The 7 Steps of Company Creation in Algeria 2026
Step-by-step path to create your company in Algeria: company name, notarized articles of association, BOAL, CNRC, NIF, CASNOS or CNAS registration. Documents, costs, and the traps to avoid at each stage.
Creating your company in Algeria in 7 official steps
Creating a company in Algeria follows a relatively well marked administrative path since Sijilcom and Jibayatic were digitalised. This guide breaks the process down into 7 chronological steps with the documents, the costs and the traps to avoid at each stage.
Step 1: Choose the legal status
- Auto-entrepreneur: individual activity, annual turnover under 5 000 000 DZD, all activities combined. No capital.
- Sole proprietorship: traders, craftspeople and liberal professions, personal assets exposed.
- EURL: a single partner, capital freely set by the articles of association since Law 15-20 of 2015; 100 000 DZD remains the standard banks ask for, limited liability.
- SARL: 2 to 50 partners, the same capital rule as the EURL, the most flexible structure.
- SPA: ambitious fundraising, capital of 1 000 000 DZD minimum, 5 000 000 in case of a public offering.
This step is the most strategic one, the right choice avoids a costly conversion later. Five main statuses exist in Algeria:
Step 2: Reserve the company name
The negative certificate guarantees that the trade name you chose is not already taken. The procedure is online on sidjilcom.cnrc.dz: submit 3 to 5 names in order of preference, the CNRC validates within 1 to 2 working days.
Cost: 800 DZD. Validity: 6 months, renewable once.
Tip: also check the INAPI database in case the name you want is already a registered trademark, intellectual property prevails over the trade register.
Step 3: Draft the articles of association (for a SARL/EURL)
The articles of association must be notarized for every company. Go to a notary with your negative certificate, the identity documents of the partners, and the draft corporate purpose.
Mandatory clauses in the articles: company name, legal form, registered office, purpose, duration, capital and its distribution between partners, management, terms for transferring shares, dissolution.
Cost through the UpGrowth Connect package: 30 000 DZD for 'Articles of association + BOAL' (fixed price, partner notary pre-validated by the CNRC). The drafting and signing time belongs to the notary and is set by no published text: we do not state it.
Step 4: Publish in the BOAL and deposit the capital
- Publication in the Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Légales (BOAL): the official incorporation notice. CNRC BOAL: 7 610 DZD (included in the UpGrowth package). No text sets a publication deadline for the bulletin: we do not state one.
- Deposit of the share capital at the bank (amount freely set, 100 000 DZD remains the standard banks ask for a SARL/EURL): blocked until CNRC registration. The bank issues a blocking certificate.
- These two actions can be carried out in parallel to save time.
Step 5: CNRC registration
With the complete file (notarized articles, negative certificate, bank certificate, BOAL publication, identity documents, proof of registered office), file the registration application at the CNRC of your wilaya or through Sijilcom.
Décret exécutif n° 23-169 of 24 April 2023 (art. 9) requires the CNRC and the associated administrations to validate and confirm the registration request within three (3) days. That period belongs to the administration. The UpGrowth Connect package (268 610 DZD for a company with 12 months of domiciliation / 225 000 DZD for a natural person with 12 months) already includes the CNRC fees in the 'Register + stamp duty + company stamp' line. Result: an extract from the trade register (RC) carrying your unique identification number.
Step 6: Obtaining the NIF from the DGI
With your CNRC trade register, go to your tax office (DGI) to request the NIF (Numéro d'Identification Fiscale). Documents: trade register, articles of association, proof of registered office, manager's national ID card.
The NIF is not a separate step where the company is registered through the electronic company creation portal: article 10 of décret exécutif n° 23-169 provides that, once the registration is confirmed, the applicant receives the trade register extract together with the tax and statistical identification numbers, CASNOS or CNAS affiliation and the common identifier. No text sets a separate issuing time for the NIF. Free. The NIF conditions every later tax operation (invoicing, G50, IBS).
Step 7: Social registration with CASNOS or CNAS
- Non-salaried manager of a SARL/EURL → CASNOS. Minimum annual contribution derived from the SNMG in force: 43 200 DZD per year (15 % × the 288 000 DZD base floor, décret exécutif 26-257). Auto-entrepreneur registered with ANAE → CASNOS under the special flat rate of 24 000 DZD per year (an exception reserved for auto-entrepreneurs, and the most common default choice).
- Salaried manager + employees → CNAS (salaried workers). Employer contribution 26 % + employee contribution 9 % of the payroll.
- Late penalty: 11 % from the 11th day, + 1 % per additional month.
Within the 10 working days following the issue of the trade register, register with the appropriate social security fund:
After these 7 steps: starting the activity
- Open the final professional bank account (the capital is released).
- Order the company stamp.
- Where relevant, obtain sector authorisations (food, health, import licences).
- Start the accounting with a chartered accountant.
- Begin commercial operations and invoicing.
- First G50 return: end of the month following the first sales.
Realistic timeline
| Week | Actions |
|---|---|
| W1 | Choice of status + negative certificate |
| W2 | Drafting the articles at the notary |
| W3 | Capital deposit + BOAL |
| W4-W5 | CNRC registration |
| W5-W6 | NIF + social registration |
| W6+ | Start of activity |
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Related articles and procedures
- Complete company creation guideOverview of every status + costs.
- Detailed 2026 costsTotal budget for each legal status.
- SARL creation in AlgeriaDedicated guide for 2 to 50 partners.
- EURL creationThe single-partner variant.
- CNRC, trade registerSijilcom and the negative certificate.
- DGI, obtaining the NIFTax identification number.
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