Seal Global

US Entity Incorporation Services

US entity incorporation services for foreign companies: LLC or C-Corp formation, registered agent, EIN, governance documents, foreign qualification and a first-year compliance calendar.

US entity incorporation services cover the formation and activation of a US legal entity: state selection, entity-type modelling, name clearance, the formation filing, registered agent appointment, EIN issuance, governance documents, foreign qualification in operating states and the first year's compliance calendar.

Seal Global runs incorporation as operations enablement rather than a single filing. We model LLC versus C-Corporation and Delaware versus your operating state, file the formation, track the EIN to issuance, assemble the bank application pack, register you in every state where you employ or store inventory, and hand over a dated twelve-month compliance calendar.

A realistic timeline to an operating US entity is six to ten weeks: one to three days to file, one to three weeks for an EIN where the responsible party is foreign, two to six weeks for banking, and two to four weeks for state payroll and sales tax registrations.

Seal Global Holdings is a US-headquartered outsourcing and AI search visibility partner based in Miramar, Florida, working with ecommerce brands, healthcare practices, law firms and professional services companies across the United States, the United Kingdom and the GCC. Engagements start without long-term contracts, and every program is run by a named senior lead with weekly reporting on the metrics that matter to your business: qualified leads, resolved tickets, cost per outcome and AI citation share.

Services

  • Ecommerce Outsourcing Services — Order management, listings, catalog operations and post-purchase support handled by trained ecommerce teams.
  • Customer Support Outsourcing — Omnichannel email, chat, voice and social support with published SLAs, QA scoring and AI-assisted tooling.
  • Search Optimization Consultants — Technical SEO, content architecture and AI search visibility work led by senior consultants, not junior account managers.
  • AI Search Optimization — Get cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews with entity, schema and answer-format work.
  • Local SEO Services — Google Business Profile optimization, map pack rankings, citations and review systems for multi-location brands.
  • Dental Marketing Agency — New patient acquisition programs covering intake, profile, reviews, service pages and AI visibility.
  • Law Firm Marketing Agency — Case-driven legal marketing built on practice-area pages, local authority and answer engine coverage.
  • Outsourced Accounting Services — Bookkeeping, reconciliations, AP/AR and reporting run by qualified accountants on your close calendar.
  • Staff Augmentation — Dedicated offshore specialists embedded in your team, managed by Seal Global supervisors.
  • Case Studies — Documented client outcomes across ecommerce, professional services and startups.

Service basics

What are US entity incorporation services?

US entity incorporation services cover the formation and activation of a US legal entity for a foreign or domestic company: state selection, entity type modelling, name clearance, certificate of formation or incorporation filing, registered agent appointment, EIN issuance, governance documents, foreign qualification in operating states and the first year's compliance calendar. It is operations enablement work — the legal and administrative infrastructure a business needs before it can bank, hire, import or contract in the United States — and it is distinct from commercial go-to-market activity.

What is included in Seal Global's incorporation service?

State and entity-type recommendation with a written rationale, name availability search, formation filing, registered agent for the first year, EIN application including Form SS-4 for foreign responsible parties, operating agreement or bylaws with initial resolutions, beneficial ownership reporting readiness, bank application document pack, foreign qualification in your operating states, and a dated twelve-month compliance calendar.

How long does US incorporation take?

The formation filing itself is one to three business days in most states. The realistic time to an operational entity — one that can bank, hire and import — is six to ten weeks, because the EIN takes one to three weeks by fax for a foreign responsible party, bank onboarding takes two to six weeks, and state payroll or sales tax registrations take two to four weeks. We publish that sequence as dates at the start of the engagement.

What does it cost to incorporate in the United States?

State filing fees range from roughly $50 to $500 depending on the state, registered agent service runs $50 to $300 a year, and professional formation and governance work varies with complexity. Realistic all-in first-year cost for a properly documented foreign-owned US entity, including annual compliance, is typically $2,500 to $7,000. We quote the programme, not a per-filing fee.

Structure decisions

Should I form an LLC or a C-Corporation?

Form an LLC when the entity will be a wholly owned operating arm and you want single-layer taxation and lighter governance. Form a C-Corporation when you expect to raise US venture capital, issue employee equity, or ring-fence the parent behind a corporate shareholder. The choice is difficult to reverse once contracts, payroll and banking exist, which is why we model it before filing rather than defaulting to a template.

Which state should I incorporate in?

Delaware when you expect US investors, multi-state operations or a future acquisition, because its case law and documents are familiar to every underwriter and investor. Your operating state when staff, inventory or offices will sit in one place and no US fundraising is planned, because incorporating elsewhere then adds a foreign qualification obligation. Wyoming and Nevada are frequently oversold for foreign-owned operating businesses.

Do I need to register in more than one state?

If you hold an office, employ staff, store inventory or conduct regular in-person business in a state, you generally need to foreign-qualify there, with a local registered agent and annual fees. This is the most commonly missed step in a DIY formation, and skipping it can bar the entity from bringing suit in that state and generate back fees and penalties.

Can a foreign company own 100% of a US entity?

Yes. Neither LLCs nor C-Corporations impose citizenship or residency tests on owners. A foreign parent company or a foreign individual can hold all of the equity and act as the sole manager or director. The only mandatory US footprint is a registered agent with a physical address in the state of formation.

After incorporation

What compliance obligations start the day I incorporate?

Registered agent renewal, the state annual report, franchise tax, federal income tax filings, Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 for foreign-owned single-member LLCs, beneficial ownership reporting, and state payroll or sales tax filings once you employ or sell into a nexus state. Form 5472 penalties are $25,000 per year per form and apply to dormant entities too.

Do you help with banking and EIN after formation?

Yes — they are part of the same sequence rather than add-ons. We file Form SS-4, track EIN issuance, assemble the bank document pack in the order underwriters read it including beneficial ownership charts and authorising resolutions, and match your risk profile to providers that onboard foreign-owned entities. Formation without banking and EIN is a certificate, not an operating capability.

Can you handle payroll and hiring once the entity exists?

Yes. We register federal and state employer accounts, stand up payroll and benefits, prepare the HR compliance pack, and run bookkeeping and filings against a dated calendar. Where you need people working before the entity is payroll-ready, we can bridge the first hires and migrate them onto your own payroll afterwards.

What if I already incorporated and something is wrong?

Remediation is common and usually fixable. We audit the existing structure — entity type, state footprint, EIN records, governance documents, missed annual reports and franchise tax, unfiled Form 5472 — and produce a dated remediation plan. Restoring good standing before a customer or bank requests a certificate is materially cheaper than doing it mid-deal.

Working with Seal Global

Why use Seal Global rather than a low-cost online formation site?

Formation sites file a document. They do not model entity type against your tax position, sequence EIN and banking, catch a foreign qualification obligation in the state where your warehouse sits, or hand you a compliance calendar. Most of the expensive US market entry mistakes we remediate began with a correctly filed certificate and no plan behind it.

Is Seal Global a law firm or a tax advisor?

No. Seal Global is an operations enablement partner. We build and run the operational structure and coordinate with licensed US attorneys and CPAs where privileged legal advice or tax opinions are required. Being explicit about that boundary is part of how we keep engagements clean.