US Company Formation Consulting

The honest first question: do you actually need an LLC?

We open with the question most consultancies skip: do you need this structure now? Selling on Amazon and Etsy with your home-country company works; an LLC earns its keep when US payment rails (Mercury, Stripe), certain approvals or scale demand it. Formed too early, it just burns fixed cost — we regularly tell people 'not yet'.

The process: end to end in 3–6 weeks

• 1. Structure decision (week 1): state and entity choice based on product, channel and volume; the cost calendar gets fixed.
• 2. Formation + EIN (weeks 2–5): registered agent, filing, Operating Agreement and the no-SSN EIN application — all remote. International applicants apply by phone, fax or mail; the IRS says fax usually takes about 4 business days.
• 3. Banking and connections (weeks 5–6): Mercury/Wise applications, Stripe, connecting Amazon to the LLC and passing verification. Mercury is a fintech, not a bank; it requires US business activity and won't accept a registered-agent address as your physical address — approval isn't guaranteed.

After formation: the part that doesn't abandon you

Forming an LLC is easy; keeping it compliant takes discipline. As part of delivery we set up your annual calendar: Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120 (penalties start at $25,000) and state obligations — in Delaware a $400 annual LLC tax due June 1, in Wyoming an annual report and license tax — coordinated with your home-country accountant. US-formed companies are exempt from FinCEN's BOI reporting.

The full background is in our US LLC guide. Company setup also ships inside the Brand Launch package, or as a standalone service. If your channel strategy isn't settled yet, start with cross-border consulting.