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Identity & Privacy

Your home address is on the public record. Take it off.

Form a business and the state publishes an address for anyone to search, on your formation filing, your registered agent line, your annual reports, your domain WHOIS, and the directories that scrape them. We put our address there instead, so where you live never becomes where your business lives.

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Exposure scanner

See every place your home address would appear.

Here's the same business, shown two ways. Flip the switch to replace your home address with ours across every public surface, the way it works the moment privacy is on.

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Secretary of StateFormation filing · searchable 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
Registered AgentService-of-process address 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
Annual reportsFiled yearly · public 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
Domain WHOISRegistrant contact record 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
Business directoriesGoogle, Yelp, listings 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
People-finder sitesScraped from the above 482 Maple Ave, home EXPOSED
6 of 6 public surfaces show your home address BOI is filed privately with FinCEN, not published, but the same address usually appears on the public surfaces above, which is what we fix.
What it is

Identity privacy, plainly.

Every LLC and corporation needs a principal business address and a registered agent on file with the state. Both go on the public record, the principal address is searchable on the Secretary of State's website, and so is the agent's. From there it spreads: the same address flows into your annual reports, your domain's WHOIS record, business directories, and the people-finder sites that scrape all of them.

For the millions of founders running a business from home, that means your home address becomes the address customers can drive to, that strangers can look up, and that marketers can buy on a list. It's not a hypothetical, it's the default outcome of forming a company.

Identity Privacy replaces your home address with ours on every one of those surfaces, and any mail sent to our address is scanned to your Document Vault the same day. You stay reachable for anything official; you just stop being findable at home.

Where it shows up

Six public surfaces, one address to hide.

These are the places a home address leaks into when you form a company. Privacy covers all of them together, not one at a time.

→ oursFormation filingYour Articles list a principal address that anyone can pull up on the state register.
→ oursRegistered agentThe agent's address is public for service of process. Ours goes there instead of yours.
→ oursAnnual reportsFiled every year and public each time, a recurring exposure, not a one-off.
→ privateDomain WHOISRegistering a domain publishes a registrant contact. Our domains include WHOIS privacy.
→ oursBusiness directoriesGoogle Business, Yelp, and listing sites we set up carry our address, not your home.
→ starvedPeople-finder sitesThese scrape the surfaces above. Remove the source and there's nothing for them to copy.
How it works

Four steps. We handle the paperwork.

Whether you're forming today or already have an entity, switching your address over is a guided handoff, not a pile of amendments you file yourself.

ActivateAdd Identity Privacy to your account and pick the states you're registered in.
Switch the recordsWe update your state filings to our address, filing an amendment where one's needed.
Mail forwardedAnything sent to our address is scanned the same day into your Document Vault.
PrivateYour home address is off the public state record and the directories that mirror it.
Who it's for

If you run it from home, this is for you.

Home-based foundersMost new businesses run from home. The state record doesn't need to say where.
Creators & coachesA public brand raises the stakes of a public address. Keep the two separate.
Real-estate investorsTenants and counterparties searching the LLC behind a property find our address.
Professionals at homeTherapists, advisors, and attorneys with a home office keep clients out of the driveway.
Anyone avoiding data brokersThe fix isn't chasing down broker listings forever, it's removing the public source.
International foundersNon-US founders forming a US LLC without a US address of their own.
Side by side

Not a mailbox. A record-level fix.

A PO box or mail service changes where mail lands. It doesn't touch the state filings, the WHOIS record, or the directories, which is where the exposure actually lives.

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Per month$25-$50$15-$50tied to RA$9 · free with RA
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Domain WHOIS privacynononoincluded
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Multi-state coveragemanualyestheir RA statesyes

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Part of your business identity

Privacy is one layer of the whole identity.

Address privacy works best alongside the rest of your public-facing setup and your broader data-privacy obligations, all managed from one place.

Registered AgentOur agent address takes service of process so yours never has to. Basic privacy is built in.Explore Domain NamesEvery domain includes WHOIS privacy, so registering a name doesn't republish your address.Explore Document VaultMail to our address is scanned here the same day, encrypted and searchable.Explore GDPR Assessment30-point EU + UK readiness audit with a prioritized remediation plan.Explore CCPA / CPRACalifornia package: privacy policy, opt-out, rights workflow, and Global Privacy Control.Explore Cookie ConsentA consent manager with GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD logic plus GPC honoring and receipts.Explore
FAQ

Common questions.

What is business identity and privacy protection?
It's keeping your personal information, home address, phone, and name, off the public record wherever the law allows, using a registered agent, a business address, and privacy-aware formation choices. It reduces your public exposure without hiding the business from the authorities that legitimately need to know who you are. We keep your entity set up with privacy in mind from day one.
Why does my home address end up public?
Because business filings, the formation documents, the registered agent, the organizer, and in some states member or manager details, become part of the public record. Use your home address on those and it goes online, then spreads to directories and people-finder sites that copy state data. We flag exactly where an address appears so you can keep your home off the filing before it's submitted.
How does a registered agent protect my privacy?
A commercial registered agent puts their address on the public record for service of process instead of yours, so your home address isn't the one listed and exposed. It's the single most effective step for most founders, which is why our agent service includes basic address privacy at no extra cost.
What is a privacy-friendly formation state?
States like Wyoming and New Mexico let you form an LLC without publicly listing member names, offering more privacy than states that disclose owners. The trade-off is that you must still register to do business where you actually operate, which can undo some of the benefit. We flag those trade-offs so a privacy-focused formation doesn't create a compliance gap elsewhere.
Does BOI reporting affect my privacy?
Beneficial-ownership reporting, where it applies, goes to FinCEN privately, it isn't published on the public record, so it identifies owners to the government but not to the public. The exposure risk still lives on the public surfaces, which is what address privacy addresses. We flag your current BOI obligations so you understand what's reported and to whom.
What is a business address service?
It gives your business a real street address for filings, mail, and public listings instead of your home, usually with mail forwarding so nothing gets lost. Combined with a registered agent, it keeps your personal address off the record across every surface at once. Mail we receive is scanned to your Document Vault the same day, so going private never means missing something important.
Can File.Business help protect my privacy?
Yes. We form your entity, provide registered agent and business-address service, include WHOIS privacy on domains, and flag privacy-friendly options, so your home address and personal details stay off the public record while your business stays fully compliant with the authorities that do require your identity.

Get your home address off the record in about 5 minutes.

Tell us a few details and we handle the state, the agent, the WHOIS, and the directories. One dashboard for all of it.

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