Is the checklist free?

Yes. The Word file downloads directly, with no sign-up and no email address requested. It is provided by UpGrowth as a practical resource.

What is the minimum cost of incorporating a SARL in Algeria in 2026?

Around 171,610 DZD excluding share capital (191,560 DZD incl. VAT, 19 % VAT added on fees) for a SARL with two partners and no domiciliation: at least 66,610 DZD of official fees, paid in your name, outside UpGrowth's invoice (trade name 1,000 DZD, registry, stamps and seal 20,000 DZD, articles and BOAL from 30,000 DZD, CNRC BOAL 7,610 DZD, notary power of attorney 8,000 DZD) plus 105,000 DZD excl. VAT of support (75,000 DZD excl. VAT with domiciliation at UpGrowth, which adds 150,000 DZD excl. VAT of domiciliation and 10,000 DZD for the domiciliation contract at the notary). Each additional partner adds 15,000 DZD excl. VAT to the support fee. These are floors that rise with capital, activity codes, partners and the page count of the articles.

How long does it take?

The calendar belongs to the administrations and to the professionals involved, notary, CNRC, bank, BOAL and tax office, and we promise no issue date. What we observe: the CNRC generally issues the trade register extract about a week after a complete file is submitted, and the notary, bank, BOAL and tax steps fill most of the rest. Handled alone, expect four to six weeks or more. What we commit to is our own work: a written answer within 4 working hours on WhatsApp, a quote as soon as we hold every answer we need, a price agreed in advance with no hidden fees (19 % VAT added on fees and domiciliation), a single point of contact, and a complete file whose every document we check before filing.

When must the company register with CASNOS?

Within ten days of the declared start of activity, for a non-salaried manager. The contribution is 15 % of declared income on a base that cannot fall below the annual SNMG, i.e. an official minimum of 43,200 DZD per year. Salaried managers and employees fall under CNAS.

Does the checklist also work for an EURL?

Yes, the path is identical. The only procedural difference is the sole partner, who alone takes the decisions that would otherwise go to a partners meeting. Documents, official fees and timelines are the same. Our support costs 15,000 DZD excl. VAT less than for a SARL with two partners: 90,000 DZD excl. VAT without domiciliation, 60,000 DZD excl. VAT with domiciliation at UpGrowth, which puts the total at around 156,610 DZD excluding capital without domiciliation (173,710 DZD incl. VAT, fees excl. VAT, 19 % VAT added on fees, official fees paid in your name, outside UpGrowth's invoice).

SARL incorporation checklist for Algeria: the 7 steps and the documents

One page, seven steps, the documents to gather at each one, the minimum 2026 budget and the timelines actually observed. Built to be printed and ticked off. Free Word download, no sign-up.

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ByÉquipe UpGrowth, Company formation and CNRC formalities specialists

Published on July 30, 2026Updated on September 22, 2026

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Checklist for setting up a SARL in Algeria

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What this checklist covers

Incorporating a SARL in Algeria is not a single filing, it is a chain of seven steps involving three different counterparties: the CNRC for the trade name and the registration, a notary for the articles of association, the receipt of the capital and the BOAL publication, then the tax administration and the social security fund for the fiscal and social setup.

The number one cause of delay is almost never legal. It is an incomplete file presented at a counter, which goes home and comes back a week later. This one-page checklist lists, for each step, what to hold in hand before travelling, plus the minimum 2026 budget observed on the files we handle.

The seven steps, in order

Order matters. Each step produces a document the next one requires, so they cannot be run in parallel.

Choose the legal form: auto-entrepreneur, sole proprietorship, EURL, SARL, SNC or SPA, based on the activity, the number of partners, the available capital and the accepted level of risk.
Reserve the company name with the CNRC and obtain the negative certificate, at the counter or through the SIDJILCOM portal.
Have the articles of association executed as a notarial deed, carrying the expected particulars: name, form, corporate purpose, registered office, duration, capital, contributions, share allocation and management. On the signing day, hand the capital (20% or 100%) to the notary.
Have the incorporation notice published in the Official Bulletin of Legal Announcements (BOAL): the notary delivers it with the statutes. Keep the proof of publication.
Collect the signed statutes and the BOAL publication from the notary. The capital received at the signing is returned to the company by cheque after the trade register, with no bank step.
File the registration application with the CNRC and collect the trade register extract.
Obtain the tax identification number (NIF) and the tax card from the DGI, then register with CASNOS for a non-salaried manager, or with CNAS for a salaried manager and for employees.

Documents for the CNRC file

Separate what the text requires from what the counter asks for. Executive decree 15-111 of 3 May 2015, article 9, sets a short list for a legal entity.

The signed registration application, on the CNRC's own forms.
One copy of the articles of association creating the company.
A copy of the BOAL insertion notice of the articles.
Proof of premises fit for a commercial activity: title deed, lease, land concession, or an allocation act issued by a public body.
For a foreign national, a copy of the residence card, article 13 of the same decree.

In practice counters also ask for the negative certificate of company name, a copy of the manager's identity document and two identity photographs. Those belong to administrative practice, not to the regulatory list. Bring them anyway, with copies as well as originals.

One time-saving note: the long list many guides still reproduce, criminal record extract, birth certificate, cleared tax roll extract, bailiff report, came from articles 12 and 13 of decree 97-41, which decree 15-111 superseded. Content presenting it as the current list is out of date.

Minimum 2026 budget

These are floors observed on our files. Articles and BOAL fees rise with the capital, the number of activity codes, the number of partners and the page count of the articles. Official fees are paid in your name, on official receipts, outside UpGrowth's invoice.

Share capital is absent from the table because it is not a fee, it is company treasury. On the SARL and EURL files we handle, capital starts at 100,000 DZD with one fifth released at incorporation, that is 20,000 DZD, recovered by cheque once the trade register extract is issued.

For an individual, the minimum total is 58,000 DZD for an auto-entrepreneur and 83,000 DZD for a sole proprietorship, including the 8,000 DZD notarized power of attorney (fees excl. VAT, VAT 19 % added on fees), with no capital requirement.

Item	Minimum amount
Trade name	1,000 DZD
Registry, stamps and company seal	20,000 DZD
Articles of association and BOAL	from 30,000 DZD
CNRC BOAL	7,610 DZD
Official fees subtotal	58,610 DZD
Notary, power of attorney (on every creation)	8,000 DZD
Notary, domiciliation contract (with our domiciliation)	10,000 DZD
UpGrowth support, SARL with 2 partners (NIF, NIS, C20, tax card)	105,000 DZD excl. VAT without domiciliation (75,000 DZD excl. VAT with domiciliation at UpGrowth), plus 15,000 DZD excl. VAT per additional partner
Minimum total, SARL with 2 partners, without domiciliation (excl. VAT basis: fees excl. VAT plus official fees paid in your name, outside UpGrowth's invoice)	around 171,610 DZD, excluding capital (191,560 DZD incl. VAT, 19 % VAT added on fees)
12-month domiciliation (option; 12 months minimum for a company, a bank requirement for opening the account)	150,000 DZD excl. VAT (178,500 DZD incl. VAT)

Timelines to anticipate

Processing times belong to the administrations, not to us, and we promise no issue date. What we observe on our files: the CNRC generally issues the trade register extract about a week after a complete file is submitted. The notary appointment, the bank account, the BOAL publication and the tax setup then take most of the calendar.

Handled alone, expect four to six weeks or more, longer still if a document has to be redone or if the activity requires a sector licence, which stretches the path by an amount that depends on the authority involved.

What UpGrowth commits to is its own work: a written answer within 4 working hours on WhatsApp, a quote as soon as we hold every answer we need, a price agreed in advance with no hidden fees (19 % VAT added on fees and domiciliation), a single point of contact, a complete file whose every document we check before filing, and a progress update at each step.

The notary step is not optional

Articles of association of an Algerian commercial company are executed as a notarial deed. A founder who drafts articles alone, has them signed and presents them at the CNRC leaves with a refusal and starts again at a notary's office. The checklist repeats this because it is the mistake that costs the most when discovered late.

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171 610 DZD is the minimum we observe for a SARL with two partners and no domiciliation (156 610 DZD for an EURL), share capital excluded (191 560 and 173 710 DZD incl. VAT; fees excl. VAT, VAT 19 % added on fees), of which 66 610 DZD are official fees paid in your name, outside UpGrowth's invoice (58 610 DZD plus 8 000 DZD for the notary's power of attorney). Each additional partner adds 15 000 DZD excl. VAT, and the notary and BOAL costs then rise with the capital, the activity codes, the number of partners and the number of pages.