The Agent On File vs. Northwest Registered Agent

An honest comparison, including the case for choosing them. Prices for the incumbent are as checked on 2026-10-23; ours are the launch prices published on the pricing page.

Side by side

QuestionNorthwest Registered AgentThe Agent On File

Agent price$125/yr, renewing at $125 (checked 2026-10-23)$149/yr, renewing at $149

CalendarVaries by planThe obligation ledger is the core product: verified state data, 45/21/7/2 ladder, satisfaction by evidence

MailScans per their plan termsProcess + state mail scanned, typically within 24 hours, everywhere; full mirroring in twenty states; SOP escalates by phone until acknowledged

Who the agent isThe incumbent itselfRegistered Agents Inc, named before purchase, engaged through PNR Wholesale Services LLC

Available todayYesCheckup and free reminder tier now; enrollment opens with the founding list

What they do well

The privacy specialist: their address goes on public filings in place of yours wherever the state allows, the operation is mature and in-house, and the renewal price is the starting price — a discipline we copy on purpose.

Choose Northwest Registered Agent if

You need an agent today, in a state we have not opened yet, and privacy-forward filing help matters more than the calendar engine. They are open for business now; our enrollment opens with the founding list.

Choose us if

Your state is one of our verified hubs, the deadline ledger matters as much as the address, and you want mail escalation with acknowledgement — not forwarding — as the standard.

If you choose them today because we are not open in your state yet: the no-gap switch exists for exactly that. Hire the agent you need now; move when your state opens, successor first, with proof on the record.

The rate card, and the order we open in

The Agent On File — agent, calendar, mail vault$149per entity, per year · renews at $149

Bundled — the annual filing included$199per entity, per year · renews at $199

Filing add-on — one cycle, prepared and filed$129added to the base plan, per use

Launch pricing, published before enrollment opens. State filing fees pass through at cost and are shown before anything is filed. The reminder tier — one entity’s ledger, watched and reminded — is free.

Enrollment is not open today. It opens when our wholesale fulfillment agreement is executed and a first test order has been completed and proven on the record. The founding list hears first — by state, in order. Questions before joining: write to the desk.