Domiciling an online retail business in Algeria

a month for the office address

6,000 DA

at most for the notarised contract

3 days

ID and birth certificate

2 documents

to have your activity code checked

0 DA

What the electronic commerce law requires

• You sell online: you need a trade register entry, just like a traditional business.
• Your site shows your business identity, including a physical address. This is often where domiciliation helps: you do not display your home.
• Registered online sellers are listed in a national file of e-suppliers kept by the CNRC (National Trade Register Centre).
• The law bans selling certain products online, for example gambling, alcohol and tobacco, or pharmaceutical products.

The registered office of an e-commerce company

If you sell online through a company (EURL, SARL), it must prove an office to be registered. The articles set the office address, and the CNRC asks for a title deed or a notarised lease in the company's name. A notarised domiciliation contract is one of the accepted proofs.

To get started, a first-time investor company with no office may also elect domicile with a lawyer, a notary, a chartered accountant, a statutory auditor or at its legal representative's residence, for two years at most, renewable once (article 21 of Law 04-08, as worded by Law 13-06). Bear in mind that this is then the address shown on your site.

When domiciliation is enough, when you need premises

What domiciliation brings to an online shop

• A business address to show on the site, the terms of sale and invoices, instead of your home.
• Your company's registered office, proven by a notarised contract accepted by the CNRC.
• Receipt of official mail: at Neuron, it is received and you are notified when it arrives.
• A place to meet a supplier or partner: the meeting room costs 5,000 DA a day.

Documents to prepare

For the domiciliation contract at Neuron

For registering a company with the CNRC

Domiciling your e-commerce business, step by step

1. 1

   Define the sales model

   Services, digital content, goods with or without stock, pick-up point: this decides whether premises are needed.

2. 2

   Choose how you will trade

   A company (EURL, SARL) or an individual registered in the trade register. The auto-entrepreneur status is only possible if your activity is on its list.

3. 3

   Have the activity checked

   Send your activity code to Neuron on WhatsApp: we confirm free of charge whether domiciliation is possible before anything is signed.

4. 4

   Sign the domiciliation contract

   The manager's ID and birth certificate are enough. The notarised contract is ready within 3 days.

5. 5

   Register and bring the site into line

   After CNRC registration, show your trade register and tax identification numbers and your domiciliation address on your site.

The cost

At Neuron Cowork: 6,000 DA a month, that is 72,000 DA for a year. On the Algiers market, one public rate recorded on 29 October 2026 reaches 150,000 DA a year before tax, plus 19% VAT; another is 90,000 DA for 12 months.