Form a Florida LLC from Sweden: Complete 2026 Guide

Florida in one paragraph: $125 to file ($125 online), then $138.75 mandatory annual report fee, due every year each year. The state imposes no personal state income tax. Florida is the only one of these five states that discloses member names on its public annual report. For a Sweden-based owner the state choice mainly decides cost, privacy and paperwork, not your home-country tax result. If a well-known state with strong business infrastructure is what you are optimizing for, Florida deserves a close look.

The cost side of a Florida LLC: $125 state fee ($125 online), a registered agent at typically $100-150 per year, a free IRS EIN, and a bank account that is usually free. Annual state requirement in Florida: $138.75 mandatory annual report fee, due every year. If you use EasyBrise, Global Launch is $295 for year one (registered agent included) and $149 per year after, and for a founder in Sweden the whole first year typically comes in well under $500.

Florida fits if you want a well-known state with strong US business infrastructure and don't mind that Florida is the one state on this list requiring member names on the public annual report. Check the comparison table above before you commit, as switching later is not a simple amendment: the Florida LLC would be dissolved and a new one formed elsewhere.

Your Florida LLC exists once the state accepts the filing, but it is only ready to trade after these steps: sign the Operating Agreement; get the bank account open; apply for payment processors; calendar your Florida annual obligation ($138.75 mandatory annual report, due every year) and the federal Form 5472 and pro forma 1120. On BOI: FinCEN's rule in force since August 14, 2026 permanently exempts all US-formed LLCs, so there is nothing to file there.

The IRS international EIN line (267-941-1099) answers from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern. Sweden is six hours ahead of Eastern Time for most of the year, so the window runs from noon to 5 a.m. Swedish time, with a shorter gap for a few weeks when the US and Europe change clocks on different dates. Call in your afternoon or early evening and plan on 45-60 minutes.

Here is how Florida formation works for someone in Sweden. File the Articles of Organization with the Florida Secretary of State, using a registered agent's physical Florida address. Request your EIN from the IRS, writing "Foreign" or "N/A" in place of an SSN (phone: 267-941-1099, about 45-60 minutes; fax or mail: 4-6 weeks). Then apply for Mercury or Relay online. Every step can be done remotely.

Florida appeals to Swedish founders with customers or relatives in the state. Its public annual report names members, and the $138.75 annual fee recurs every year.

Sweden does not exempt trading income from its controlled-foreign-company rules. A founder who sells services or software through an LLC cannot argue that the income is active and therefore outside the regime. Sweden does give a credit for foreign tax paid by the entity, which matters mainly if the LLC owes US tax on US-source income.

Sweden is not on Mercury's prohibited-countries list, which is based on country of residence, and it is not on Relay's list, which looks at the citizenship and residency of the owners. Both banks run their own reviews, so approval is never guaranteed. Neither bank's published rules restrict international wires involving Sweden. Kronor are converted to dollars when you fund the account, so compare the rate and any fee at your Swedish bank. Sweden takes part in the Common Reporting Standard, so Swedish banks exchange account information automatically.

Over five years, the state-level cost of a Florida LLC is a $125 filing fee plus $138.75 a year for five years, so $818.75 in total, before the registered agent. That makes Florida the second most expensive of the five states on this measure. The same arithmetic across the five states runs from $50 to $2,110. For a Swedish owner, the controlled-foreign-company question outweighs every state fee, so budget for a written opinion from a Swedish adviser alongside the US costs.

The second Swedish test treats income as low-taxed if it is untaxed or taxed more than 55 percent below the Swedish corporate rate. With a corporate rate of 20.6 percent, secondary sources put the cut-off at about 11.33 percent. A single-member LLC owned by a non-US resident and earning only non-US-source income usually owes no US federal income tax, so the US result alone does not settle the low-tax test. Your adviser has to apply the Swedish calculation to your actual figures.

As a Swedish owner, your recurring dates look like this. State: Florida's $138.75 annual report is due every year between January 1 and May 1. Federal: Form 5472 with the pro forma Form 1120 is due on the return due date, April 15 for a calendar-year LLC, extendable with Form 7004. For the one-off EIN call, the IRS line (6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern) is open noon to 5 a.m. Swedish time for most of the year (the gap shrinks to six hours when US and European clock changes fall on different dates for a few weeks). Put the state date and the federal date in your calendar when the EIN arrives, because a missed Form 5472 carries a $25,000 minimum penalty.

Sweden's controlled-foreign-company rules in Chapter 39a of the Income Tax Act cover Swedish shareholders, whether individuals or companies. The first condition is a holding of 25 percent or more of the capital or votes in a foreign legal entity at the end of the year, which a sole owner meets. The second is that the income is untaxed or taxed at a rate more than 55 percent below the Swedish corporate rate. At the 20.6 percent corporate rate that puts the cut-off at about 11.33 percent. Sweden has no exemption for active trading income, although a credit is given for foreign tax paid by the entity. A whitelist and an exemption for EEA entities with real activity exist, so ask a Swedish adviser whether either applies to a US LLC.