Where to register a company in Morocco in 2026?

The Commercial Register is governed by Articles 27 to 78 of the Commercial Code (Law 15-95). The local register is kept by the territorially competent commercial court registry (Law 53-95) or, where there is no commercial court within the jurisdiction, by the registry of the court of first instance (tribunal de première instance). It is this registry that receives the registration application (déclaration d'immatriculation) and supporting documents (articles of association, negative certificate, proof of registered office), assigns the RC number and issues the Commercial Register extract (model J).

Every commercial company must be registered within 3 months of its incorporation (Art. 75 of the Commercial Code); it only acquires legal personality from the date of its registration. How the register itself works (subsequent filings such as amendments to the articles of association and financial statements [états de synthèse], central commercial register kept by OMPIC) is explained in our guide to the Commercial Register in Morocco.

Territorial jurisdiction follows the company's registered office, which must be evidenced by one of the following documents:

• A commercial lease governed by Law No. 49-16
• A business domiciliation contract compliant with Law No. 89-17 (written contract with a domiciliation provider registered in the RC, generally 100 to 500 MAD excl. VAT per month)
• A title deed in the name of the company or of a partner (shareholder) (land registration, Law 14-07)

A company domiciled in Casablanca therefore falls under the commercial court registry of Casablanca, and a company domiciled in Rabat under that of Rabat. It is thus the address chosen for the registered office, under a domiciliation contract or a commercial lease, that determines the competent registry. The Regional Investment Center (Centre Régional d'Investissement, CRI), the regional one-stop shop for investors, is not a mandatory step to register a company: the file is filed with the registry, and this filing can be done online.

Yes: Law No. 88-17 on the electronic creation of businesses allows all formation formalities to be completed remotely, including the filing with the competent registry (see setting up a company 100% online in Morocco). The articles of association and deeds are signed by means of an advanced electronic signature within the meaning of Law No. 43-20, issued by a trust service provider approved by the DGSSI (recommended level for company deeds).

With Charikaty, you complete the whole process online: OMPIC negative certificate, drafting and electronic signature of the articles of association, filing of the registration file with the Commercial Register, obtaining the IF, the ICE and the business tax, then CNSS affiliation. Official documents are still issued by the competent authorities (OMPIC, registry, DGI, CNSS); Charikaty prepares, files and follows up the file, then delivers your documents to you. The role of each of these administrations is presented in our guide to the administrations involved in registering a business.

Documents: the registry receives the OMPIC negative certificate (Law 13-99, valid for 90 days), the signed articles of association, the identity documents of the partners and the director, the proof of registered office, the registration application to the RC and, depending on the case, the capital deposit certificate (attestation de blocage du capital) (SA, or SARL whose capital exceeds 100,000 MAD: Art. 51 of Law 5-96 as amended by Law 21-19) and the contributions auditor's (commissaire aux apports) report (thresholds of Art. 53 of Law 5-96; always mandatory in an SA). The full list, by company form and by partner profile, is set out in our guide to the documents needed to register a company in Morocco; with Charikaty, you send these documents online and we take care of the rest.

Public fees (order of magnitude): negative certificate 232.76 MAD online; registry filing and registration fees of about 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.

Timeframes: the negative certificate is obtained in 24 to 48 hours online and registration takes, in practice, 3 to 10 working days after filing a complete file, depending on the registry, with the legal publications following registration. Each step is detailed in our guide to the time needed to register a company in Morocco.

Registration follows this order: negative certificate from OMPIC, drafting and signing of the articles of association in line with the company form, deposit of the capital in a blocked account when required by law, assembly of the file, then filing with the commercial court registry of the registered office (with Charikaty, online). Next come the delivery of the RC extract, the IF, the ICE and the business tax (DGI) and the CNSS affiliation, then the publication of the incorporation in a legal announcements newspaper and in the Official Bulletin.

Charikaty is a private Moroccan legal-tech platform specializing in company formation and compliance. To register your company, you need a properly evidenced registered office, which determines the competent registry, and a complete file. With Charikaty, you do everything online. We identify the competent commercial court registry based on your registered office, assemble the file to the standard required by the registry, have it signed electronically, file it online and follow its processing until your Commercial Register extract, your tax identifiers and your CNSS affiliation are delivered. No travel is necessary, whether in Morocco or from abroad.