2025 BOI rule update US entities are now exempt. Check if you still need to file →
A platform built by people who have started, run, and unwound real businesses.
Home/Company
About File.Business
Operating across all 51 jurisdictions

One platform for the people who actually run the business.

We built File.Business because the work of running a company should not require eight subscriptions and a folder of spreadsheets. Formation, compliance, and operations belong on one record, in one system, with one team behind it.

220K+
Formed
since launch
51
Jurisdictions
filed in-house
4.9★
Rating
verified reviews
99.98%
Uptime
platform
4.9 · 8,200+ reviews220,000+ Formed51 JurisdictionsE&O Insured · carrier on requestSOC 2 Type II · 2025 report
See disclosures + carrier names →

Trusted by businesses across 21 industries

E-commerce
Real Estate
Tech / SaaS
Consulting
Freelance
Nonprofits
Healthcare
Funded Startups
Agencies
Restaurants
Financial Svcs
International
Mission

Build the foundation every company should be able to count on.

Every business owner deserves the same caliber of administrative infrastructure that large companies pay law firms and accounting firms to assemble. We deliver it as a platform, at a fraction of the cost, with the same care.

Our customers range from first-time founders forming an LLC to CFOs at multi-entity, multi-state companies. The platform serves both because it stays out of the way when you do not need it, and steps forward when you do.

Operating principles
  • Charge for value, not for renewals.
  • If a filing is wrong because of us, we cover the penalty.
  • Use plain language. Legal jargon is not the product.
  • Customers own their data, always exportable, never sold.
  • A real person answers, every time.
220,000+
Businesses formed
50
States covered
8,200+
Customer reviews
A+
BBB rating
Leadership

The team behind the platform.

MA

Maya Aldridge

Chief Executive Officer

Former founder of two operating businesses. Spent a decade building the back-office infrastructure that customers can now use directly.

JL

James Liang

Chief Operating Officer

Twenty years across registered agent operations and state-partner organizationships. Oversees our filing accuracy and customer service.

SC

Sara Chen, CPA

Head of Compliance

Licensed CPA, formerly at one of the Big Four. Leads our Compliance Suite, tax preparation, and the relationships with every state agency we file with.

Trust & security

Held to the same standards as the businesses we serve.

Your filings, your records, and your data are protected by the same controls institutional customers require.

SOC 2 Type II

Independently audited security, availability, and confidentiality controls.

GDPR & CCPA

Data subject rights, deletion, and export honored across jurisdictions.

256-bit Encryption

AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, hardware-backed key storage.

BBB A+ Rated

Better Business Bureau accredited. Reviewed by 14,000+ customers.

60day promise

The File.Business Promise

If we miss a filing deadline on a service you pay us to manage, we pay the state penalty. If you change your mind in the first 60 days, we refund our service fee in full. Your data stays yours, always.

60-day money-back Penalty-free filings Cancel anytime No surprise fees
Get in touch

Want to talk to us?

Sales for new businesses and migrations, partnerships for accountants and law firms, and press for media inquiries. Real humans, real responses.

Pay only the state fee 60-day money-back State fee at cost Cancel anytime
0
businesses formed
since 2017
0
average rating
from 8,200+ reviews
0
US states + DC
covered
$0
service fee
for formation

Real outcomes from real founders

Composite stories from 220,000+ businesses we have helped form and operate since 2017. Names changed; outcomes are typical.

The full lifecycle

Start. Manage. Stay Compliant. Grow. Exit.

Every stage of a US business has services, deadlines, and decisions. File.Business is the operating system that runs through all of them · not just the formation moment.

1

Form

Days 1-15
  • Name + state selection
  • Articles of Organization
  • EIN from IRS
  • Operating Agreement
  • Business banking
2

Manage

Days 16+ ongoing
  • Registered Agent
  • Document vault
  • Officer + address updates
  • Member changes
  • Multi-entity dashboard
3

Stay Compliant

Annual + recurring
  • Annual reports auto-filed
  • BOI for foreign-formed
  • S-Corp election timing
  • Franchise tax
  • Compliance Monitoring
4

Grow

Year 1-5
  • Foreign qualification
  • Entity conversion
  • Mergers + restructure
  • Trademark + IP
  • Multi-state expansion
5

Exit / Dissolve

When ready
  • Foreign entity withdrawal
  • Business dissolution
  • Final tax filings
  • Record retention
  • Clean state records
See every service across the lifecycle
Built on the proof

The numbers behind a business operating system you can trust

Audited, accredited, encrypted, insured. The complete picture of what makes File.Business safe to run your business on.

SOC 2 Type II
Audited

Independent annual audit. Report available under NDA for enterprise customers.

BBB Accredited
A+

Better Business Bureau accredited business with public dispute resolution policy.

Businesses formed
220,000+

Across all 50 states + DC. Single-member LLCs to multi-entity holding structures.

Verified customer rating
4.9 ★

Customer rating from verified-formation customers, audited annually.

E&O insurance
$5M

Professional liability coverage. Penalty-free guarantee covers state late fees from our error.

Jurisdictional coverage
51

All 50 states plus DC. Filing direct with each Secretary of State; no middleman.

International founders
90+

Countries. Foreign founders without SSN supported via IRS fax-EIN channel.

Platform uptime
99.98%

Last 90 days, all services. Real-time status at /status.

Built for real businesses

220,000 founders, every kind of business.

Our team
Our team
Modern operations
Modern operations
Customer founder
Customer founder
60-day money-back · penalty-free guarantee

On the $129/yr Compliance Annual Filings plan, we cover state late fees.

When you autofile your annual report through the $129/yr plan and we miss the deadline, we cover the state's late fee. The guarantee is specific to that plan and the filings it includes.

See the $129/yr plan →
Form your business for $0Start →
How it works

Four steps from request to delivery

File.Business runs your filing on a single concierge workflow. You provide what we need; we handle the rest.

1

Tell us what you need

2-minute intake. We confirm the filing type, jurisdiction, and any supporting documents required.

2

We prepare the filing

Our specialists draft the document, validate against state requirements, and queue for your review where required.

3

We submit to the state

Filed through the state portal. We pay the state fee, track the submission, and resolve any state correspondence.

4

Confirmation in your vault

state-required document delivered to your SOC 2 encrypted document vault, with deadline tracking for the next filing.

500K+
Filings completed
51 jurisdictions
All US states + DC tracked
SOC 2 secured
Encrypted document vault
99.6% on-time
Annual reports filed in window
$0 hidden fees
Flat-rate service pricing

Ready to get started?

File.Business handles formation, filings, registered agent service, and ongoing compliance across all 51 US jurisdictions on a single concierge platform.

File.Business is a private business filing and compliance service. We are not a government agency and are not affiliated with any Secretary of State office. You may file directly with the appropriate state agency. SOC 2 Type II audited. 220,000+ businesses formed since 2017.