Non-US Founder EIN Turnaround Report 2026
By Francis Webb, Founder · Published 18 September 2026 · Data to 11 September 2026 · Next update January 2027
Across 85 LLC + EIN orders from founders living outside the US, placed between 11 July and 11 September 2026, the median time from a complete order to a formed LLC with its EIN was 16.4 hours. 83 of those 85 (98%) were delivered within one US business day.
This report covers orders where we formed the LLC and obtained the EIN, measured end to end. It is based on our own order records and is updated every quarter.
Key figures
| Measure | Result | Orders |
|---|---|---|
| Median, complete order → LLC formed and EIN issued | 16.4 hours | 85 |
| Delivered the same US business day | 67% (57 of 85) | 85 |
| Delivered within one US business day | 98% (83 of 85) | 85 |
| 90th percentile | 1 business day | 85 |
| Slowest order | 3 business days | 85 |
| Delivered within one business day, counting every order we could not time as a miss | 75% (83 of 110) | 110 |
The last row is the strictest reading of the data. We could not time 25 of the 110 orders; see How we measured. Two of those 25 were held back at the customer's request. None of the other 23 took longer than three days.
Wyoming vs Colorado
Orders placed 1 June – 11 September 2026. The wider window gives Colorado enough orders to report.
| Wyoming | Colorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Orders timed | 87 | 31 |
| Median | 16.3 hours | 19.1 hours |
| Same US business day | 70% (61 of 87) | 55% (17 of 31) |
| Within one US business day | 97% (84 of 87) | 97% (30 of 31) |
In practice, the two states are equally fast. A difference of under three hours at the median should not decide your state. Choose on annual cost and what you need the company to do.
Where the founders are
The founders in this sample live in 41 countries. Figures below cover the 108 orders that gave a home country.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| France | 14% (15) |
| United Arab Emirates | 6% (7) |
| United Kingdom | 6% (7) |
| Germany | 6% (6) |
| Spain | 5% (5) |
| Vietnam | 5% (5) |
| Netherlands | 5% (5) |
| Poland | 5% (5) |
| Belgium | 5% (5) |
| Morocco | 5% (5) |
| 31 other countries | 40% (43) |
| Total | 108 orders |
Shares are rounded, so they add up to 102%.
Why an order takes longer
1. US federal holidays. This is the most common cause. The IRS is closed on federal holidays, so no EIN can be issued that day. Founders outside the US reasonably don't track these dates, and they always fall on a weekday. Example: an order placed on a Monday that is a US holiday is ready on Wednesday, not Tuesday. The figures above count business days, so a holiday does not count against us. It does count against your plans.
2. A customer asks us to wait. Sometimes a founder asks us to pause while they confirm something on their side, such as a co-founder's details or a client's go-ahead. The clock in this report keeps running during that wait.
US federal holidays in the next 12 months
On these dates the IRS is closed. If your order lands on or just before one, expect delivery to move by one business day.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 12 October 2026 | Monday | Columbus Day |
| 11 November 2026 | Wednesday | Veterans Day |
| 26 November 2026 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day |
| 25 December 2026 | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 1 January 2027 | Friday | New Year's Day |
| 18 January 2027 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| 15 February 2027 | Monday | Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday) |
| 31 May 2027 | Monday | Memorial Day |
| 18 June 2027 | Friday | Juneteenth (observed) |
| 5 July 2027 | Monday | Independence Day (observed) |
| 6 September 2027 | Monday | Labor Day |
If you already have an LLC: the most common intake mistake
This section applies to our standalone EIN service, where your LLC already exists.
Upload your Articles of Organization, not your Certificate of Good Standing. The two look similar. The Certificate of Good Standing only confirms that the company exists and is current. It does not show the company's address or its registered agent, and the EIN application needs both. When we receive a certificate instead of the Articles, we have to ask for the Articles, and the order waits until they arrive.
How we measured
- Source: our own order records.
- Clock starts when we have a complete order: every detail and document we need.
- Clock stops when the customer's account goes live. We form the LLC and obtain the EIN before the account is created, so this is a conservative stop point.
- Business days exclude Saturdays, Sundays and US federal holidays (19 June, 3 July and 7 September 2026 fall in this window).
- Headline window: orders placed 11 July – 11 September 2026. State comparison: 1 June – 11 September 2026.
- Orders we could not time: 25 of 110 in the headline window. For these, the email on the order did not match the email on the account. We have shown the headline both ways: 98% of timed orders, and 75% if every untimed order is counted as a miss.
- Not included: New Mexico formations; standalone EIN orders, which are not timed in this edition; internal and test orders.