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Register Your Massachusetts LLC in New Hampshire
Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Massachusetts LLCs expanding into New Hampshire.
Cost Summary
- New Hampshire filing fee
- $100
- Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing (Corporations Division)
- $25
- Annual obligation in New Hampshire
- $100/year
- Estimated year 1 total
- $225
Note: Year 1 total includes the $100 filing fee in New Hampshire, the $25 Certificate of Good Standing (Corporations Division) fee from Massachusetts, and $100 in first-year New Hampshire state charges. Registered agent fees (typically $100-$200/year) are not included.
Massachusetts data last reviewed Aug 19, 2026 · sec.state.ma.us
New Hampshire data last reviewed Aug 21, 2026 · sos.nh.gov
How to register your Massachusetts LLC in New Hampshire
1
Check name availability in New Hampshire
Before filing, verify that your LLC name (or a distinguishable variation) is available in New Hampshire. If your exact name is already taken, you may need to register under a fictitious or assumed name.
Search the business name register on the New Hampshire Secretary of State website before you file.
2
Get a Certificate of Good Standing (Corporations Division) from Massachusetts
New Hampshire requires a Certificate of Good Standing (Corporations Division) from Massachusetts to prove your LLC is in good standing. The fee is $25. Available to order online. No expiration printed on the certificate itself. When Massachusetts is the destination for a foreign qualification, the home-state certificate must have been issued not more than 90 days before submission. The window is in the regulation, not on the form.
Order from Massachusetts ↗
3
File the Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company in New Hampshire
Submit your application along with the Certificate of Good Standing (Corporations Division) and the $100 filing fee. Processing time is New Hampshire publishes no standing turnaround. It states that processing times vary by filing type and time of year, and posts a current processing date in the Announcements on the NH QuickStart login page. Expedited service is $25 and is sold in person only, at the Customer Lobby in Concord. Expedited processing available for $25, and it is counter only. New Hampshire sells it in person at the Customer Lobby in Concord and does not offer it online or by post. No turnaround is published for the expedite itself; standard online processing is posted as no more than 10 business days on one FAQ page and 10 to 15 on another. Online filing is available.
New Hampshire filing portal ↗
4
Appoint a registered agent in New Hampshire
You must designate a registered agent with a physical address in New Hampshire to accept legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This is required as part of the foreign qualification application.
Ongoing compliance in New Hampshire
- Annual report
- $100/year
- Report due
- April 1
- Processing time
- New Hampshire publishes no standing turnaround. It states that processing times vary by filing type and time of year, and posts a current processing date in the Announcements on the NH QuickStart login page. Expedited service is $25 and is sold in person only, at the Customer Lobby in Concord
- Expedite
- $25, and it is counter only. New Hampshire sells it in person at the Customer Lobby in Concord and does not offer it online or by post. No turnaround is published for the expedite itself; standard online processing is posted as no more than 10 business days on one FAQ page and 10 to 15 on another
Important to know about New Hampshire
- The annual report is $100 and due April 1 on a fixed calendar rather than the registration anniversary.
Registering after you already started doing business in New Hampshire? See the New Hampshire late-registration penalties for the back fees and fines that can apply.
Activities that do NOT require registration in New Hampshire
- Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding
- Holding meetings of members or managers, or carrying on other internal company affairs
- Maintaining bank accounts
- Maintaining transfer, exchange, or registration offices for the company's own securities or interests, or trustees or depositories for them
- Selling through independent contractors
- Soliciting or obtaining orders, if the orders require acceptance outside New Hampshire to become contracts
- Creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property
- Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing mortgages and security interests in the property securing them
- Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
- Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of a series of like transactions
- Transacting business in interstate commerce
- Owning a controlling interest in a corporation that is doing business here
- Being a limited partner of a limited partnership that is doing business here
- Being a member or manager of an LLC or foreign LLC that is doing business here
Under RSA 304-C:174. Fourteen items across two paragraphs. The tax disclaimer in paragraph III is weaker than standard: it expressly preserves a Business Profits Tax finding under RSA 77-A:1, XII, so a registration safe harbor does not imply BPT safety.
Need a registered agent in New Hampshire?
A registered agent is required for foreign qualification. These services operate in all 50 states.
Get Northwest Registered Agent ↗
Recommended · $125/year · Privacy included
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
Not sure which service fits? Our full Northwest Registered Agent review and Harbor Compliance review cover pricing, renewal terms, and where each one fits.
Need a business address in New Hampshire?
A virtual mailbox gives your LLC a professional address in New Hampshire for mail forwarding, public filings, and banking, without leasing office space.
Independent mailbox providers
This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify all fees and requirements with the New Hampshire Secretary of State before filing.