Wyoming Single-Member LLC (2026) (2026)
Wyoming single-member LLCs combine the lowest costs in the country with the strongest asset protection and privacy laws.
Why Wyoming for a Single-Member LLC?
Wyoming is consistently ranked as one of the top two states (with Delaware) for LLC formation. For single-member LLCs specifically, Wyoming offers: no income tax, exclusive charging order protection, anonymous ownership option, and just $60/year annual maintenance.
How to Form
File Articles of Organization with the Wyoming Secretary of State ($100), designate a Wyoming registered agent, and obtain an EIN. Corp Nation handles all of this for $149 + $100 state fee.
Tax Treatment
The IRS treats your Wyoming single-member LLC as a disregarded entity. All income and expenses are reported on Schedule C of your personal Form 1040. You pay federal income tax and SE tax (15.3%) — but zero Wyoming state income tax.
Charging Order Protection
Wyoming’s charging order protection is “exclusive remedy” — meaning creditors can only attach to LLC distributions, not seize LLC assets or force a liquidation. This makes Wyoming SMLLCs one of the strongest asset protection structures available.
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Solo Doesn’t Mean Unprotected. A Single-Member LLC Changes Everything.
You built this business alone. The least you can do is protect it properly.
Most single-member LLC owners started the same way: freelancing, consulting, selling something, building something — doing it on their own without a business partner. At some point, someone tells them they should “get an LLC.” So they Google it, find out it costs $100–$300 depending on the state, and wonder if it’s worth it.
It’s worth it. Here’s why, in plain language.
Right now, if someone slips and falls at a job site you’re working on, or a client claims you damaged their business with your work, or you get sued for any reason related to your business — that lawsuit is against you. Your personal bank account. Your car. Your home equity. Everything you own is on the table.
With a single-member LLC, that lawsuit is against the LLC. Your personal assets stay out of it, as long as you’ve maintained proper separation — separate bank account, operating agreement, clean records. The LLC takes the hit. You keep your savings.
That’s not hypothetical. That’s the entire point of the structure.
Now here’s what most people also don’t know about single-member LLCs: you still need an operating agreement. Even in states that don’t require it, an operating agreement is what establishes the LLC as a real, legitimate, separate entity. Without one, courts in Wyoming and elsewhere have found reasons to treat single-member LLCs as indistinguishable from their owner — which destroys the protection entirely.
Corp Nation fixes all of this in one step.
For $149 plus the Wyoming state filing fee, you get: Articles of Organization filed correctly, a registered agent with a Wyoming address, EIN obtainment, and a customized single-member operating agreement. Everything you need to open a business bank account, take on clients, sign contracts, and operate with genuine legal protection.
You built the business alone. You don’t have to navigate the legal setup alone.
Let Corp Nation handle the paperwork. You handle the work you’re actually great at.