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Business data in Algeria. Where the records live.
In Algeria the commercial register is held by the Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC), whose Sidjilcom portal centralises filings for well over two million registered traders and companies.
What Atlas holds for Algeria
Source: the Atlas database, updated automatically.
The official records
Algeria's legal system of record is the Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC), which centralises the commercial register (registre du commerce) filed through court registries and exposes it via the Sidjilcom portal under the Ministry of Commerce. Every trader is issued a registre du commerce (RC) number paired with a NIF tax identifier; incorporated companies number in the low hundreds of thousands, while sole proprietorships make up the bulk of the roughly two-million-plus entries. Activity concentrates around Algiers, Oran and the hydrocarbon belt, where Sonatrach anchors a wider economy of construction, import-export trade, agriculture and a young technology scene.
How to use the register
- Start from the register, not from a bought list. It is the legal record of every company.
- Read the status field. Registers keep closed companies too. See how many have closed in other registers.
- Check the website belongs to the company, with the registration number or a distinguishing name on the page.
Sources
Descriptions are based on the national sources above. Figures in the text are rounded and change over time. Found an error? Write to atlasforgex@proton.me. More countries: business data by country and registers by country.