Wyoming does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. Because it discloses no member or manager names, a Wyoming LLC is the entity other states' pages in this series recommend using as the holding-company parent.
$100
Articles of Organization filing fee
No names
Members and managers not listed publicly
§ 17-29-503
Exclusive-remedy charging order protection
$60/yr min.
Annual license tax
Wyoming is the state this entire series measures every other state against, because it is the only one that plays both roles at once: it is itself a genuine no-disclosure state, and it is the state most owners use as the anonymous parent sitting above an LLC formed somewhere else. Wyoming's Articles of Organization ($100 to file) never ask for member or manager names, so nothing about who owns the LLC reaches wyobiz.wyo.gov. Pair that with the country's strongest charging-order statute — Wyo. Stat. § 17-29-503, an exclusive remedy that bars a personal creditor from forcing a sale of the LLC interest — and a low $60 minimum annual cost, and it is easy to see why a Wyoming LLC is the default choice for the holding layer of a privacy-focused structure.
Wyoming's Articles of Organization ask only for the LLC name, its registered agent, and an organizer's signature. Member and manager names are never requested and never enter the public wyobiz.wyo.gov database. The one name that does reach the filing is the organizer's — using a formation service or attorney as organizer, rather than signing yourself, is what keeps your name off the document entirely.
Wyoming isn't just a state that happens to allow anonymous formation — it is the state most owners use as the holding layer itself. Because Wyoming's Articles of Organization never disclose members or managers, a Wyoming LLC can sit as the parent (the member or manager of record) over LLCs formed in states that do require disclosure, such as California, Texas, or Illinois. Those states' public records then show the Wyoming entity's name in the member or manager field — not the individual behind it — and Wyoming's own filing discloses nothing about who owns that Wyoming entity in turn. That is the mechanical reason a Wyoming LLC shows up as the recommended parent on nearly every other page in this series.
State-level anonymity is not the same as federal anonymity. Regardless of what Wyoming's public record shows, the LLC's beneficial owners must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, and that federal database is not open to public search — it is a compliance requirement, not a privacy leak, but it means no anonymous LLC structure, Wyoming included, is invisible to the federal government.
Wyo. Stat. § 17-29-503 — exclusive remedy protection — the strongest personal-creditor shield of any state. A personal creditor's only recourse against a member's Wyoming LLC interest is a charging order; foreclosure and forced liquidation are barred by statute. This protection is most reliably applied to multi-member LLCs — a single-member Wyoming LLC should be structured with attorney input to confirm the shield holds as expected.
Wyoming requires a $60 minimum annual license tax (or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming-located assets, whichever is greater), due on the first day of the LLC's anniversary month, filed online at wyobiz.wyo.gov. There is no Wyoming state income tax and no franchise tax.
Note: Confirm the current $60 minimum license tax and the $100 filing fee directly at wyobiz.wyo.gov before relying on them — Wyoming's Secretary of State has adjusted fee schedules in the past and this guide reflects the fees documented elsewhere on this site as of mid-2026.
Its public filing is — Wyoming does not require member or manager names on the Articles of Organization, so your name does not appear in Wyoming's public business database. It is not anonymous to the federal government: your beneficial ownership must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, and it appears in your private operating agreement.
Because it combines the privacy other no-disclosure states offer (New Mexico, Delaware) with the strongest charging order statute in the country (Wyo. Stat. § 17-29-503), at a low $60 minimum annual cost. When another state's LLC requires a member or manager name on its own public filing, naming the Wyoming LLC in that slot keeps the individual owner's name out of that state's record too.
Wyoming's exclusive-remedy charging order is most reliably applied to multi-member LLCs. Some courts have been less consistent in applying it to single-member LLCs. If your holding company will have one owner, have an attorney confirm whether a second member or manager-managed structure is worth adding.
Bottom line: Wyoming doesn't just allow anonymous LLC formation — its combination of no-disclosure filing and exclusive-remedy charging order protection is why it is the state other pages in this series recommend using as the holding parent.