OMPIC: 66,277 New Businesses Registered in Morocco by End of August 2026

OMPIC said in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 22, that 66,277 new businesses were entered in the commercial register in Morocco during the first eight months of 2026.

Companies set up as legal entities made up three quarters of the total, or 49,897 registrations. The remaining 25% were individual entrepreneurs, with 16,380 natural persons registered over the same period.

Single-member SARL dominates

Among legal entities, the single-member limited liability company (SARL AU) remained the preferred structure, accounting for 65% of registrations. The standard limited liability company (SARL) followed with 33.8%, OMPIC noted.

By sector, trade led with 27.21% of new legal-entity companies. Construction, public works and real estate came next at 25.25%, ahead of miscellaneous services (20.04%), transport (7.68%) and industry (6.34%).

Casablanca-Settat leads the regions

The Casablanca-Settat region captured 39.3% of new companies formed as legal entities. Rabat-Salé-Kénitra followed with 14.4%, then Marrakech-Safi with 12.3% and Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima with 10.8%.

Those four regions together concentrated 76.8% of legal-entity business creation nationwide, the office said.

The ranking shifts for sole proprietorships. Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima came first with 20.5% of individual registrations, while Casablanca-Settat took 13.3% and the Oriental region 10.7%.

85,351 trade names issued

Between January and August 2026, OMPIC also delivered 85,351 trade names in the form of negative certificates, the document required before a business name can be used.

The full set of indicators on business creation in Morocco is available on the OMPIC barometer at www.barometreompic.ma, the office said.