I am the owner of a single member LLC in AZ with no employees. I have an EIN for the LLC. I am doing some work for another company and they are asking for a W-9. The way I understand the instructions since the LLC is a disregarded entity I may not use the my LLCs EIN and must instead use my personal SSN. The only reason I got an EIN is so I don't have to use my SSN. I don't really get the point of having an EIN if I have to use my SSN with the irs..

Is there any way I can get around not having to use my SSN (obviously I don't want to use it for security reasons). Can I get another EIN under my own name and use it for cases like this (filling out W-9s)?

Thanks,
-Adam