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Tool · 7 min readRegister a Moroccan SARL or SA via OMPIC & CRI Souss-Massa
Step-by-step playbook for getting your Registre du Commerce (RC) number from the Tribunal de Commerce d’Agadir, plus the annual filings that keep your company in good standing.
Where you actually file
- OMPIC directinfo — directinfo.ma for certificat négatif, RC, beneficial owners, annual accounts.
- CRI Souss-Massa — cri-invest.ma single window in Cité Founty, Agadir, for the bundled creation file.
- DGI SIMPL — simpl.tax.gov.ma for tax registration and ongoing returns.
- Tribunal de Commerce d’Agadir — physical filing of statuts and signature legalisation.
Documents to prepare (PDF, Arabic or French)
- Certificat négatif from OMPIC (valid 90 days).
- Statuts signed in 4 originals (notaire or sous seing privé).
- Bank attestation of capital deposit (compte bloqué).
- Lease, domiciliation contract or property title for siège social.
- Copy of CIN/passport for each associé and gérant.
- Form M0 (creation declaration).
- Beneficial-owner declaration (every > 25 % shareholder).
- If contributions in kind: report by a commissaire aux apports (SA only).
Filing flow — 10 working days
- Day 1 — Certificat négatif. File 3 names on directinfo.ma. Pay MAD 230 by card.
- Day 2 — Statuts. Use a CRI template or instruct an Agadir notaire (~ MAD 2 500). Print 4 originals.
- Day 3 — Bank. Open compte bloqué, deposit capital. Get attestation same-day.
- Day 4–5 — CRI single window. Upload all docs to cri-invest.ma OR drop them at Cité Founty. CRI dispatches to OMPIC, DGI, CNSS in parallel.
- Day 6–8 — RC, IF, ICE. You receive your RC number, Identifiant Fiscal, ICE and CNSS affiliation.
- Day 9–10 — Bulletin Officiel. CRI sends the publication file. Pay ~ MAD 1 000.
Total fees (SARL, MAD 100 000 capital, no in-kind)
| Item | Cost (MAD) |
|---|---|
| Certificat négatif | 230 |
| Notaire / sous seing privé | 2 500 |
| Capital deposit (returned to current account) | 0 |
| CRI single-window package | 1 800 |
| Bulletin officiel + journal d’annonces légales | 1 000 |
| Stamps & legalisation | 200 |
| Total | ~ 5 730 |
SA specifics
- Min. 5 shareholders, MAD 300 000 capital (3M if listed), commissaire aux comptes mandatory.
- Statuts must be by acte authentique (notaire) — budget ~ MAD 6 000.
- Conseil d’Administration with 3–12 directors OR Directoire + Conseil de Surveillance.
- Annual general meeting within 6 months of year-end.
Annual filings — keep your company alive
| Deadline | Filing | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March | IS return + balance sheet | SIMPL DGI |
| 30 April | Annual accounts deposit | OMPIC directinfo |
| End of each month | CNSS payroll declaration | DAMANCOM |
| End of each quarter | TVA declaration (if < MAD 1M turnover) | SIMPL TVA |
| 31 January | État 9421 (employee earnings) | SIMPL DGI |
| Within 30 days of any change | Statuts modification (gérance, capital, address) | OMPIC + Tribunal |
Beneficial-owner register. Failure to declare or update beneficial owners (every shareholder > 25 %) carries fines up to MAD 100 000 and personal liability for the gérant. Update within 30 days of any cap-table change.