Group 504, commerce de détail de matériaux de construction

Overview

Group 504 of the CNRC nomenclature, commerce de détail de matériaux de construction, gathers 17 activity codes split across 2 sub-groups. It belongs to the Retail Distribution sector, whose codes all start with the digit 5. It accounts for 4.7% of the 364 codes in the Retail Distribution sector. The codes covered run from 504101 to 504207.

Out of these 17 activities, 14 are free and only require a Trade Register entry and 3 are regulated and require a prior licence from the supervisory authority before the CNRC filing. The most frequent supervisory authorities are MINISTRY OF THE INTERNAL (3 codes).

The 2 sub-groups and all 17 codes of the group are listed below, with no pagination and no truncation. Every link opens the full code sheet: official CNRC wording, activity contents, authorised accessory activities, supervisory authority, legal references, frequently asked questions and registration steps. The wordings reproduced here come from the 2026 CNRC nomenclature published on SIDJILCOM, unedited.

UpGrowth Connect registers your company on any of the 17 registrable codes listed here, as a sole trader, an EURL or a SARL, with an optional commercial address in Algiers.

All activity codes (17)

Sub-group 5041, commerce de détail de matériaux de construction (10 codes)

• Retail trade in building materials (504101)
• Retail trade of building hardware, glassware and wood (504102)
• Retail trade of wood and cork for carpentry (504103)
• Retail trade of hardware (504104)
• Retail trade services of hardware (504105)
• Retail trade services of glassware and glassware (504106)
• Retail sale of paints and varnishes (504107)
• Retail trade services of paints and varnishes (504108)
• Detailed distribution of Saharan cabins (504109)
• Distribution in detail of roofs, capitals, tents and car garages (504110)

Sub-group 5042, Commerce de détail de fournitures pour l'électricité (7 codes)

• Retail trade services of electricity supplies (504201)
• Retail trade services of interior coating articles (504202)
• Retail trade services of protective and security equipment and supplies, parts and accessories thereof (regulated activity) (504203)
• Retail trade services of equipment and tools for construction (504204)
• Retail trade of fire fighting materials (504205)
• Retail trade of video surveillance equipment not equipped for night vision and not using radio teletransmission (regulation activity) (504206)
• Retail trade in intervention and law enforcement equipment (regulated activity) (504207)