Delaware does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. Both states already keep names off the public filing, so a Wyoming parent over a Delaware LLC is mainly a cost and jurisdiction decision, not a privacy upgrade. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$110
Certificate of Formation filing fee
No names
Members and managers not listed publicly
§ 18-703
Exclusive-remedy charging order, single-member included
$300/yr
Flat annual alternative-entity tax
Delaware is one of the few states that never asks for member or manager names on its Certificate of Formation — the Division of Corporations doesn't collect them, so there's nothing to redact from the public record. It backs that privacy with an exclusive-remedy charging order statute (6 Del. C. § 18-703) that explicitly covers single-member LLCs, and a Court of Chancery with decades of LLC-specific case law. Because Delaware's own filing is already anonymous, pairing it with a Wyoming holding company doesn't add privacy so much as it lets you decide which state's court system and fee structure fits the operating entity versus the parent.
Delaware's Certificate of Formation asks only for the LLC name and the registered agent's name and address (6 Del. C. § 18-201). The Division of Corporations does not collect member or manager names at all — not just declines to publish them, but never asks for them on the form. The one public name is the authorized person who signs the certificate, which is why a formation service or attorney typically fills that role.
Delaware's own filing is already anonymous, so a Wyoming holding LLC sitting above a Delaware entity doesn't add privacy Delaware doesn't already provide — both states keep member and manager names off the public record. What a Wyoming parent changes is cost and jurisdiction: Delaware charges a flat $300 annual tax per entity (with no annual report, just the tax), so stacking a Wyoming holding company plus a Delaware operating LLC means budgeting for both a $60 Wyoming minimum and a $300 Delaware flat tax every year. Some owners choose Delaware as the operating entity specifically for its Court of Chancery precedent and use Wyoming purely as the low-cost, high-protection parent; others skip the two-tier structure entirely and hold assets directly in Delaware, since its own charging-order statute (6 Del. C. § 18-703) is, on paper, as strong as Wyoming's.
Neither state's privacy extends to federal reporting. Beneficial owners of the Delaware LLC — and of a Wyoming parent above it — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, in a database that is not open to public search.
6 Del. C. § 18-703 — exclusive remedy protection, with explicit single-member coverage. Delaware's statute expressly bars foreclosure, attachment, and garnishment on a member's interest whether the LLC has one member or more than one — among the clearest single-member protections in the country, backed by the Court of Chancery's deep body of LLC precedent.
Delaware requires no annual report for LLCs, but every LLC owes a flat $300 alternative-entity (franchise) tax due June 1 each year, regardless of income or activity. A late payment adds a $200 penalty plus 1.5% monthly interest.
Note: Confirm the current $300 flat annual tax and $110 Certificate of Formation fee directly at corp.delaware.gov — Delaware has adjusted LLC fees before, and this guide reflects figures documented elsewhere on this site as of mid-2026.
No. The Certificate of Formation (6 Del. C. § 18-201) asks only for the LLC name and the registered agent — the Division of Corporations does not even collect member or manager names, so there is nothing to keep off the public record because it was never requested in the first place.
Not for privacy specifically — Delaware's own filing is already anonymous. A Wyoming parent above a Delaware LLC is usually about combining Delaware's Court of Chancery precedent for the operating entity with Wyoming's lower annual cost for the holding layer, not about hiding anything Delaware already hides.
Delaware charges a flat $300 annual tax per LLC, due June 1, with no annual report. Wyoming charges a $60 minimum annual license tax. A two-tier structure with a Wyoming parent over a Delaware subsidiary carries both costs — $360 minimum per year combined, before registered agent fees.
Bottom line: Delaware's Certificate of Formation is already anonymous by design — a Wyoming parent here is a jurisdiction and cost decision, not a privacy fix.