Agadir – Morocco registered 66,277 new businesses during the first eight months of 2026, with limited liability companies accounting for the largest share of new corporate registrations, according to the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC).
Legal entities represented 49,897 registrations, or 75% of the total, while individual businesses accounted for 16,380 registrations, representing the remaining 25%.
Among legal entities, the single-member limited liability company (SARL AU) remained the preferred legal structure, accounting for 65% of registrations. Standard limited liability companies (SARL) followed with 33.8%.
Casablanca-Settat leads corporate registrations
Casablanca-Settat ranked first in new corporate business registrations, accounting for 39.3% of the national total.
Rabat-Sale-Kenitra followed with 14.4%, ahead of Marrakech-Safi at 12.3% and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima at 10.8%.
Together, these four regions accounted for 76.8% of all newly registered legal entities in Morocco during the January-August period.
The distribution differed for individual businesses. Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima led this category with 20.5% of registrations, followed by Casablanca-Settat with 13.3% and the Eastern region with 10.7%.
Trade and construction dominate new businesses
Trade accounted for the largest share of newly registered legal entities, representing 27.21% of the total.
Construction and real estate activities ranked second at 25.25%, followed by various services at 20.04%.
Transport accounted for 7.68% of new corporate registrations, while industry represented 6.34%.
The figures show that trade, construction and real estate, and services together accounted for more than 72% of newly registered legal entities during the first eight months of the year.
OMPIC issues over 85,000 trade names
OMPIC also issued 85,351 trade names, known as negative certificates, between January and August 2026.
Entrepreneurs use these certificates to reserve proposed business names before completing the relevant registration procedures.
The office publishes detailed indicators on business creation through its online barometer, which tracks new registrations across Morocco by legal structure, region and sector.
The latest figures cover the period from January to August 2026 and provide an overview of business registration trends across the country.
