What does it cost to keep a Firstbase LLC compliant each year?
Quick answer
Your main recurring costs are the state's annual fee and a registered agent. Expect roughly $60 per year in Wyoming or $300 per year in Delaware for the state, plus about $299 per year if you keep Firstbase's Agent Autopilot. Firstbase's $399 Start fee is one-time, not annual.
The good news first: the $399 Start package is a one-time formation fee, so it does not repeat every year. Your ongoing compliance costs are a handful of predictable line items, and once you know them there are no surprises. They fall into two buckets: what the state requires, and the registered agent your company must maintain.
State costs depend on where you formed. A Wyoming LLC owes an annual report with a minimum of about $60 per year. A Delaware LLC owes a flat $300 per year franchise tax, due June 1. (For reference, a Delaware C-Corp is different: a minimum $175 franchise tax plus a $50 annual report, due March 1.) These are paid to the state, not to Firstbase, and every US LLC owes its state fee regardless of who formed it.
The second recurring cost is a registered agent, which every US company is legally required to have. Firstbase offers this as Agent Autopilot at $299 per year per state. Whether year one of the agent is included in your $399 is not clearly stated on the pricing page, so confirm that at checkout rather than assuming either way. You are also free to use a different registered agent provider, and some, like Northwest, charge less, though switching means updating your state records.
So a realistic yearly total for a bootstrapped LLC that keeps Firstbase as agent is roughly $60 plus about $299 in Wyoming, or about $300 plus about $299 in Delaware, before any optional extras. If you want more bundled, Firstbase One is $199 per month ($2,388 per year) and adds mailroom, agent, accounting, and tax filing, which only makes sense if you actually want those services rather than as a default.
Best-outcome tip: put your state deadline on a calendar the day you form (June 1 for a Delaware LLC, your report date for Wyoming), because a missed state filing risks penalties or loss of good standing, which costs far more than the fee itself. If you want to trim the recurring bill, compare registered agent providers, and if you ever cancel Firstbase, remember you can keep the LLC and just move the agent.
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