Missouri does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. Missouri already omits member and manager names; a Wyoming holding LLC mainly closes the organizer-disclosure gap and adds asset protection Missouri's own statute doesn't provide. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$50
Articles of Organization filing fee
Organizer listed
Members not named, but organizer is public
$0
Annual Registration Report (free, still required)
§ 347.119
Charging order remedy (no express exclusivity)
Missouri gets closer to genuine anonymity than most states without quite delivering it in full. The Articles of Organization ($50) leave member and manager names off the public filing entirely, but RSMo 347.039 requires each organizer's name and address, and that becomes part of the searchable sos.mo.gov record. For a clean result, owners typically name a Wyoming holding LLC as the member and let a formation service or attorney serve as organizer, so the Missouri record traces only to the Wyoming entity — which also carries a stronger charging-order statute than Missouri's own.
Missouri's Articles of Organization state whether the LLC is member-managed or manager-managed, but they do not name the individual members or managers. What is public, under RSMo 347.039, is each organizer's name and address. On the member/manager question this template tracks, Missouri behaves like Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Michigan — the organizer field is the one gap, and it is closed the same way in all four: a formation service or attorney organizes the LLC instead of the owner.
Missouri already keeps member and manager names off its Articles of Organization, so a Wyoming holding LLC doesn't add member/manager privacy Missouri doesn't already have — it closes the organizer gap and strengthens asset protection. Naming a Wyoming LLC as the member and using a privacy-preserving organizer means the Missouri public record traces only to the Wyoming entity. That second point matters more here than in Wyoming, New Mexico, or Delaware: Missouri's charging-order statute (RSMo 347.119) is not an exclusive remedy and is silent on foreclosure, noticeably weaker than Wyoming's, so a Wyoming parent over the Missouri interest gives real protection Missouri's own law doesn't guarantee.
Whatever Missouri's filing shows, beneficial owners of the Missouri LLC — and of a Wyoming holding LLC above it — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, a non-public federal database.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.119 — charging order remedy without an express exclusivity guarantee. Missouri courts have read § 347.119 as not authorizing foreclosure on the charged interest, which is meaningful protection — but the statute lacks Wyoming's express 'exclusive remedy' language and has no single-member-specific carve-out, so many owners place the parent-level interest in a Wyoming holding LLC for a stronger guarantee.
Missouri charges no franchise tax on LLCs, and the Annual Registration Report itself is free — $0 — though it must still be filed each year by the last day of the LLC's anniversary month. Pass-through income is taxed to members at graduated Missouri rates up to 4.7%.
Note: Confirm the $50 filing fee and the free Annual Registration Report requirement directly at sos.mo.gov — because the report costs nothing, owners sometimes assume there's nothing to file and miss the deadline, which can lead to administrative dissolution.
No. Missouri's Articles of Organization state the management structure but do not name individual members or managers. The organizer's name and address are public under RSMo 347.039, which is why a formation service typically serves as organizer.
Mainly for the organizer field and for asset protection. A Wyoming holding LLC as the member removes the organizer as the last public thread to an individual, and it places the ownership interest under Wyoming's stronger, exclusive-remedy charging-order statute rather than Missouri's, which is silent on foreclosure and not codified as exclusive.
Nothing in filing fees — the Annual Registration Report is free, though it must still be filed by the last day of the LLC's anniversary month. There is no Missouri franchise tax. Members pay Missouri personal income tax on pass-through profit at graduated rates up to 4.7%.
Bottom line: Missouri already keeps member and manager names private — a Wyoming holding LLC here mainly closes the organizer gap and adds asset protection Missouri's own statute doesn't guarantee.