Can I set up a company in Morocco 100% online in 2026?

Yes. Remote formation rests on the following texts, foremost among them Law 88-17 and Law 43-20:

From any country, the user prepares the following documents (the full list by legal form and by profile is given in the documents required to register a company in Morocco):

• The OMPIC negative certificate (Law 13-99)
• The articles of association (statuts) drawn up by private deed (sous seing privé) or before a notary (Law 32-09)
• The proof of registered office (siège social): business domiciliation contract (Law 89-17) or commercial lease (bail commercial) (Law 49-16)
• The identity documents of the partners (associés) and of the company officer
• Where applicable, the report of the contributions auditor (commissaire aux apports) (Article 53 of Law 5-96; always mandatory for an SA)

The advanced signature, the recommended level for company deeds, is issued by a trust service provider (prestataire de services de confiance) approved by the DGSSI and has evidential value equivalent to a handwritten signature. Each signatory signs remotely using their personal certificate. The practical steps, including for partners based abroad, are detailed in our guide to the electronic signature of the articles of association.

Charikaty handles this entire step remotely. The platform gathers and checks the documents in the file, then files them on your behalf electronically, as permitted by Law 88-17. The file is then routed to the relevant authorities, OMPIC, the DGI, the CNSS and the commercial court registry (Law 53-95), for registration in the Commercial Register (Law 15-95).

Once registration is complete, the company obtains its RC number, its ICE, its tax identification number (Identifiant Fiscal, IF) and its CNSS affiliation number (Dahir 1-72-184 of 27 July 1972).

• Publication in the Official Bulletin (Bulletin Officiel) and in a legal announcements newspaper (journal d'annonces légales)
• Release of the capital from the depositary bank on presentation of the RC
• Setting up the accounting (Law 9-88) with documents kept for 10 years (Article 211 of the CGI 2026)

A non-resident can set up a company online provided that they:

• Hold an advanced electronic signature certificate issued by an approved provider (Law 43-20); failing that, they can give an authenticated power of attorney legalized by the Moroccan consulate
• Provide evidence of the origin of funds under Law 43-05 as amended by Law 12-18
• Comply with the General Instruction on Foreign Exchange Operations (Instruction Générale des Opérations de Change, IGOC) published by the Office des Changes (foreign exchange authority) for the repatriation of contributions in foreign currency and for obtaining the foreign currency contribution certificate (certificat d'apport en devises), which gives entitlement to the convertibility regime

The possible legal forms, 100% ownership and the role of the Office des Changes are detailed in the guide to setting up a company in Morocco as a non-resident.

Charikaty is a private Moroccan legal-tech platform specializing in company formation and compliance. To create a company online, here is what you need: a negative certificate, articles of association signed electronically, proof of registered office and the identity documents of the partners and the company officer; with Charikaty, you do everything online. We manage the entire paperless process on charikaty.com with our online SARL formation service, from obtaining the OMPIC negative certificate to registration in the Commercial Register and obtaining the IF, the ICE and the CNSS affiliation.

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.