The cheapest country to register a company is the wrong question. Ask for the cheapest five years instead. That one change fixes most bad decisions here.
- Headline prices are real and also the smallest number you will ever see in this process. - Then: registered agent fees, annual government fees, compliance filings, and substance requirements that keep multiplying. - A jurisdiction twice as expensive to set up but half as much to maintain wins by year three. - Anyone who only quotes year one is selling, not advising. - Tax is the other half: zero corporate tax means little if you cannot open a bank account, or if your home country taxes the profits anyway.
Shortlist three jurisdictions, not ten. Run each on setup cost, annual fees, and corporate tax together. Write down the five-year total and one sentence on banking. And when the data picks your winner, IncorpTrack handles the actual filing for $49 plus the state fee, with EIN, banking, and registered agent help included.