Founders in United Kingdom
Forming a US company from the United Kingdom
None of the 6 US business accounts compared publishes a rule that excludes owners living in the United Kingdom. 3 do not exclude it and 3 publish no country rule.
None of the 10 formation services publishes a restriction on the United Kingdom.
US business accounts
What each provider says on its own site about owners living in the United Kingdom. Those that do not exclude it come first.
- MercuryNot on its restricted listCountry where the founder lives, not citizenship.Mercury says a citizen of a listed country who lives elsewhere may still be eligible, pending application review.Mercury: prohibited countries · read September 2026
- BluevineOn its list of 25 supported countriesCountry where the owner lives, from a list of 25 supported countries.Bluevine asks for a physical personal address in a supported country. It says nothing about citizens of other countries who live in one.Bluevine: banking for international owners · read September 2026
- RelayNot on its restricted listCitizenship or residency of any owner named on the application, including beneficial owners.Either counts: an owner who is a citizen of a listed country is excluded even if they live elsewhere.Relay: prohibited countries · read September 2026 · page: Updated 11 August 2026
- AirwallexPublishes no country ruleAirwallex's country list is for where the company is registered, and the United States is on it. It publishes no rule about where the owners live.Airwallex: eligible countries and territories · read September 2026
- WisePublishes no country ruleWise's page on verifying a US business excludes only businesses in Nevada and US territories. It publishes no rule about where owners live.Wise: verify your US business · read September 2026
- BrexPublishes no country ruleBrex requires a US EIN, a US incorporation, US operations and a US address, and publishes no rule about where owners live. Its 200-country list on the founders page is about spending coverage, not who can open an account.Brex: account requirements · read September 2026
Formation services
Most formation services publish no country rule for the company itself. Where one does, it is usually about help opening the bank account.
- doolaNot on its restricted listCountry where the founder lives, for help opening a bank account.The list is in doola's terms for bank-account help only. Its formation pages publish no country rule.doola: terms of service · read September 2026 · page: Last updated July 2026
- FirstbaseNot on its restricted listCitizenship or residency, from its restricted-country list.Firstbase's terms list more countries than its help centre does, and both pages are dated 2024. None of the eight countries here is on either list.Firstbase: terms of use · read September 2026 · page: Terms modified April 2024
- ClemtaNot on its restricted listCountry where the founder lives, for help opening a bank account.Its terms also bar services to anyone associated with Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia or any other embargoed country, or on the US Treasury's OFAC lists.Clemta: terms of use · read September 2026
- StripeNot on its restricted listProhibited jurisdictions: no founders, customers or contractors there.Atlas also says it may decline any application at its discretion, and refunds the fee if it cannot support the business.Stripe Atlas: terms · read September 2026 · page: Last updated 22 July 2025
- LegalZoomNames it as a market it servesCountries it has a page for founders in.Says it serves founders in 150+ countries but publishes no list, so a country without a page is not excluded, only unmentioned.Its page for founders in the United KingdomLegalZoom: country pages · read September 2026
- StartGlobalNames it as a market it servesCountries on its page “Form a US LLC from 94+ countries”.The homepage says 150+ countries and the page lists 94, and StartGlobal does not explain the difference. Its terms bar residents of countries under comprehensive US sanctions.StartGlobal: countries it forms companies for · read September 2026
- Northwest Registered AgentPublishes no country ruleSays a person without US citizenship who lives outside the US can form an LLC, and names no country restriction. Its terms contain no sanctions wording.Northwest Registered Agent: non-US resident owners · read September 2026
- BizeePublishes no country ruleSays non-US residents and foreign nationals can own a US LLC. Its terms set an age limit and no country or sanctions rule.Bizee: can non-US residents be LLC members · read September 2026
- ZenBusinessPublishes no country ruleIts terms say the service is intended only for use in the United States and bar access from sanctioned or prohibited countries, without naming any. Its non-resident page welcomes owners abroad, and the two are not reconciled.ZenBusiness: terms of use · read September 2026 · page: Last updated 27 April 2026
- Wyoming Registered Agent ServicesPublishes no country ruleSays it forms Wyoming LLCs for people in other countries, and names none. Its terms have no country or sanctions wording.Wyoming Registered Agent Services: non-resident LLC formation · read September 2026 · page: Dated 12 January 2026
Among the services that publish no exclusion, the lowest first-year cost we compare is Wyoming Registered Agent Services at $150: its fee, the registered agent for year one and the filing fee in its default state. The state you choose changes the filing fee and what you pay every year after.
How to read this
- “Says nothing” is not acceptance. A provider with no published rule about the United Kingdom can still decline an application after review.
- Providers count different things: the country you live in, your citizenship, or the country the company sells into. Each row says which.
- Lists change without notice. Every statement links the page it was read on, with the date.
- Ask the provider’s support in writing whether it opens accounts for owners living in the United Kingdom before you pay for a company you plan to bank with it.
- Sanctions and anti-money-laundering rules sit on top of any provider’s own list. This page does not cover them and is not legal or compliance advice.
Read on each provider’s own website in September 2026. Only what a provider publishes is recorded; nothing is inferred.
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