Montana. The sky really is bigger here.

The character of the state

There is a reason Montana calls itself Big Sky Country, and you only really get it once you are there: between Yellowstone in the south and Glacier National Park in the north stretches a sky that makes everything beneath it look small and honest. Fewer than a handful of people per square kilometre, ranches larger than many a county, and the kind of people who fix their own fences.

Montana does not ask for much and does not promise much: a handshake state, although its register is as open as its landscape. Your name appears in it.

Who Montana makes sense for

For anyone with a personal tie to the state, or who simply enjoys an address under the big sky. If you need anonymity in the register: Wyoming lies directly to the south and delivers it.

Do you really need a Montana LLC?

The honest counter-question before you order: if what draws you to Montana is mainly the look, you do not need a Montana LLC for it. Your business address is yours to choose, in any state, for any LLC. You can get a Billings address from one of the many virtual business address providers for around $20 to $150 a month; you book that yourself, directly with the provider, and it is not part of our package. Combined with a Wyoming LLC you get the same presence, plus anonymity in the register and the strongest statutory asset protection in the US.

There are two things an address cannot replace, though, and they belong to the full picture. First: your contracts and invoices state the company's state of formation. If you need "Montana" to appear there explicitly, you really do need the Montana LLC. Second: an address is appearance, not substance. If you actually keep premises, staff or ongoing business operations in Montana, you create a real connection there with reporting and tax consequences, regardless of where the LLC was formed. Set-ups like that belong in a consultation (held in English only) beforehand.

And if your reason for Montana is a personal or business tie: good choice. That is exactly what this page is for.

No hidden fees, no surprise bills for extra work

Our flat fee covers every service you need to form your Montana LLC and run it for the first 12 months. You will find a detailed description of the services here. Bought one by one, these services cost over $6,500. With us: one flat fee, $2,535, done.

Formation and taxes

Formation takes about 5 to 10 days. Set up correctly, the Montana zero-tax LLC pays no income tax in the United States. Whether, and to what extent, the profits are taxable in your country of residence is a question for your tax adviser or for a consultation, held in English.

Transparency in the register

Montana's register names the people responsible for your LLC. If you do not want your name to appear anywhere, choose Wyoming or New Mexico. More under anonymity.