Registered Agent Service

Serve as registered agent for businesses accepting legal documents and maintaining compliance in multiple states

Startup Cost
$3,000-$15,000
Difficulty
Intermediate
Time to Profit
6-12 months
Profit Potential
$3,000-$16,000/month

Overview

Registered agent services provide registered agent representation for businesses - accepting service of process, receiving official correspondence, maintaining compliance, and forwarding documents to business owners.

Every corporation and LLC requires registered agent in formation state.

Annual fees range from $100-$300 per entity.

Managing 200-1,000 registered agent clients generates $40,000-$200,000 annually with 80-95% margins after office and processing costs.

Target clients include businesses forming entities, multi-state businesses needing agents in each state, business formation services, attorneys and CPAs serving clients, and companies wanting privacy using commercial agent.

Services include registered agent representation, accepting service of process, forwarding legal and official mail, compliance reminders and monitoring, mail scanning and digital delivery, and potentially additional compliance services.

Success requires maintaining physical office addresses in served states, systems for receiving and forwarding documents promptly, compliance tracking and reminder systems, relationships with formation and business services, and potentially offering in all 50 states through partnerships.

Many registered agent businesses start in one state, expand to additional states through office networks or partnerships, bundle with entity formation services, offer compliance and monitoring add-ons, and build recurring annual revenue from entity clients.

Required Skills

  • Business Compliance
  • Document Processing
  • Multi-State Operations
  • Systems Management
  • Customer Service

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Recurring annual revenue per entity
  • Scalable through systems and automation
  • Can expand to all 50 states
  • Relatively passive once systems established
  • Bundle with other business services

Cons

  • Need physical addresses in served states
  • Liability for missing service of process
  • Competitive market with established players
  • Client churn when businesses dissolve
  • Compliance and regulatory requirements

How to Get Started

  1. Establish physical office address
  2. Develop document processing systems
  3. Create compliance tracking processes
  4. Start in one state and prove model
  5. Build relationships with formation services
  6. Expand to additional states strategically
  7. Consider compliance and monitoring add-ons

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