Register a company in Missouri

Yes. The Articles of Organization are filed online with the Secretary of State, and the organiser who signs them need not be a member. The EIN comes from the IRS by phone, fax or mail without an SSN. Banking is the variable: we choose between a fintech platform and a traditional bank for your file, and the traditional route works where you have a US footprint.

Formation starts from $2,400 all-in, including the Missouri filing fee ($50 online), the registered agent for the first year, the EIN and the operating agreement. With a fintech or bank account set up, from $4,400. After that, the LLC Act sets no annual report and the fee schedule lists no LLC report fee, while a C-Corp pays $20 online for each registration report.

For one owner trading or selling services, usually the LLC: it is taxed through you, Missouri follows the federal classification, and the LLC Act sets no annual report. A C-Corp makes sense once investors will hold shares. It pays 21% federal plus 4% Missouri tax, files registration reports listing officers and directors, and dividends to non-US shareholders carry 30% withholding unless a treaty lowers it. S-Corp status is closed to non-resident alien shareholders.

We found none to file: Chapter 347, the LLC Act, has no annual-report section, and the Secretary of State's fee schedule lists no LLC report fee. We confirm the position for your company when we file. What the state does enforce is the registered agent - an LLC that fails to keep one can be cancelled. Corporations are different: the first registration report is due within 30 days of incorporation, then each year by the end of the incorporation month, with $15 added for every late 30-day period.

A C-Corp pays 21% federal tax, plus 4% Missouri tax on its Missouri taxable income. A single-member LLC is disregarded and a multi-member LLC is a partnership, so profit is taxed on the owners. Income effectively connected with a US business is taxed at graduated rates, and a partnership withholds 37% (21% for corporate partners) on that income when it is allocated to non-US partners. A non-resident with Missouri income files Form MO-1040 with MO-NRI or MO-CR; under $600 of Missouri income, a return may not be needed. State sales tax is 4.225% plus local rates.

Tax. Missouri is not one of the no-income-tax states: corporate profit pays 4% and individuals up to 4.7%, with sales tax from 4.225% before local rates. PwC lists Wyoming, Nevada and Texas among the states with no personal income tax, and we form companies there too. If the state tax decides it for you, we will say so on the first call.

The Secretary of State gives no official processing time in days, but says many online filings are processed immediately after submission. The EIN usually follows within 4 business days by fax, or about 4 weeks by mail. If you also need an ITIN, allow 7 weeks, or 9-11 weeks when you apply from overseas or in tax season. Banking starts once the EIN is in hand.

That is what the second package is for. We decide fintech or traditional bank with you, prepare the application file with the Articles, the EIN letter and the operating agreement, and set up ACH, wires and Stripe once the account is approved. The traditional-bank route works where you have a US footprint. Approval is the provider's decision, so we do not promise an account before it is opened.

It depends on the classification. A single-member LLC with a non-US owner files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 by the 15th day of the fourth month after year-end, by fax or mail only, and the penalty for missing it is $25,000. A multi-member LLC files Form 1065, and a C-Corp files Form 1120. Beneficial ownership reports to FinCEN are off the list: under the final rule in force since 14 August 2026, US companies no longer file them.

If it will transact business in Missouri, yes, and before it starts. Missouri law calls an LLC from another US state a foreign LLC - the word refers to where the company was formed, not to the owner's nationality. The application needs a certificate of existence and a good standing certificate from the home state, dated within 60 calendar days of filing, and a Missouri registered agent; the paper fee is $105. We handle this as a state qualification, from $700.