Amending the trade register: head office, manager, activity, name

The trade register must always reflect the business's real situation. The 2015 decree provides for three types of entry: registration, amendment and removal. An amendment adds, corrects or deletes a recorded entry, while respecting the single-register rule and the official list of activities.

The CNRC then issues an updated extract. That is what banks, tax offices, social security funds and clients ask for: an outdated extract can block a contract, a payment or an account opening.

The register holder files the application: the trader for a natural person, the legal representative (manager, chair) for a company. An agent can file with a power of attorney.

• A company that moves, changes manager, name, activity or capital.
• A sole trader who changes premises or adds an activity.
• Any business whose extract contains an error to correct.

1. 1

   Identify what changes

   Head office, manager, activity, name, capital, partners: list every entry on the extract that will no longer be accurate.

2. 2

   Prepare the supporting document

   New lease or domiciliation contract, name certificate, licence, new manager's ID, as the case may be.

3. 3

   Have the change decided and recorded

   For a company: partners' decision, then a notarial deed amending the articles.

4. 4

   Publish in the BOAL

   The notary prepares the notice of amended entries. Keep a copy.

5. 5

   Fill in the amendment form

   Enter the register number, the type of each change, the old and the new entry.

6. 6

   Pay and file

   Pay the amendment fee, then file at the CNRC office.

7. 7

   Collect the new extract and inform others

   Check the updated extract, declare beneficial owners if needed, then inform tax office, bank and social security funds.

The file goes to the local CNRC office that holds your register. If you move the head office to another wilaya, the competent office changes: ask the office for the exact process before signing the deed at the notary.

Moving your head office to Dely Brahim

For a head office move, the new proof of premises is the central document. A company domiciled at Neuron Cowork provides its notarised domiciliation contract: 6,000 DA per month, 1-year or 2-year contracts, ready within 3 days at most, on presentation of an ID document and a birth certificate.

The law gives you one month at most from the change to start amending the extract (article 4 bis of Law No. 04-08, added by Law No. 26-12 of 8 June 2026). Start as soon as the change is decided: until the extract is updated, the register still shows the old entry: the former manager stays listed as representative, the old address stays the official head office.

For a company, plan three stages: the notary appointment for the amending deed, publication in the BOAL, then filing with the CNRC and processing by the office.

• Moving premises without amending the register: the official head office stays at the old address.
• Signing a new lease in the manager's name instead of the company's.
• Appointing a new manager by simple letter, without a decision or amending deed.
• Adding a regulated activity without a licence.
• Skipping BOAL publication: a company's file is incomplete without it.
• Missing the one-month deadline: the fine ranges from 10,000 to 500,000 DA for a natural person and from 300,000 to 700,000 DA for a company.
• Forgetting the new beneficial owner declaration after a share transfer.
• Not replacing the company stamp or informing the bank after a change of name or address.