Michigan does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. Michigan already omits member and manager names; a Wyoming holding LLC mainly cleans up the organizer field and strengthens single-member charging-order protection. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$50
Articles of Organization filing fee
No names
Members/managers not listed — organizer is public
§ 450.4507
Exclusive-remedy charging order protection
$25/yr
Annual Statement, due February 15
Michigan doesn't get the same reputation as Wyoming, New Mexico, or Delaware, but on the exact question this guide is built around — does the state require member or manager names on its public LLC filing — the answer is the same: no. Michigan's Articles of Organization (Form CSCL/CD-700, $50) ask only whether the LLC is manager-managed, and the organizer is the one name that becomes public under MCL 450.4202. Michigan also carries an exclusive-remedy charging order statute (MCL 450.4507), strengthened by a 2010 amendment, though it lacks Wyoming's explicit single-member language.
Michigan's Articles of Organization (MCL 450.4203) do not require member or manager names — only whether the LLC is manager-managed. The organizer's name, however, is required and appears on the public LARA record (MCL 450.4202). That distinction matters: on the specific question of member/manager disclosure, Michigan behaves like Wyoming, New Mexico, and Delaware, even though it has a thinner reputation for privacy than those three — an inconsistency worth naming rather than glossing over, since the practical fix (a formation service as organizer) is identical across all four states.
Michigan keeps member and manager names off its own LARA filing, so on that narrow point it doesn't need a Wyoming parent to hide ownership the way a true disclosure state (Illinois, Texas, California) does. Where a Wyoming holding LLC still earns its place is the organizer field: because MCL 450.4202 requires the organizer's name and signature on the public record, naming a Wyoming LLC as the Michigan LLC's member and having a formation service or attorney serve as organizer removes the only remaining public thread back to an individual. It also strengthens the asset-protection side — Michigan's charging order statute (MCL 450.4507) is exclusive-remedy but, unlike Wyoming's, has no express single-member carve-out, so a Wyoming parent with more than one member can close that gap.
Whatever the Michigan filing shows, the LLC's beneficial owners — and any Wyoming holding LLC's owners — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act. That federal record is not public.
MCL § 450.4507 — exclusive remedy protection (strengthened by a 2010 amendment). A 2010 amendment made the charging order the sole remedy a personal creditor may use against a member's interest, barring foreclosure — but the statute does not contain an express single-member carve-out the way Wyoming's does, so a multi-member parent (or a Wyoming holding LLC as a second member) gives more reliable protection for a single-owner structure.
Michigan requires a $25 Annual Statement filed with LARA by February 15 each year — a fixed date regardless of formation month. There is no Michigan franchise tax on LLCs; pass-through income is taxed to members at Michigan's flat 4.25% personal income rate.
Note: Confirm the $50 filing fee and $25 Annual Statement fee directly at michigan.gov/lara, and note the fixed February 15 due date applies to every Michigan LLC regardless of when it was formed — a detail worth double-checking against LARA's current instructions.
Note: apps/LLA/data/states/anonymous-llc/mi.ts frames Michigan as 'not one of the handful of true privacy states' because the organizer's name is public — but Wyoming, New Mexico, and Delaware's own anonymous-llc pages disclose an identical organizer requirement and are still marketed there as full privacy states. On the specific criterion this template tracks (member/manager names on the public filing), Michigan's Articles of Organization behave the same as those three. This looks like an internal framing inconsistency across LLA's own state pages rather than a hard factual difference in what Michigan's filing actually requires — worth a human review of the Michigan anonymous-llc copy.
No. Michigan's Articles of Organization (MCL 450.4203) ask only whether the LLC is manager-managed, not who the members or managers are. The one name that is public is the organizer, required under MCL 450.4202 — using a formation service as organizer keeps that field from pointing to you.
On the specific question of member/manager disclosure, yes — its Articles of Organization require the same thing Wyoming, New Mexico, and Delaware require (no member/manager names, an organizer's signature). Some marketing material treats Michigan as less private than those three because of the organizer field, but that field exists on all four states' filings.
Mainly for the organizer field and for stronger single-member asset protection. Michigan's charging-order statute (MCL 450.4507) doesn't have Wyoming's express single-member carve-out, so a Wyoming parent — or a multi-member Michigan structure — closes that gap.
Bottom line: Michigan's own filing already omits member and manager names — a Wyoming holding LLC here mainly closes the organizer-disclosure gap and strengthens single-member charging-order protection.