The 7 Steps of Company Creation in Algeria 2026
Step-by-step path to create your company in Algeria: company name, notarized articles of...
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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.
Our fee to create your company
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60 000 DZD excl. VAT
for an EURL with 12 months of UpGrowth domiciliation (150 000 DZD excl. VAT, separate), 90 000 DZD excl. VAT without. SARL with 2 partners: 75 000 DZD excl. VAT with, 105 000 DZD excl. VAT without. 15 000 DZD excl. VAT more per extra partner. 19 % VAT on our fees only.
Totals from, capital excluded: EURL 326 510 DZD incl. VAT with 12 months of domiciliation, 173 710 DZD incl. VAT without. SARL 344 360 DZD incl. VAT with, 191 560 DZD incl. VAT without. They include the official fees (from 58 610 DZD), the notary power of attorney (8 000 DZD) and, with domiciliation, the notary domiciliation contract (10 000 DZD), paid in your name, outside the UpGrowth invoice. SPA: 90 000 DZD excl. VAT, plus 15 000 DZD excl. VAT per partner, never with domiciliation.
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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 at the counter, 700 DZD electronically (arrêté of 31 October 2016, art. 3). No published text sets a validity period for the negative certificate, so we state none.
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.
On the signing day you hand the capital (20% or 100%) to the notary. The notary delivers the statutes and the BOAL publication, then returns the capital to the company by cheque after the trade register.
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 (delivered by the notary with the statutes)
- Publication in the Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Légales (BOAL): the official incorporation notice. CNRC BOAL: 3 750 DZD per inserted page at the counter, 3 000 DZD electronically, both doubled when the insertion is translated, plus 576 DZD for the registration insertion (arrêté of 31 October 2016, art. 5, as amended by the arrêté of 8 November 2020) (included in the UpGrowth package). No text sets a publication deadline for the bulletin: we do not state one.
- The share capital (amount freely set) has already been handed to the notary at the signing: no bank step for a local client.
Step 5: CNRC registration
With the complete file (notarized articles, negative 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 (from 286 610 DZD for an EURL with 12 months of domiciliation, plus 15 000 DZD excl. VAT per additional partner / from 243 000 DZD for a natural person with 12 months, excl. VAT basis, fees and domiciliation excl. VAT, 19 % VAT added on both) already counts the CNRC fees in the 'Register + stamp duty + company stamp' line, paid in your name, outside UpGrowth's invoice. 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. Official minimum contribution: 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 share 25 %, employee share 9 % and 0.50 % borne by the social works fund, so 34.5 % in total, décret exécutif 15-236 rewriting article 2 of décret exécutif 94-187.
- Failure to declare the activity: a penalty of 5 000 DA increased by 20 % for each month of delay, article 7 of loi 83-14 as rewritten by article 6 of loi 04-17.
Within the ten (10) days following the start of the activity, send the declaration of activity to the appropriate social security fund:
After these 7 steps: starting the activity
- Open the company's bank account, after the trade register (the notary has returned the capital to the company by cheque).
- 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 | Signing at the notary: capital handed over, statutes + BOAL |
| W4-W5 | CNRC registration |
| W5-W6 | NIF + social registration |
| W6+ | Start of activity |
Our fee to create your company
from
60 000 DZD excl. VAT
for an EURL with 12 months of UpGrowth domiciliation (150 000 DZD excl. VAT, separate), 90 000 DZD excl. VAT without. SARL with 2 partners: 75 000 DZD excl. VAT with, 105 000 DZD excl. VAT without. 15 000 DZD excl. VAT more per extra partner. 19 % VAT on our fees only.
Totals from, capital excluded: EURL 326 510 DZD incl. VAT with 12 months of domiciliation, 173 710 DZD incl. VAT without. SARL 344 360 DZD incl. VAT with, 191 560 DZD incl. VAT without. They include the official fees (from 58 610 DZD), the notary power of attorney (8 000 DZD) and, with domiciliation, the notary domiciliation contract (10 000 DZD), paid in your name, outside the UpGrowth invoice. SPA: 90 000 DZD excl. VAT, plus 15 000 DZD excl. VAT per partner, never with domiciliation.
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