Florida requires the manager or authorized member named on the annual report (optional at initial formation) on its public LLC filing. A Wyoming holding LLC keeps a name off Florida's annual report, but naming just one Wyoming LLC as sole member also makes the Florida LLC single-member — triggering Olmstead's weaker charging-order rule. Structuring the Wyoming side as multi-member avoids that trap. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$125
Articles of Organization filing fee
Names public
Manager/authorized member listed on the annual report
$138.75/yr
Annual report due May 1, no state income tax
Olmstead
Single-member charging order not exclusive
Florida is a genuine disclosure state, just not immediately — the Articles of Organization don't force a manager's name onto the record, but the annual report due every May 1 does, and that report is what most privacy guides miss. The bigger trap for a holding-company structure, though, is Olmstead v. FTC: Florida's charging order is only the exclusive creditor remedy for multi-member LLCs, and a single Wyoming holding LLC named as the sole member of a Florida LLC still leaves that Florida LLC single-member for Olmstead's purposes. Getting real privacy and real asset protection out of a Florida operating LLC means naming a Wyoming entity as manager on the annual report and making sure the ownership above it is multi-member, not just anonymous.
Florida's Articles of Organization let you list a manager or authorized representative, but under Fla. Stat. § 605.0201 doing so is optional at formation — many filers leave it blank. That gap closes fast: every Florida LLC must file an annual report by May 1 of the year after formation, and that report requires the name, address, and title of at least one manager or managing member, published on the Sunbiz business search. There is no way to keep a Florida LLC in good standing indefinitely without eventually naming someone in that field.
Because Florida's annual report requires a manager or managing-member name every year, the standard fix is naming a Wyoming holding LLC in that slot rather than an individual — Sunbiz then shows the Wyoming entity, and Wyoming's own filing discloses nothing further. But Florida has a second, easy-to-miss wrinkle that a privacy-only fix doesn't solve: naming a single Wyoming LLC as the sole member of the Florida LLC makes the Florida LLC single-member, and Florida's charging-order protection is not exclusive for single-member LLCs. Under Olmstead v. FTC, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010), a creditor of the Florida LLC's owner can force the membership interest itself to be surrendered and sold, not just intercept distributions — a materially worse outcome than the multi-member charging-order protection Fla. Stat. § 605.0503 otherwise provides. Owners who want both privacy and asset protection in Florida typically structure the Wyoming side as multi-member (two Wyoming holding LLCs, or one Wyoming LLC plus a second Wyoming-side member) so the Florida entity is multi-member on paper, not just anonymous.
Naming a Wyoming LLC as the Florida LLC's manager or member keeps a name off Sunbiz, but it doesn't change federal law: beneficial owners of both entities must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, a non-public federal database.
Fla. Stat. § 605.0503; Olmstead v. FTC, 44 So. 3d 76 (Fla. 2010) — exclusive remedy for multi-member LLCs only — not exclusive for single-member LLCs. Florida's charging order is the exclusive remedy against a member's interest only when the LLC has more than one member. For a single-member Florida LLC, the Florida Supreme Court's Olmstead decision lets a creditor obtain and force the sale of the membership interest itself — including one owned by a Wyoming holding LLC, if that Wyoming LLC is the Florida LLC's only member. This is the single most important asset-protection fact on this page and is easy to miss when the focus is on privacy alone.
Florida has no state personal income tax and no LLC franchise tax. The annual report is $138.75, due by May 1 each year, with an automatic $400 late penalty for missing that date and administrative dissolution for an LLC still unfiled by the third Friday in September.
Note: Confirm the $125 formation fee and $138.75 annual report fee directly at sunbiz.org. Olmstead remains controlling Florida law as of 2026 with no legislative reversal for single-member LLCs — treat single-member charging-order protection in Florida as unavailable, including for a Florida LLC whose sole member is itself a Wyoming holding LLC, until confirmed otherwise by an attorney.
Not at initial formation — the Articles of Organization make listing a manager or authorized representative optional under Fla. Stat. § 605.0201. But every Florida LLC must file an annual report by May 1 of the following year, and that report does require the name, address, and title of at least one manager or managing member, published on Sunbiz.
Name a Wyoming holding LLC — not yourself — as the manager or managing member on the annual report. Florida's public record then shows the Wyoming entity rather than an individual. Structure the Wyoming side as multi-member if asset protection matters as much as privacy, given Florida's Olmstead rule for single-member LLCs.
Only if it's structured correctly. Olmstead v. FTC strips charging-order exclusivity from single-member Florida LLCs, and naming one Wyoming LLC as the Florida LLC's sole member still makes it single-member. Using two Wyoming-side members — rather than a single Wyoming LLC alone — is what actually restores multi-member charging-order protection under Fla. Stat. § 605.0503.
Bottom line: Florida's annual report — not the Articles of Organization — is where a manager's name becomes public, and Olmstead means a Wyoming parent has to be multi-member, not just present, to actually restore charging-order protection.