Pennsylvania charges $125 to form an LLC and $7 for the yearly annual report, filed between January 1 and September 30. The state asks you to allow 15 business days, or pay $100 for same-day service.
Northwest charges $39 plus the state fee and includes a year of registered agent service, an operating agreement and a business address to keep your home address off public filings. After year one the agent is $125 a year. It has one package, so there are no tiers to compare.
$39 + state fee
Pros
$39 includes a year of registered agent, an operating agreement and a business address
Registered agent renews at a flat $125/yr
Cancel any service in the portal with no fee
Cons
EIN is a $50 add-on ($200 without an SSN)
Annual report filing is auto-enrolled at $100 + state fee unless you opt out
Lower Trustpilot score (4.1, 318 reviews) than the big brands
MyCompanyWorks has filed LLCs since 2001. Every package includes an operating agreement, and it has the longest refund window here at 90 days. Its $79 Basic order form pre-checks an EIN, a registered agent and a $99 license package, so untick what you don't need.
$79 + state fee
Pros
Operating agreement, minutes and banking resolution in every package
90-day refund or fix guarantee (minus government fees)
Registered agent at $119/yr, among the cheaper renewals
Cons
Basic checkout pre-checks EIN ($69), agent ($119/yr) and a $99 license package
Agent forwards 3 lawsuit notices a year free, then $18 each
Few independent reviews: 2.5/5 from only 5 on Trustpilot
EIN and operating agreement in one mid-price package6.3/10Fair
Swyft Filings has a $0 Basic plan and a $169 Standard plan that adds the EIN, operating agreement and 3-day processing. Every package starts a ComplianceGuard trial that bills $199 a year unless you cancel, and its own pages disagree on whether the registered agent is $149 a year or a quarter.
$0 + state fee
Pros
Standard ($169) includes EIN, operating agreement and 3-day processing
Same day $100 (received before 10 a.m.), 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000, each on top of the filing fee (same guide)
Pennsylvania pairs a slow default queue with a $7 yearly report. Speed costs money here; upkeep barely does.
Year-one total with each pick
Service prices exclude state fees.
Pick
Math
Year one
Northwest
$125 + $39 + $50 EIN
$214
MyCompanyWorks
$125 + $199 Entrepreneur
$324
Swyft Filings
$125 + $169 Standard + $149 agent
$443
Add $100 to any of these if you need the state's same-day service.
Why these picks for Pennsylvania
Northwest is the cheapest start and files the same day on its end (Northwest LLC), so the state's 15 days is the only wait. Its auto-enrolled annual report service costs $100 plus the state fee (Northwest annual report). For a $7 report, opt out and file it yourself.
MyCompanyWorks includes an operating agreement, minutes and a banking resolution in every package (MyCompanyWorks order form), and its agent renews at $119, the lowest of these three.
Swyft Filings sells same-day service for $100 and 1-day processing in Premium (Swyft LLC). That helps only if you also pay Pennsylvania's own rush fee, because Swyft's speed covers its side, not the state's 15 business days.
Pennsylvania traps to avoid
Don't pay for a yearly compliance plan just to file a $7 report. Every Swyft package starts a ComplianceGuard trial that bills $199 for a year after 14 days unless you cancel (Swyft ComplianceGuard). Northwest's report service and MyCompanyWorks Premium at $139 a year (MyCompanyWorks Premium) are also more than most Pennsylvania LLCs need.
Swyft's own pages disagree on its agent: the main page says "around $149 per quarter" and its Oregon page says $149 per year (Swyft agent, Swyft Oregon). Confirm before you buy.
Don't miss the September 30 cutoff for the annual report.