for Northwest Registered Agent. On our score it scores 74.1 out of 100, against 94.3 out of 100 for Northwest Registered Agent.
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How the score works
The score is 55% three-year service cost, 25% BBB grade and 20% Trustpilot score, computed the same way for all four formation services on our ranking, and it never reads which service pays us.
- Northwest Registered Agent: 0.55 × 100 (cost) + 0.25 × 91.7 (BBB) + 0.2 × 82 (Trustpilot) = 94.3.
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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC
Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.
Sources
The pages each price and rating on this page was read from. Prices are as read on the dates printed above, and ratings as recorded on the dates in the table; both can change after those dates.
- northwestregisteredagent.com/llcNorthwest Registered Agent: LLC formation
- northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agentNorthwest Registered Agent: registered agent service
- zenbusiness.com/llc/ZenBusiness: LLC formation plans and prices
- zenbusiness.com/registered-agent/ZenBusiness: registered agent service
- bbb.orgBetter Business Bureau business profiles (grades and accreditation)
- trustpilot.comTrustpilot company pages (scores and review counts)