If you were hoping for a Florida anonymous LLC, the answer is no. The state requires member or manager names on your Articles of Organization, and anyone can look them up on Sunbiz. What you can do is keep your home address off the record, and with more money and effort, put a layer or two between your name and the LLC.
Can you form a Florida anonymous LLC?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can I form a truly anonymous LLC in Florida? | No |
| Are member names public? | Yes, in formation documents |
| Can I minimize exposure? | Yes, with strategies |
| Better state for anonymity? | Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware |
| Worth forming elsewhere for privacy? | Depends on your situation |
What does Florida make public?
Everything on the Articles of Organization:
| Information | Required? | Public? |
|---|---|---|
| LLC name | Yes | Yes |
| Principal address | Yes | Yes |
| Mailing address | Yes | Yes |
| Registered agent name | Yes | Yes |
| Registered agent address | Yes | Yes |
| Manager(s) name and address | Yes (if manager-managed) | Yes |
| Member(s) name and address | Yes (if member-managed) | Yes |
Then it happens again every year. The annual report, due by May 1, lists the current managers or managing members and is publicly searchable on Sunbiz.org. Old filings stay searchable too, so even if you restructure later, your name remains on the historical record.
Who has a good reason to want privacy?
People worried about their safety, first: survivors of domestic violence, people who’ve been stalked or harassed, public figures. After that, high-net-worth owners who don’t want to become a lawsuit target, real estate investors who’d rather sellers not know who’s buying, and owners who don’t want competitors mapping their business interests.
Privacy can’t be used to evade taxes, hide assets from creditors you already owe, commit fraud or get around a court order. No structure protects you from existing creditors, child support obligations, tax authorities or criminal investigations.
What are your options in Florida?
Use a registered agent service
This is the one nearly everyone should do. The agent’s address goes on the public record instead of your home, they receive legal documents for you, and they forward your mail. Your name still appears as a member or manager. Your home address doesn’t.
Make a trust or company the manager
Form the LLC as manager-managed and appoint a trust or corporation as manager, so “Smith Family Trust” appears instead of your name. That forces a searcher to dig further. It’s one layer of separation, not a wall: your name as trustee may still be discoverable, the trust or corporate manager’s own records may reveal you, and a determined investigator will probably get there. It also adds cost and complexity.
Form in a privacy state and register in Florida
Form the LLC in Wyoming, New Mexico or Delaware, then register it as a foreign LLC in Florida. Your name sits in the home state’s records, which may not require it at all, and Florida’s records show the registered agent.
| State | Member Disclosure Required? |
|---|---|
| Wyoming | No |
| New Mexico | No |
| Delaware | No |
| Nevada | No (initial); Yes (annual list) |
Your name stays off Florida’s public records. The price is double registration ($200+ more per year) and compliance in two states, and determined investigators can often find ownership anyway.
Use a series LLC from another state
Form a series LLC in Delaware or another state that allows them, and let individual series own Florida assets. The parent appears on the records and the owners are harder to trace. Florida doesn’t recognize series LLCs, though, and this is expensive, complicated, and overkill for nearly everyone.
Who can still see that you own the LLC?
A privacy structure keeps you away from casual searchers: neighbors, acquaintances, a quick Google search, a competitor doing surface-level research. It doesn’t hide you from law enforcement, the IRS, a subpoena, a determined investigator, or your bank, which requires ownership information to open an account.
Federal beneficial ownership (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act was written to require most LLCs to report owners’ names, addresses, dates of birth and ID documents to FinCEN. Those reports aren’t public, but law enforcement, regulators and (with consent) financial institutions can access them. FinCEN’s March 2025 interim final rule exempts companies formed in the US from this reporting, so check FinCEN’s current guidance before you assume it applies to you, especially if you’re forming outside the US.
What does the extra privacy cost?
| Item | Florida only | Wyoming + Florida registration |
|---|---|---|
| Formation | $125 | $100 Wyoming + $125 Florida foreign registration |
| Annual state fees | $138.75/year | $60/year Wyoming + $138.75/year Florida |
| Registered agent | $49-$200/year | $50-$150/year Wyoming + $49-$200/year Florida |
The Wyoming route keeps your name off Florida’s records. It’s worth paying for if you have a genuine safety concern, a high public profile or significant assets to protect. It isn’t worth it for a general preference for privacy, a small business with modest assets, or when you mainly want to avoid casual searchers, because a registered agent already handles most of that.
What protects you better than hiding?
Your operating agreement isn’t filed with the state. It holds the detailed ownership and profit split, and you only share it when you have to, with a bank or a partner.
For real protection from lawsuits, insurance beats anonymity. An umbrella liability policy ($1M+ coverage), professional liability insurance where it applies, and proper LLC formalities protect you without anything to hide. People with significant assets can look at domestic asset protection trusts or offshore structures, but that takes professional planning.
Be wary of services that charge premium prices for an “anonymous LLC” package. Some of these structures don’t provide meaningful protection, add complexity you don’t need, or don’t work as advertised.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use a nominee to hide my ownership?
Putting someone else’s name down as owner while you actually own the LLC may be fraud, and it can backfire badly. Don’t.
Does a trust hide my LLC ownership?
Partially. If you’re the trustee of a revocable trust, your name appears as trustee. It gives some separation but not anonymity.
Can my attorney hold my LLC for privacy?
Attorney-client privilege has limits and doesn’t cover ownership itself. The attorney would take on liability for compliance, and most won’t do it.
What about offshore LLCs?
They’re very expensive, come with complex compliance and IRS reporting requirements, and are legitimate for some purposes. They aren’t a simple privacy fix.
What we’d do
Form a standard Florida LLC for $125, use a registered agent service to keep your home address off the record, carry proper insurance, and keep up with your filings. Save the multi-state structures for situations that really call for them, like a genuine safety concern.
IncCraft forms Florida LLCs with registered agent service included, so your home address stays off public records from day one.
Form your Florida LLC with IncCraft today.