• The Ministry of Commerce shall create a register in the cities designated by the Minister of Commerce, pursuant to a decision issued thereby covering all the provinces of the Kingdom, where names of merchants and companies and all the data specified in this Law are registered.

Every trader must submit an application to register their name in the Commercial Register that is located in the jurisdiction of their commercial establishment, whether it is a main center, a branch, or an agency.

1- Companies established in the Kingdom shall be registered in the Commercial Register in accordance with what is specified in the Implementing Regulation.
2- A claim for the registration of any branch of the company must be submitted within (thirty) days from the date of its establishment, and a copy of the company's Articles of Incorporation and its bylaws, if available, must be attached to the claim.

• The merchant, manager of the company, or liquidator shall apply for the entry in the commercial register of any amendment to data previously registered therein, within 30 days from the date of amendment, in accordance with the implementing regulations.

Anyone who is registered in the Commercial Register must deposit with the Commercial Register office, within thirty days from the date of registration, a certificate of participation in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Foreign companies licensed to open branches or offices in the Kingdom shall apply to register such branches or offices in the commercial register within 30 days from the date of their opening, enclosing all the documents specified by the implementing regulations.

• The merchant, his heirs, or the liquidator, as the case may be, shall apply to the commercial register Office to cancel the registration in the following cases:

  • 1. The merchant’s permanent abandonment of his business.

  • 2. The merchant’s death.

  • 3. The completion of the liquidation of the company.

• The application shall be submitted within 90 days from the occurrence of the cause of cancellation of registration. If the concerned parties do not apply for cancellation, the Commercial Register Office shall, after investigating the cause, ascertaining its occurrence, and giving notice to the concerned parties by registered mail, automatically enforce the cancellation, after 30 days of the date of notice, unless the Commercial Register Office receives evidence to the contrary from the concerned party during this period.

• In case of a final judgment or decision to cancel the registration, pursuant to applicable laws, the competent Commercial Register Office shall enforce the cancellation immediately upon notification of the judgment or decision.

• The Commercial Register Office shall verify the fulfillment of conditions required for registration, entry, or cancellation. It may ask the applicant to submit documents supporting the data provided in his application. The Commercial Register Office may reject the application by a reasoned decision within 30 days from the date of submission.

• Everyone registered in the commercial register shall indicate in all correspondence, printed materials, stamps, and sign boards his commercial registration number, in addition to his name and the name of the city where he is registered, provided that all the data is written in Arabic.

• The judicial authorities which issue the following judgments and orders shall inform the competent Commercial Register Office thereof, within 30 days from the date on which the judgment or order becomes final:

  • 1. Judgments of declaration of bankruptcy and cancellation thereof.

  • 2. Judgments of rehabilitation.

  • 3. Judgments of interdiction of a merchant, attachment of his property, or removal thereof.

  • 4. Orders issued to revoke permission to engage in business or to restrict the permission in cases of minors or persons under interdiction.

  • 5. Judgments concerning the separation of partners or dismissal of managers.

  • 6. Judgments of the dissolution of companies or their invalidity, and the appointment of liquidators or their dismissal.

  • 7. Judgments validating, rescinding, or invalidating a judicial settlement.

  • 8. Orders issued to start the procedures of settlement to avoid bankruptcy, and judgments issued to validate, rescind, or invalidate it.

  • 9. Judgments of conviction in cases of fraud, forgery, and bribery

• The competent Commercial Register Office shall make an entry of the above judgments and orders immediately upon notification thereof.