FORM A DELAWARE LLC

Lean by design. Backed by the law the pros rely on.

You want to stay nimble and still stand on solid ground. A Delaware LLC gives you both: the company law that sets the standard in American business, and a company as lean as your business needs it to be. Your name stays out of the public register, and you write your own rules.

We guide your formation and ongoing support in English. You focus on what you want to build.

Choose your path
Formation package, first year included
$4,700
Delaware state fee, no markup
$110
Total first year
$4,810
From the second year
$2,900 per year

plus $400 Delaware tax

Form a Delaware LLC
Included every year: the New Horizons Club, worth $1,299 a year.
Not sure which path fits? Call us: +1 512 647 1128

Delaware in numbers

Why Delaware
2/3
of the Fortune 500
More than two thirds are incorporated in Delaware.
2.28 million
Companies
More than 2.28 million businesses are registered in Delaware.
Almost 70%
of IPOs in 2025
That's how many companies going public in the US in 2025 chose Delaware.
225 years
Court of Chancery
A dedicated business court for more than 225 years.

Sources: Delaware Division of Corporations, Annual Report 2025 (June 2026); State of Delaware, Court of Chancery.

The package

Everything your LLC needs is in the package.

In your first year you get every service in the annual package. From the second year on, everything continues under the annual package. Your LLC is in good order from day one and stays that way.

01

Registration and documents

We file your formation electronically with the Delaware Division of Corporations and prepare the document set for your route. We pass the state fee on with no markup.

  • Certificate of Formation
  • Operating Agreement and organizational resolutions
  • Membership Register
  • For groups, also: the resolutions of your parent company
02

Accounts: Mercury, Wise and a bank in Austin

We submit your Mercury application with you as soon as your documents and EIN are in. You also get euro account details with your own IBAN through Wise and, if you come to Austin, a personal introduction at a traditional US bank.

03

Tax ID and BE-13

We apply for your Employer Identification Number (EIN) with the IRS. And we file the mandatory BE-13 report with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the filing many founders have never heard of.

04

Registered Agent in Delaware

Delaware requires every LLC to have a Registered Agent with an address in the state. It's included in the package from day one: mail from authorities and courts reaches you by email, and if a letter comes with a deadline, we tell you what to do.

05

Address and phone in Austin

Our Austin address goes on your letterhead and invoices, plus a US phone number with call answering.

06

Annual compliance

Members' meetings, resolutions and minutes, the member register, Delaware taxes and filings, and a calendar with every deadline. You sign, we handle the rest.

The six points in detail
07

106 contract templates

Contract templates under US law for your LLC's day-to-day business. From your first client contract to your first investor.

08

Support in English, as often as you need it

You ask, we answer, as often as you like. The only exceptions are custom documents drafted by the attorneys on the firm's team, and bookkeeping.

Included every year

New Horizons Club

With your LLC you become a member of the New Horizons Club. Membership starts with your order and is included in the formation package and every annual package, on both paths.

$1,299
Value per year, included in the package

Call In Days

With free consultations.

15 percent off

Two paths, clear prices

One question decides it: who owns the shares?

The answer determines which documents your LLC needs from day one. Everything else is the same on both paths: the formation, the Registered Agent, the accounts, the annual compliance and our support in English.

Path 01 · Part of a group of companies

Your company is the owner.

Your parent company is the member of your LLC. On top of the LLC's document set come the documents for your parent company.

Your document set
  • Certificate of Formation
  • Operating Agreement with your parent company as member
  • Organizational Resolutions
  • Resolutions of your parent company
  • Member list with the parent company as member
$4,700 Formation package, first year included
Delaware state fee, at cost
$110
Total first year
$4,810
Annual package from year two
$2,900 per year

plus $400 Delaware tax

Choose this path
Path 02 · Not part of a group

You hold the shares yourself.

On your own or with co-founders. The LLC belongs to you directly.

Your document set
  • Certificate of Formation
  • Operating Agreement
  • Organizational Resolutions
  • Membership Register
$3,450 Formation package, first year included
Delaware state fee, at cost
$110
Total first year
$3,560
Annual package from year two
$2,400 per year

plus $400 Delaware tax

Choose this path

Delaware doesn't require an annual report from an LLC. Bookkeeping is only added if you book it: from $250 a month, starting when you begin trading.

Not sure which path fits? Book a consultation or call our office: +1 512 647 1128. You can order directly on either path.

How it works

From order to account application, without flying to America.

Everything runs remotely. The timings below reflect our experience, not guarantees.

  1. 1
    Today
    You order

    Pick your path and extras on the order card. You see the total right away.

  2. 2
    After processing
    Formation in Delaware

    We file with the Division of Corporations and prepare your document set.

  3. 3
    About 4 business days
    Tax ID (EIN)

    Without a US Social Security number, we apply for the EIN by fax. The IRS quotes about four business days.

  4. 4
    Within 45 days
    BE-13 report

    We file the mandatory report with the Bureau of Economic Analysis on time.

  5. 5
    Once everything is in
    Mercury account

    With your formation documents and IRS letter (CP575 or 147C), we submit the application together with you. Mercury decides after its own review.

According to Mercury, no visit to the US is required. You only travel to Austin if you want an introduction to a traditional US bank. That is optional.

Accounts and credit history

Your US business account, applied for from home.

  • We apply for your business account at Mercury with you as soon as your formation documents and EIN are in hand. According to Mercury, it accepts applications from founders who are not US citizens and do not live in the US.
  • You set up euro account details with your own IBAN at Wise yourself. We guide you through it.
  • As the address where your company operates, give both your own, such as your office at home in Europe. Mercury and Wise do not accept a Registered Agent address for this.
  • If you come to Austin, we introduce you in person to a traditional US bank, free of charge. The bank decides on the account.
Add-on at formation

Credit Builder

$5,900 in the first year

Credit for your company and for you. The strongest business cards also check your personal credit history, so we build both.

  • Everything in US Bank Account Opening: ITIN Express included, US bank account, US residential address with phone line for 12 months, support getting your first credit card
  • Application for the Mercury IO card for your company
  • D-U-N-S number for your company
  • A second business card that reports to the credit bureaus
  • Support until your company has its own credit profile
  • 3 one-on-one calls and a monthly credit call

Annual compliance

The same obligations every year. You sign, we handle the rest.

A Delaware LLC has obligations, year after year. We take care of these six: in the formation package from day one, and after that with the annual package.

01

The annual members' meeting

We set the date and prepare the agenda and resolutions: acknowledging the annual financial statements, confirming the managers (if any are appointed) and ratifying the year's business. In writing or by video: we write the minutes and collect signatures electronically.

02

Resolutions, minutes and registers

We keep your LLC's resolutions and minutes, the member list and the list of managers (if any are appointed). Digital and always up to date.

03

The annual Delaware tax, paid on time

Your LLC pays Delaware a flat annual tax of $400 (from tax year 2026, previously $300), due by June 1 of the following year, for the first time in the year after formation. Delaware doesn't require an annual report from an LLC. We pay on time and pass the tax on at cost.

04

Registered Agent and mail

The Delaware Registered Agent stays in the annual package. Mail from authorities and courts reaches you by email, and we flag the deadlines.

05

One calendar for every deadline

Every deadline with Delaware, the IRS and the Bureau of Economic Analysis is in your calendar, and we remind you in good time. Since March 2025, the FinCEN report no longer applies to companies formed in the US, confirmed by a final rule of August 11, 2026. If it comes back, we'll handle it at no extra charge.

06

Year-round support and resolutions

Unlimited support in English. Need a resolution for a new account, a contract or a loan? We prepare it, within the usual scope and at no extra charge. Custom documents drafted by the attorneys on the firm's team: $450 per matter.

Resolutions and minutes

Your LLC's memory

When you want to work with a regulated supplier, take out a loan or sell your company, the first thing the other side asks for is your company's resolutions and minutes (the minute book). They show who owns the company, who runs it, who can sign and what was decided when.

If they are missing, they cannot be cleanly recreated after the fact. That is why we keep them from day one. When the moment comes, you just send a link.

BE-13

The mandatory filing many founders have never heard of

If a foreign person directly or indirectly holds at least ten percent of the voting rights, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis requires the BE-13 filing (15 CFR 801.7), even if it never contacts you. The deadline: 45 calendar days from formation.

We file it with every formation, as a short Claim for Exemption where total costs are up to $40 million. Above that, the full form applies, quoted individually.

Template library

106 contracts under US law, ready to fill in.

Every template in English, from your first customer contract to your first investor. Your LLC's Operating Agreement, resolutions and minutes are already included in the package.

Once you've paid, sign in at mtbonnell.com/vorlagen with the email address you used for your order. No password needed: we send you a code by email. The templates are tailored to your LLC, with the LLC as the contracting party and members and managers built in. They don't replace advice on your specific case: where it really matters, one of the attorneys on the firm's team drafts the document.

Sell products or services
26
Business partnerships
12
Business financing
11
Buy and sell real estate
11
Compliance and LLC documents
10
Contract management
10
Liability risk management
9
Invoicing and billing
9
Work with investors
4
LLC formation
3
General
1
Total
106

Why Delaware

The corporate law investors look for.

Delaware is small, but it sets the standard in American corporate law. More than two thirds of the Fortune 500 are incorporated there, and almost 70 percent of the companies that went public in the US in 2025 chose Delaware.

Brick townhouses with white columns and front steps on a Delaware street in autumn.
Chancery

A dedicated business court

The Court of Chancery is a specialized court for business, more than 225 years old, and it has written much of modern American corporate law. Appeals go straight to the Delaware Supreme Court.

0 names

Discreet in the register

The public Certificate of Formation names neither members nor managers, only the LLC's name and its Registered Agent.

$110

State fee with no markup

The Division of Corporations' formation fee. We pass it on without markup and show it separately.

Sources: Delaware Division of Corporations (Annual Report 2025, fee schedule as of August 1, 2026); Delaware Code, Title 6 and Title 8; State of Delaware, Court of Chancery.

Foreign Qualification

Doing business in another state?

If your Delaware LLC does business in another state, that state usually requires it to register there as a foreign company (foreign qualification). It then also needs a Registered Agent there and takes on that state's annual filings.

When you need it: Each state sets its own rules. In Texas, for example, the Secretary of State's guidance says you are generally doing business there if you have an office or employees in the state; a bank account or a single, completed transaction alone does not count. Register late and you owe the fees and taxes that would have been due had you registered on time.

If you only do business in Texas, forming directly there is the shorter route: Formation in Texas.

Registration in another state
Application for registration, per state
$750
Registered Agent there, first year
included
From the second year, per state
$650 per year

We pass the state fee on at cost; the order card shows it for each state.

Choose a state in the order card

Extras

Extras when you need them. Each with its own price.

The packages cover everything every LLC needs. You can add these services in the order form, or later at the same prices.

Go to the order form
Strategy

Tax strategy

$2,000per company

In writing: a clean structure between the parent and its US subsidiary, or between you and your LLC. Coordinated with your accountant at home.

Full details
Roadmap

Visa roadmap

$2,000per company

In writing: which route to the USA fits you and your team, prepared with the immigration attorney on the firm's team. Filing and government fees are separate.

Full details
For Europe

European document package

$790one-time

Certificate of Good Standing and a notarized Certificate of Incumbency, both with apostille.

Full details
Credit

Credit Builder

$5,900in the first year

Credit for your company and for you. The strongest business cards also check your personal credit history, so we build both.

Full details
Tax strategy and visa roadmap together: in one order, you save $400. $3,600
Ongoing, as needed
Bookkeeping starts, and is billed, when your business starts. You book the tax return when it's due: every January we send you the order link for the previous year.

Bookkeeping

Basic · up to 50 transactions$250 /month
Operating · up to 200$500 /month
Growth · up to 500$1,000 /month
Your LLC's tax return$600

If your LLC has a single member based outside the US, it files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 cover sheet for every year with reportable transactions with that member; we handle this for $600. If it has several members, it files a partnership return (Form 1065) for $1,500; for that amount we first review your documents, and it is credited toward our fixed-price quote.

Deadlines and Form 5472
If your fiscal year is the calendar year, Form 5472 with the Form 1120 cover sheet is due by April 15 of the following year, and Form 1065 by March 15. Form 7004 extends each deadline by six months. Failing to file Form 5472 can trigger a penalty of 25,000 US dollars.
Payroll
per employee per month, after a one-time setup of $1,600
$60
Sales tax: registration and ongoing returns
per state
$490
Custom resolutions
by the attorney on the firm's team, per matter
$450

Questions

Questions about forming in Delaware, answered clearly.

Don't see your question?

Our office in Austin answers around the clock, in English.

+1 512 647 1128 Or book a consultation
Which route fits me: part of a corporate group or not?
If a company is a member, such as your company at home, your LLC is part of a corporate group. It then also needs your parent company's documents, above all its resolutions. If you hold the shares yourself, alone or with co-founders, it is not part of a group.
Who can be a member or manager?
Any individual or company, of any nationality and living anywhere in the world. An LLC can have a single owner (in the US: a member). It is run by its members or by managers who don't have to be members; you decide which at formation. The public Certificate of Formation names neither members nor managers, only the LLC's name and its Registered Agent.
How much share capital is required?
There is no share capital requirement, and Delaware sets no minimum capital. What the members contribute is set out in your Operating Agreement.
Do I have to travel to the USA?
Not for the formation; everything is done remotely. You only travel to Austin for the optional introduction at a traditional US bank. With Credit Builder, you travel to the USA once for the bank appointment. Here's how it works.
How long does it take?
Delaware gives no fixed timeframe for standard processing; for a fee, the state works faster, down to one hour. Once the corporation is formed, the EIN, BE-13 and bank application follow step by step.
What do we need for identity verification (KYC)?
For the formation: details of the members and, if there are any, the managers; in a group, also details of your parent company and its representatives. For Mercury: the formation documents, the IRS letter confirming the EIN and your passport; Mercury may also ask for proof of address. For the euro account details, Wise requires photo ID of the owners and proof of the company's address.
What does it cost from the second year?
The annual package: $2,400 a year on its own, $2,900 a year in a group. Plus state fees at cost: in Delaware, that's your LLC's annual tax of $400, due by June 1. Bookkeeping and tax returns are only added if you book them.
Do I really need resolutions and minutes?
Yes. They are your LLC's memory, and anyone who does business with you, lends to you or buys from you will want to see them. We keep them from day one. Why they matter.
Can your LLC get a US account even if you live in Europe?
According to Mercury, it accepts applications from founders without US citizenship or US residence if the company is formed in the US, operates or plans to operate there and provides a real business address (no Registered Agent address, no P.O. box). We file the application with you once the documents and EIN are in place; Mercury decides on the account. On top of that, euro account details through Wise and, if you travel to Austin, an introduction at a traditional US bank. More under US banking.
Can my company send employees to its US company?
That's what the L-1 is for, and it's the preferred route: your company transfers someone who has worked for it full time for at least one continuous year in the three years before the application, in a managerial role or with specialized knowledge. For a new US office, business premises must be secured, and the first approval is valid for one year at most. Which route suits whom is set out in writing in the visa roadmap for $2,000, prepared with the immigration attorney on the firm's team, who also files the petitions.
What does the LLC mean for me and my company tax-wise?
That depends on your situation, and that's exactly what the $2,000 tax plan is for: in writing and coordinated with your accountant at home. In Delaware, your LLC pays the annual tax; state income tax only applies to income from business in Delaware. On top of that come US federal taxes, and for you or your company, the taxes in your home country.
How do I build a credit history in the USA?
With two connected histories: yours and your company's. The strongest business cards also check your personal credit history. That's why we build both. For you: ITIN Express included, a US bank account, a US residential address with a phone line and our guidance to your first credit card; on-time payments on cards that report to the credit bureaus can help build a credit history. For your company: the D-U-N-S number, the Mercury IO card, whose payments Mercury says it reports to Experian, Equifax and Dun & Bradstreet (Mercury decides on the card), and a second business card that reports to the bureaus. We stay with you until your company has its own credit. All about Credit Builder.

Order

Your Delaware LLC, ready to form.

First choose your route, then the extras you need. You see the total instantly; state fees are shown separately.

1 Your route
2 Formation extras
+ Registration in another state
3 Ongoing, once your business starts

Nothing is due today. You reserve bookkeeping now; it starts, and is billed, when your business starts.

Bookkeeping, billed from business start