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Kansas foreign qualification fee
Kansas charges $115 to qualify a foreign LLC, paid to the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division with Form FA, Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business.
The fee, broken down
- State fee
- $115
- Route
- One fee, whichever way you file
- Rank
- 22nd cheapest of 50
- Against the median
- $27.50 below the median
- With a $199 service
- $314
- Yearly filing after
- Information Report (Kansas Secretary of State), every two years, $90 (due: april 15, every second year)
Nearest on the ranking: South Carolina $110 · Connecticut $120.
Best 2 Foreign Registration Services in Kansas (2026)
- 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $115 state fee = $314; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
- 2. KS Registered Agent.org $199 + the $115 state fee = $314; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
Service prices read from each provider’s Kansas page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Only one registered-agent brand on our list serves Kansas, so this list has two entries.
What the fee buys
The fee pays for the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division to review and file Form FA, Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business. No home-state certificate is needed for an LLC, so there is no second state fee to plan for. File through the state office.
Kansas fee questions
What is the Kansas foreign qualification fee?
$115 for an LLC.
Is Kansas expensive to qualify in?
It ranks 22nd of 50 from the cheapest, $27.50 below the median of $142.50.
What will I pay each year after qualifying in Kansas?
Information Report (Kansas Secretary of State), every two years, $90 (due: april 15, every second year), plus your registered agent.
Where the figures come from
- Form FA, foreign business application: sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/FA.pdf, checked October 8, 2026
- Kansas Secretary of State, information reports: sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html, checked October 8, 2026
- Kansas Secretary of State, register a business: sos.ks.gov/businesses/register-a-business.html, checked October 8, 2026
- K.S.A. 17-7932, activities that are not doing business: ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_079_0032.html, checked October 8, 2026
- K.S.A. 17-76,126, effect of failing to register: ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_076_0126.html, checked October 8, 2026