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Built for Attorneys · all 51 jurisdictions

Form clients faster. Bill the law work.

A multi-client back office for the routine entity work that fills your day. Formation, amendments, foreign qualification, trademark filing, and an audit-trail vault. You bill the legal advice; we handle the filings.

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2,300+
Attorneys using
45 min
Saved per formation
50
States covered
IOLTA
Compatible billing
PC + PLLC
Professional entities
where required
Bar-compliant
Naming
reviewed
Trust accounting
Partners
referral
Multi-jurisdiction
Foreign qual
as you grow
SOC 2 Type II · 2025 report 4.9 · 8,200+ reviews E&O Insured · carrier on request 51 Jurisdictions 220,000+ Formed
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Why attorneys pick File.Business

Built around how attorneys actually operate.

Three things you will not get from a generic formation site.

01

Bar-compliant entity naming

State Bar naming rules checked before we file.

02

PC and PLLC by state

Professional entity in the form your jurisdiction requires.

03

IOLTA / trust accounting partners

Banking partners that can carry trust accounts cleanly.

Multi-client consoleTrack every client matter
State + federal filingsDone by paralegals, supervised
IOLTA-compatibleTrust-account billing
How attorneys work with us

Routine work done. Your judgment is the product.

01
Firm workspace + matter setup

We provision the firm account, IOLTA-compatible billing, roles for partners and paralegals, and a per-client matter structure.

Initial
02
Client onboarding

Client fills out a guided questionnaire. You review and authorize. We file with the state.

Per matter
03
Multi-state coordination

When a client foreign-qualifies, we sync amendments and annual reports across every state. Calendar populates automatically.

Active
04
Document custody

Every executed document lands in the matter vault with full audit trail. Client never loses an executed contract.

Ongoing
05
Renewal review

We surface every client filing due in the coming 90 days. Bulk authorization, bulk filing.

Year-end
06
Out of scope: legal advice

We do not give legal advice. We file documents. Legal judgment is yours.

Always
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In their own words

How customers like you use the platform.

"I bill three times as many formations because I do not spend any time on the paperwork. Same engagement letter, same fee, more clients per week."
LW
Lila WhitmanWhitman Law (Solo Practice)
"We let go of two CSC contracts and consolidated 230 client entities under one RA. Saved $34,000 the first year."
AR
Andre RobichauxPartner, Robichaux & Asnani LLP
"USPTO trademark prep is templatized at this point. I spend my hours on office action strategy and clearance opinions."
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Hema IyerIP Counsel, Solo
60day promise

The File.Business Promise

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

60-day money-back Penalty-free filings Cancel anytime No surprise fees
FAQ

Common questions.

Are you a law firm?
No. File.Business is not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. We prepare and file documents; the legal judgment belongs to the attorney.
IOLTA billing?
Yes. We support trust-account billing and disbursement workflows for client funds.
Multi-attorney firms?
Yes. Roles: Partner, Associate, Paralegal. Matter assignment, conflicts check, audit trail per action.
UPL concerns?
We are document preparers and a filing service. The attorney provides legal advice; our paralegals do administrative work under attorney supervision through the workspace.
Privileged document custody?
Yes. SOC 2 Type II, encrypted per-document keys, immutable audit log. We do not access client matter documents.
Conflicts check?
We surface name conflicts (entity name search against existing state records). Matter-level conflict checking is your firm responsibility.
Trademark prosecution?
Yes. Search, classification, application, office action responses through registration. Maintenance Section 8 and Section 9 tracked.
Multi-state coordination?
Yes. When a client foreign-qualifies, we coordinate amendments and annual reports across every state.
Billing flexibility?
You can pass-through fees to clients (we bill them) or absorb (we bill you). Hybrid is common: pass-through for state fees, absorb for service fees.
Does the firm get a dedicated specialist?
Yes, on the Scale plan. Named specialist, monthly check-in, escalation path for unusual filings.

Talk to attorney sales.

Tell us a few details. We do the rest. You get a single dashboard for everything.

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Built for real businesses

220,000 founders, every kind of business.

Attorney PLLC
Attorney PLLC
Trust accounting
Trust accounting
Multi-jurisdiction
Multi-jurisdiction
$129/yr Compliance Annual Filings · penalty-free

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 pay the state's late fee. The guarantee applies to that specific plan and the filings it includes. Other File.Business services are billed at the prices on this page.

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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

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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.