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Jurisdictions

Public-record tradeoffs by state

Rank is a formation-disclosure heuristic: lower usually means fewer individual names on the public formation record. Filings are still public. Operating where you live still creates nexus. FinCEN BOI is not required for U.S. companies and U.S. persons after the August 2026 final rule.

Wyoming notes California notes

Rank	State	Income tax shape	Public-record summary
1	Wyoming (WY)	none	Often cited for manager-managed LLCs with limited member listing on the public formation record. Annual reports and registered-agent data still exist.
2	Delaware (DE)	none	Entity filings are public; beneficial owners are not a statewide BOI file for U.S. companies after the 2026 FinCEN final rule. Court of Chancery is the corporate-law reason people file here, not invisibility.
3	New Mexico (NM)	brackets	Historically noted for not listing members on some LLC public records. State tax and licensing footprints still exist.
4	Nevada (NV)	none	No state income tax, but list-of-officers / similar annual filings can put names on the public record more often than Wyoming.
5	South Dakota (SD)	none	No state income tax. Trust and entity statutes are a specialist market — use counsel, not a rank table.
6	Texas (TX)	gross receipts	Owner information appears through formation and franchise filings more readily than WY/DE formation records.
7	Florida (FL)	none	Sunbiz filings are broadly public.
8	Washington (WA)	gross receipts	Public filings plus B&O tax footprint.
9	New York (NY)	brackets	Publication requirement for LLCs and high public-record + tax footprint.
10	California (CA)	brackets	Among the most public and most expensive ongoing footprints (LLC annual fee / $800 franchise tax patterns — verify current FTB amounts).