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2 Best Registered Agents in Kansas (2026): Our Honest Take

If you need registered agents in Kansas in 2026, we'd go with Mainstay Filing ($149 a year) and KS Registered Agent.org ($99 a year), in that order. Year one costs $99 to $149; three years cost $297 to $447.
From the LLC Plainly editorial team

Short answer

Must you name one?
Yes, it's required
Official title
Resident agent
Service price
$99 to $149 every year
Best first
Mainstay Filing then KS Registered Agent.org

Kansas: the ranking

Wondering about the order? How we pick explains it.
Start here

1. Mainstay Filing: best for an agent that goes where you go

Costs $149 a year, then $149 yearly

Why Mainstay Filing? Honestly, one account at $149 a year works in whichever state you register in.

Over three years you'd pay $150 more than with KS Registered Agent.org, and that buys service in every state.

Your money buys

  • A real in-state address
  • We scan up to three government mailings a year at no charge
  • Not just LLCs: corporations, LPs, LLPs and nonprofits as well

The good

  • It follows you to any state
  • Locked at $149 a year

Trade-offs

  • Runs $50 higher a year
  • You get an agent and nothing more
One-state pick

2. KS Registered Agent.org: best for one-state companies

Costs $99 a year, then $99 yearly

Number 2 is KS Registered Agent.org: it's $99 a year, $99 once you renew, for an LLC that stays in Kansas.

Your money buys

  • An in-state street address
  • Your legal mail, scanned

The good

  • Annual price $99; renewal price $99
  • Under Mainstay Filing on yearly price

Trade-offs

  • Works in Kansas and nowhere else
  • It doesn't take the information report off your hands

How they compare

#CompanyYear oneAfter year oneThree-year totalWhat you get
1Mainstay Filing$149$149/yr$447A real in-state address; we scan up to three government mailings a year at no charge; Not just LLCs: corporations, LPs, LLPs and nonprofits as wellHead to Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2KS Registered Agent.org$99$99/yr$297An in-state street address; your legal mail, scannedHead to KS Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
We read these prices on November 13, 2026. Three years means year one plus two renewals.

The questions, one by one

Could I skip naming a resident agent?

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Cited law: K.S.A. 17-7925. ksrevisor.gov, last seen October 2026

Who counts?

The company itself, a Kansas resident, or a business entity formed in Kansas or authorized to do business there.

An owner who meets the rule may be the agent with no charge from the state.

What will I pay an agent?

Prices start at $99 to $149 a year, and three years total $297 to $447.

The state charges the same no matter the agent.

What does the agent handle?

It takes legal documents for your LLC at its Kansas address.

What matters is that nothing important goes unnoticed while you're out. Service of process, translated

What's due each year apart from the agent?

Put $90 aside every other year for the information report. The due date, per the state, is 15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end; put it on your calendar.

sos.ks.gov, last seen October 2026

What's behind the ranking?

Mainstay Filing leads on work taken off your hands, a 31% check.

Together, cost across three years and work taken off your hands make up 64% of the score.

It's the only pick that works in all fifty states, which pays off the day your LLC registers elsewhere.

How we pick

Kansas requirements, with sources

WhatThe answerCheck it
Cost to form the LLC$85sos.ks.gov, last seen October 2026
Resident agentYes, it's requiredksrevisor.gov, last seen October 2026
Information report$90 every two yearssos.ks.gov, last seen October 2026
State cost over three years$175Added from the rows
The bottom row isn't a state figure. It's our total of the filing fee, the next two reports and the minimum tax, if the state has one.

A few more

Can I act as my own agent?

Usually yes. Check the two rules above, who qualifies and the address.

Where does the agent have to be located?

The address has to be a Kansas address where the agent is regularly present. P.O. boxes are not accepted.

What's each pick's bill across three years?

Mainstay Filing $447; KS Registered Agent.org $297

Where did you get these numbers?

Official Kansas sources on the state side and company pricing on the service side, all dated.

Do I need to hire a service?

No law says you must hire anyone.

Which registered agent would you hire in Kansas?

Mainstay Filing comes first: the $149 yearly price goes with you to any state you add. Then come KS Registered Agent.org.

Check our work

  1. October 2026: confirmed Kansas Form ILC, Information Report using sos.ks.gov
  2. August 2026: confirmed Kansas report due date using ksrevisor.gov
  3. October 2026: confirmed Kansas Secretary of State, Form using sos.ks.gov
  4. October 2026: confirmed Kansas formation fee: Filing fee using sos.ks.gov
  5. October 2026: confirmed Kansas registered agent statute using ksrevisor.gov
  6. November 13, 2026: the Mainstay Filing Kansas service page
  7. November 13, 2026: the KS Registered Agent.org pricing page