PUBLIC-RECORD ADDRESS PRIVACY
Keep Your Home Address Off the Public LLC Record.
FilingOak takes privacy seriously as far as legally possible.
When FilingOak forms your LLC, public-record address privacy is built into the formation service across every jurisdiction FilingOak supports.
Included with FilingOak LLC Formation
$495 + applicable state filing fee
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doesn’t need
to be public.
Privacy with truthful company facts.
Privacy Starts Before the LLC Is Filed.
The best time to think about unnecessary public exposure is before your LLC information becomes part of a public state record.
That is why FilingOak does not treat address privacy as an afterthought.
Inside FounderVault, you can choose the FilingOak privacy address for the public filing rather than using your own home address.
Your privacy choice is made while the LLC application is being prepared, before FilingOak submits the formation.
You can review the information yourself before moving forward.
Protect what does not need to become public before it becomes public.
FilingOak Protects Your Privacy as Far as Legally Possible.
Privacy should not become weaker merely because the filing moves from one FilingOak-supported jurisdiction to another.
FilingOak’s approach is consistent:
Reduce unnecessary public exposure as far as legally possible.
That applies across the jurisdictions FilingOak supports.
It does not mean ignoring a legitimate government requirement.
It does not mean withholding information that legally has to be provided.
And it does not mean inventing different information to create the appearance of secrecy.
FilingOak protects what can legitimately be protected and keeps truthful what genuinely has to be true.
Privacy Does Not Mean Inventing Your Company.
FilingOak does not sell fake anonymity.
Your real owner remains the real owner.
Your real responsible party remains the real responsible party.
Your real operating location remains your real operating location where that information is required.
A privacy address does not give FilingOak permission to manufacture a fictional person, identity or business fact.
There is an important difference between:
and
FilingOak does the first.
Not the second.
Not Every Address Means the Same Thing.
One of the easiest ways to create confusion around LLC privacy is to talk about “the business address” as though every address field serves the same purpose.
It doesn’t.
Public LLC Filing Address
The address used in the applicable public state filing context.
FilingOak’s formation structure is designed to keep your home address off the public LLC record.
Registered Agent Address
The address associated with the Registered Agent role and the receipt of applicable official and legal documents.
Actual Business or Operating Address
Where your business actually operates when that information is required.
A privacy address does not magically move your real business somewhere else.
Owner or Member Information
Information concerning the real people who own or control the LLC where that information is required.
FilingOak does not invent another owner for privacy.
IRS Mailing Address
An address used for IRS correspondence.
Within FilingOak’s authorized EIN workflow, an appropriate FilingOak address can be used as the IRS mailing address where applicable.
Principal Business Address
The actual principal business location for the relevant purpose.
An IRS mailing address does not automatically become the company’s principal business location.
The word “address” appearing beside different fields does not make those fields interchangeable.
Your Public Filing Preference Stays Separate From Your Real Company Facts.
FounderVault keeps the filing-address decision distinct from the actual facts FilingOak needs about your LLC.
You can choose the FilingOak privacy address for the public filing or choose to use your own address.
That choice does not rewrite who owns the company.
It does not replace your actual operating information with something fictional.
And it does not authorize FilingOak to manufacture facts merely because a different answer might create more secrecy.
The objective is to keep your home address off the public LLC record while preserving the integrity of the filing.
Privacy and truth are not opposites.
Non-U.S. Founder?
FilingOak Doesn’t Invent a U.S. Business Location for You.
Address privacy matters especially when a founder lives outside the United States.
A non-U.S. founder should not have to pretend to operate from a fictional U.S. location just because different parts of the LLC and EIN process ask for addresses.
If your actual principal business location is outside the United States, FilingOak does not turn a U.S. mailing address into a fictional American operating location.
For EIN handling, an appropriate FilingOak address can be used for IRS correspondence where applicable within FilingOak’s authorized role.
That is a mailing function.
It does not change where your business actually operates.
Your real responsible party remains the real responsible party.
Your real business location remains the real business location.
Privacy does not require pretending you are somewhere you are not.
Filing Your LLC Yourself?
You Can Still Use FilingOak for the Registered Agent Requirement.
You do not have to purchase FilingOak LLC Formation simply because you want FilingOak’s Registered Agent infrastructure while handling your own LLC filing.
FilingOak offers standalone:
Registered Agent Service for LLC
$149/year
The standalone service is designed for founders filing their LLC themselves who need FilingOak as their Registered Agent and want to avoid unnecessarily exposing their home address through the applicable public filing structure.
If FilingOak forms your LLC for $495 + the applicable state filing fee, your first year of FilingOak Registered Agent service is already included.
Learn About Registered Agent Service for LLC →Your Information Is for Serving You.
Not for Turning You Into a Marketing List.
Privacy does not stop at the state filing.
FilingOak does not sell your personal information.
FilingOak does not hand your customer data to third parties so they can market to you.
And FilingOak does not treat every operational email as another opportunity to sell you something.
Your information exists so FilingOak can provide the service you requested, maintain your FilingOak relationship, communicate with you when something actually matters and satisfy legitimate requirements connected to that service.
That can include necessary information sent to a state when FilingOak files your LLC, information submitted to the IRS as part of authorized EIN work, or information processed through infrastructure necessary to provide the service you purchased.
That is different from selling your data or distributing it for somebody else’s marketing.
FilingOak communications can include things such as:
- service and case updates
- actions genuinely required from you
- documents
- verified compliance reminders
- Registered Agent or service-renewal information
- account and security matters
- support communication
The purpose is to communicate something useful about your FilingOak relationship.
Your information is not another product FilingOak needs to sell.
FilingOak Doesn’t Need to Sell You Something in Every Email.
There is a difference between communicating with a customer and repeatedly marketing at one.
If FilingOak needs your signature, you should know.
If a document is ready, you should know.
If something genuinely requires your attention, you should know.
If a verified compliance date matters, a reminder can be useful.
If your Registered Agent service is approaching renewal, that information belongs in the customer relationship.
None of those requires turning every message into:
FilingOak is built around continuing service communication without treating access to your inbox, WhatsApp or FounderVault as permission for endless promotional blasts.
When FilingOak communicates with you, there should be a reason for the communication.
FounderVault Makes the Privacy Choice Visible Before Filing.
FounderVault is where FilingOak’s formation intake takes place.
The filing-address preference is part of the application before the LLC is submitted.
Your actual company and ownership facts remain distinct from that privacy preference.
You can review the saved application before payment and before FilingOak handles the filing work.
That matters because privacy should not depend on discovering what FilingOak did with your address after the filing has already gone out.
You can see the information first.
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What FilingOak Address Privacy Does Not Promise
FilingOak takes privacy seriously.
That does not require pretending privacy has no legal boundaries.
FilingOak does not promise that your identity can never appear on any government record.
FilingOak does not promise that every institution you deal with will accept a privacy or mailing address instead of information that institution legitimately requires.
FilingOak does not promise that banks, payment processors, the IRS, states or other authorities will never need truthful information directly from you.
FilingOak does not promise fake anonymity.
What FilingOak does is protect your privacy as far as legally possible, minimize unnecessary public exposure, keep different address purposes distinct and refuse to invent facts merely to create more secrecy.
That is the privacy standard.
Address Privacy: Questions Before You Form Your LLC
Can FilingOak keep my home address off the public LLC record?
Yes.
FilingOak LLC Formation includes public-record address privacy across the jurisdictions FilingOak supports.
Inside FounderVault, you can choose the FilingOak privacy address for the public filing rather than using your home address.
Is address privacy included with FilingOak LLC Formation?
Yes.
Public-record address privacy is included in FilingOak LLC Formation at $495 + the applicable state filing fee.
It is not presented as another formation add-on after you have already purchased the service.
Is FilingOak address privacy available in every jurisdiction FilingOak supports?
Yes.
FilingOak takes public-record privacy as far as legally possible across the jurisdictions it supports rather than treating privacy as a feature available only in selected FilingOak formation states.
Do I have to use the FilingOak privacy address?
No.
FounderVault allows you to choose your filing-address preference.
If you want to use your own address for the public filing, you can choose to do so.
Does FilingOak hide or invent the real owner?
No.
FilingOak does not invent owners, responsible parties, identities or other business facts to manufacture anonymity.
Required information remains truthful.
Is my Registered Agent address the same thing as my principal business address?
Not automatically.
The Registered Agent address and the company’s actual principal business location serve different purposes.
FilingOak does not treat every address field as interchangeable merely because each contains an address.
Can FilingOak use its address for IRS mail?
Within FilingOak’s authorized EIN workflow, an appropriate FilingOak address can be used as an IRS mailing address where applicable.
That mailing function does not make the address your fictional principal business location.
Can a non-U.S. founder use FilingOak address privacy?
Yes.
FilingOak serves U.S. and non-U.S. founders.
A non-U.S. founder can use FilingOak’s privacy structure without FilingOak inventing a U.S. owner or fictional U.S. operating location.
Can I use FilingOak privacy infrastructure if I file the LLC myself?
FilingOak’s standalone Registered Agent Service for LLC is $149/year and is designed for founders who handle their own LLC filing but need FilingOak for the Registered Agent requirement and applicable privacy structure.
Does FilingOak sell my personal information?
No.
FilingOak does not sell your personal information.
Does FilingOak give my information to third parties for marketing?
No.
FilingOak does not hand customer data to third parties so those companies can market to FilingOak customers.
Information can still be transmitted or processed where necessary to provide the service you requested, satisfy legitimate filing requirements or carry out authorized FilingOak operations.
Will FilingOak send me promotional email blasts?
FilingOak uses customer communication for the FilingOak relationship, including service updates, required actions, documents, verified reminders, renewal information, account matters and support.
FilingOak does not treat every customer communication as an opportunity to send promotional sales blasts.
What if I choose to use my own address?
That choice remains yours.
FounderVault lets you choose your filing-address preference before the formation moves forward.
If you choose your own address for the applicable public filing, FilingOak uses the information you authorized rather than silently replacing your decision.
Do I have to pay just to enter FounderVault?
No.
Creating your FounderVault account is free.
You can enter the workspace, begin the LLC formation intake and review the information FilingOak requests before purchasing the formation service.
Privacy Works Better Before the Filing Becomes Public.
FilingOak LLC Formation includes public-record address privacy across every jurisdiction FilingOak supports.
Protect what can legally remain private.
Keep truthful what genuinely has to be true.
And don’t turn customer information into another product to sell.
$495 + applicable state filing fee
Enter FounderVault↗Creating your FounderVault account is free. Choose your filing-address preference and see the formation experience before you decide to purchase.