SOS Entity SearchPublic registry guide

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Wyoming business filings, made easier to navigate.

This is the practical starting point for researching entities administered by Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division. Find the public search tool, understand the state’s filing rhythm, and plan the evidence and maintenance steps that follow.

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Domestic LLC

Wyoming LLC Articles of Organization are $100, with a 2.4% online card-processing fee (minimum $1) when filed electronically. The filing requires a distinguishable name, Wyoming registered agent with physical address, organizer, principal office, and statutory LLC information.

Domestic corporation

Wyoming profit-corporation Articles of Incorporation are $100, plus the 2.4% online card-processing fee when applicable. Authorized shares, incorporator, registered agent/office, and corporate information must be supplied.

Standard turnaround

Wyoming allows LLC and profit-corporation formation online through WyoBiz and offers mail filing. The reviewed official pages do not promise a universal approval time; complete online filings are generally faster, subject to state review and payment acceptance.

Executive overview

What this state profile helps you decide

A state registry profile has two jobs. First, it tells you where the official record lives and how to search it. Second, it gives you enough compliance context to understand what the record means after you find it.

For Wyoming, the filing office is Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division. The current public-facing portal is powered or identified as Wyoming Business Center / WyoBiz. The agency page and search engine should be treated as the final source for live forms, accepted payment methods, processing queues, and entity-specific notices.

Use this page when you need a high-level answer. Use the linked modules when you are preparing an actual filing, trying to cure a delinquency, ordering documentary evidence, or changing the statutory agent.

State filing snapshot

The numbers and obligations to surface first

Decision pointWhat the current profile says
Domestic formationLLC: Wyoming LLC Articles of Organization are $100, with a 2.4% online card-processing fee (minimum $1) when filed electronically. The filing requires a distinguishable name, Wyoming registered agent with physical address, organizer, principal office, and statutory LLC information.
Corporation: Wyoming profit-corporation Articles of Incorporation are $100, plus the 2.4% online card-processing fee when applicable. Authorized shares, incorporator, registered agent/office, and corporate information must be supplied.
Foreign qualificationLLC: Wyoming foreign LLC Certificate of Authority is $150, plus online card-processing charges where applicable. File acceptable home-jurisdiction evidence, Wyoming registered agent/office, and required authority information.
Corporation: Wyoming foreign profit-corporation Certificate of Authority is $150. The application requires home-jurisdiction evidence, Wyoming agent/office, charter and officer information, and the statutory filing fee.
Recurring maintenanceLLC: Wyoming LLC annual reports are due on the first day of the anniversary month of formation or qualification and may be filed up to 120 days early. The annual license tax is $60 minimum or $0.0002 of assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater; online filing adds a 2.4% card-processing fee and e-filing is unavailable when the fee exceeds $500.
Corporation: Wyoming profit corporations use the same anniversary-month schedule and asset-based annual license tax: $60 minimum or two-tenths of one mill ($0.0002) on Wyoming assets, whichever is greater. Online payment adds 2.4% card processing and reports with fees over $500 cannot be filed electronically.
Registered agentWyoming permits an individual resident of Wyoming or a domestic/foreign business entity authorized in Wyoming to act as registered agent. The agent must maintain a physical Wyoming address; a drop box is not acceptable and a P.O. box may be listed only in addition to the physical address. Commercial agents representing more than ten entities must register.

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Formation is the beginning, not the compliance plan

The cheapest formation route is not always the simplest operating route. Before filing, confirm the name standard, statutory agent requirements, authorized-share or member information, local licensing, tax registrations, and any professional-entity restrictions that apply to the planned activity.

After formation, calendar the first report or statement immediately. A newly created entity may have a first-year exception, an anniversary-month due date, a quarterly filing window, or a separate tax obligation. Treat the agency record, revenue department account, and local license file as related—but separate—workstreams.

How to use the official record responsibly

Save the entity ID, legal name, status, registered agent and office, formation or qualification date, and the most recent filed document. When a third party asks for “proof,” ask whether it needs a current certificate, certified charter, tax clearance, apostille, or a plain search result. Those are different documents with different evidentiary value.