Do you have to go through the CRI to create a company in Morocco in 2026?

Three texts make travel unnecessary:

• Law No. 88-17 (2019) on the electronic creation of companies and their support: putting together the file, signing the articles of association, filing the registration application and obtaining the identifiers can all be done remotely (steps detailed in the guide on how to create a company 100% online in Morocco).
• Law No. 43-20 on trust services for electronic transactions: the advanced electronic signature, issued by a provider approved by the DGSSI, is the recommended level for company deeds and makes it possible to sign the articles of association remotely, without having to travel to have signatures legalized.
• The Commercial Code (Law 15-95) and Law 53-95: registration (immatriculation) in the Commercial Register falls under the commercial court registry of the registered office. Tax identifiers are assigned by the DGI and affiliation by the CNSS (Dahir 1-72-184 of 27 July 1972).

Each administration issues its own document (negative certificate, RC extract, IF, ICE, TP, affiliation): see the role of each administration in registration. A private platform such as Charikaty prepares the file, has it signed, files it and follows it up with each of them.

The complete list, by company form and by profile, is set out in the guide to the documents required to register a company in Morocco.

Public fees (order of magnitude): negative certificate 232.76 MAD online; filing and registration fees at the registry of approximately 1,200 MAD; publication in a legal announcements newspaper (journal d'annonces légales) and in the Official Bulletin (Bulletin officiel) from a few hundred to 1,500 MAD; business domiciliation (domiciliation) from 100 to 500 MAD excl. VAT per month where applicable.

Timeframes: negative certificate in 24 to 48 hours online; registration in the RC in practice within 3 to 10 business days after filing a complete file, depending on the registry; registration mandatory within 3 months of incorporation (art. 75 of the Commercial Code). With Charikaty, the indicative timeframes (which depend on the administrations) are as follows: negative certificate in approximately 24 hours, articles of association drafted immediately and registered in approximately 24 hours, registration in the RC in 3 to 5 business days after filing with the registry, publication in a legal announcements newspaper and in the Official Bulletin (JAL/BO) in approximately 24 hours.

• The Commercial Register extract and the RC number issued by the commercial court registry (Law 15-95, Law 53-95)
• The ICE (Common Company Identifier, Identifiant Commun de l'Entreprise, 15 digits, Decree 2-11-63) assigned by the DGI
• The tax identification number (IF) and registration for the business tax (TP), exempt for the first 5 years of operation (Law 47-06)
• The CNSS affiliation number (Dahir 1-72-184)

Charikaty provides you with all these documents online.

• Publication of the incorporation in a legal announcements newspaper and in the Official Bulletin (Law 5-96, art. 96; Law 17-95)
• Release of the capital upon presentation of the RC extract, where the funds have been deposited
• Setting up the accounting (Law 9-88), with documents retained for 10 years (art. 211 of the CGI); online tax returns via SIMPL; minimum contribution (cotisation minimale) exempt for the first 36 months of operation (art. 144 of the CGI)
• Declaration of employees to the CNSS from the first hire, via the DAMANCOM portal

Certain activities require a prior authorization or a license (agrément) issued by the competent sector authority: Bank Al-Maghrib for credit institutions (Law 103-12), ACAPS for insurance, ANRT for telecommunications, the supervising ministries for transport, health, education or private security. The license is in addition to registration and must be obtained before the activity actually starts (see the authorizations and permits required to operate in Morocco).

Charikaty is a private Moroccan legal-tech platform specializing in the creation and compliance of companies. We put together your file to the standard required by the competent commercial court registry, have it signed electronically, file it online and follow up each step until you receive your RC extract, your tax identifiers and your CNSS affiliation. You have no desk to visit, whether you are in Morocco or abroad. Discover our online SARL formation service.

Here is what you need to create your company: the negative certificate, articles of association signed electronically, proof of registered office, the identity documents of the partners and the manager, then the filing of the file with the commercial court registry. With Charikaty, you do everything online, without any travel.

With Charikaty, setting up a SARL in Morocco costs from 4,550 MAD including VAT, official fees included, and is done entirely online. More than 250 companies have already been set up with Charikaty.