Domiciliation for auto-entrepreneurs: useful, required or not?

a month, address in Dely Brahim

6,000 DA

for a 1-year contract

72,000 DA

at most for the notarised contract

3 days

ID and birth certificate

2 documents

Why domiciliation is not required

The auto-entrepreneur status, created by Law 22-23 of 18 December 2022, has its own register, kept by the National Auto-Entrepreneur Agency (ANAE). Registration is done online on the agency's platform and leads to an auto-entrepreneur card.

That is the big difference with a SARL or an EURL. A company registers with the CNRC (National Trade Register Centre), which requires a title deed or a notarised contract in the company's name to prove the office. An auto-entrepreneur does not go through that desk: you state an address when you register, and most activities open to the status (services, digital, consulting) are carried out without commercial premises.

The law itself provides for both options. Its article 7 lets the auto-entrepreneur domicile the activity at home or in shared workspaces. This is the legal basis for an address in a coworking space such as Neuron Cowork.

When a domiciliation address helps

• You do not want your home address on your quotes, invoices and contracts.
• Your clients are companies that expect a business address on your documents.
• You move often, or live with your parents, and want a stable address for your activity.
• You want your business mail delivered somewhere other than home. At Neuron, it is received and you are notified when it arrives.
• You are preparing to switch to an EURL or a SARL and want to work from the future office address already.

Home or domiciliation: the comparison

What domiciliation does not do

• It does not register you with ANAE: registration is still your own step, on the agency's platform.
• It does not open up an activity that is not on the status's list.
• It does not replace premises if your activity involves receiving the public, storing goods or manufacturing.
• It is not an office. To work on site, Neuron rents private offices at 15,000 DA a month unfurnished and 20,000 DA furnished.

Documents to prepare

For the domiciliation contract at Neuron

For your ANAE registration

The list is set by the agency and can be found on its platform. At the very least, prepare your ID and a description of your activity. The page on the auto-entrepreneur card covers the process in detail.

Getting a domiciliation address as an auto-entrepreneur, step by step

1. 1

   Check that your activity is open to the status

   Look at the list of auto-entrepreneur activities. If yours is not on it, registering as an individual trader or setting up a company are the alternatives.

2. 2

   Decide which address to declare

   Your home is often enough. A domiciliation address helps if you want a separate business address.

3. 3

   Sign the domiciliation contract

   Send Neuron your ID and birth certificate on WhatsApp. The notarised contract, in your name, is ready within 3 days.

4. 4

   Declare the address to ANAE

   Enter the chosen address when you register, or update it if you are already registered, with the proof the platform asks for.

5. 5

   Use the address on your documents

   Quotes, invoices, contracts and business cards now carry your business address.

The cost, and when to move to a company

At Neuron Cowork: 6,000 DA a month, that is 72,000 DA for a year. Once your turnover exceeds the status ceiling, or if you want partners, you will move to an EURL or a SARL. The company will then have to prove its own office to the CNRC with a notarised contract in its name: the page on domiciling an EURL explains what comes next.