Vermont requires every LLC and corporation to keep a registered agent with a Vermont street address. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site. Changing your agent costs $35 for an LLC and $25 for a corporation. The annual report due date is not published on the page we read. If you have no agent: The Secretary of State collects $35.00 each time process is served on the Secretary of State [as agent for an entity that fails to maintain a registered agent].. Hiring an agent costs $125 to $249 a year at renewal on the providers' own sites, read 2026-09-08; first-year offers run lower.
This page is general information, not legal advice. State fees, forms and deadlines change. Every fact is quoted from the state filing office or statute with the date we read it. Confirm on the official page before you file. Terms of use.
How to change your registered agent in Vermont
Three steps. Most owners finish online in under fifteen minutes.
- Choose the new agent. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site. Or hire a service from the price table below; they give you their Vermont street address to put on the form.
- File online. "All filings must be completed online. To pay by paper check, select I Want to Print & Mail With Check..." (from the Online Business Service Center flow described on the Annual/Biennial Reports page; the exact login URL for the Online Business Service Center portal is not in cache). Open sos.vermont.gov
- Or file the paper form. Statement of Change of Registered Agent/Registered Office, from the Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division. Mail it to: Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division, 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633. Open the Vermont filing office Direct PDF
- Pay the fee. Changing your agent costs $35 for an LLC and $25 for a corporation. Keep the confirmation; the new agent is effective when the state records it.
Mail or visit: Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division, 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633 Open in maps
What a registered agent costs in Vermont
Yearly fee from each provider's own site on the date shown: what a new customer pays the first year, and what it renews at. Sorted by renewal price, because that is what you pay every year after. "No link" means we have no agreement with that provider; it is listed on the same terms. Best is not always the one we earn from, and we say which is which.
| Provider | First year | Renews at | Terms and what is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Registered Agentno link, no agreement | $125 | $125 | Same price every year, per its page
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| Harbor Complianceno link, no agreement | $99 | $149 | Renews at 149 per year after the first
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| Bizeeno link, no agreement | $149 | $149 | 149 per year standalone or on renewal; first year free only with a bizee formation
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| ZenBusinessno link, no agreement | $99 | $199 | Renews at 199 per year
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| LegalZoomno link, no agreement | $249 | $249 | Auto-renews; renewal rate subject to change, per its page
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What switching to the cheapest renewal saves
| If you renew with | Renews at | Saved per year | Over 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalZoom | $249 | $124 | $372 |
| ZenBusiness | $199 | $74 | $222 |
| Harbor Compliance | $149 | $24 | $72 |
| Bizee | $149 | $24 | $72 |
Compared with Northwest Registered Agent at $125 a year, prices read 2026-09-08. Switching costs the state change fee shown above, once.
Type your current renewal price to see the saving.
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Vermont at a glance
Fees, forms and deadlines
| Item | Vermont |
|---|---|
| Filing office | Vermont Secretary of State, Corporations Division sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filingsSource: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/registered-office-a, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (LLC) | not foundSource: legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/title/11A, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (corporation) | not foundSource: legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/title/11A, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent form | Statement of Change of Registered Agent/Registered Office (online filing available)Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, LLC | $35Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, corporation | $25Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual Report (LLC/PLC/L3C and profit corporations) / Biennial Report (nonprofit corporations, LLPs, MBEs) due | not published ("you must renew your business registration each fiscal year by filing an annual report within the first two and a half months (Profit Corps.) or three months (LLC/PLC/L3C) following the fiscal year end on record"; LLPs and MBEs file annually between January 1 and April 1 regardless of fiscal year end; nonprofit corporations file a biennial report between January 1 and April 1, starting the first year after initial registration.)Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, LLC | $45Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, corporation | $60Source: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| Late fee | not publishedSource: sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08 |
| No agent on file | The Secretary of State collects $35.00 each time process is served on the Secretary of State [as agent for an entity that fails to maintain a registered agent]. 11 V.S.A. § 4012Source: legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/04012 (secondary source), read 2026-09-08 |
| Be your own agent | Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site |
What the statute says
A registered agent is the person or company the state and the courts send legal papers to. The agent must have a street address in Vermont, not a PO box, and be available during business hours. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site.
Annual report and what happens without an agent
The annual report due date is not published on the page we read. Fee: $45 for an LLC, $60 for a corporation. Late fee: not published.
Without an agent on file: The Secretary of State collects $35.00 each time process is served on the Secretary of State [as agent for an entity that fails to maintain a registered agent]. (11 V.S.A. § 4012). In practice that means missed lawsuits and a company that can lose its good standing.
Sources and dates
- https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/registered-office-agent-filings, read 2026-09-08
- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/title/11A, read 2026-09-08
- https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes, read 2026-09-08
- https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/04012, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.harborcompliance.com/registered-agent-service, read 2026-09-08
- https://bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.zenbusiness.com/registered-agent-service/, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.legalzoom.com/business/business-operations/registered-agent-overview.html, read 2026-09-08
This page is general information, not legal advice. State fees, forms and deadlines change. Every fact is quoted from the state filing office or statute with the date we read it. Confirm on the official page before you file.
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