Search Algeria CNRC / Sidjilcom (Home - CNRC)

TL;DR. Algeria’s commercial registry is the Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC) at sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home (HTTP 200, title Home - CNRC). The English UI is live; englishUi is Yes. The live operator line is Ministry of Interior Trade and Regulation of the National Market (French: Ministere du Commerce Interieur et de la Regulation du Marche National). Apex cnrc.dz is NXDOMAIN. Search group paths such as /group/sidjilcom/recherche-denomination land on login - Sidjilcom - CNRC. Live Tarifs at https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs: Authentification d’une copie de l’extrait du registre du commerce shares rowspan 6 at 800 DA / 700 DA en ligne; Délivrance de copies des pièces constituant de dossier d’inscription is 400 DA (page). Do not attach 400 DA to authentification. Drop DZD 200-2000. Instant leftover is dropped. Algeria has been on the FATF grey list since 2023.

Who searches for Algerian company information, and why it’s hard

Foreign buyers, lenders, and compliance teams searching Algerian entities face a common set of obstacles. Algeria’s commercial registry dates to the 1970s and has digitised incrementally. Certified company extracts still typically require physical application at a CNRC regional office or engagement of an in-country commercial agent. Meanwhile, Algeria’s 2023 FATF grey-listing has raised the bar for what adequate due diligence means for any Algerian counterparty.

This guide covers what this check actually fetched: the English home, login-gated search groups, the Tarifs page, and the NXDOMAIN apex.

Registry at a glance

Name: Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC), National Center for Commercial Register on the live English home.

Operator: Live English home: Ministry of Interior Trade and Regulation of the National Market. Live French home: Ministere du Commerce Interieur et de la Regulation du Marche National. Do not keep Ministere du Commerce et de la Promotion des Exportations.

URL: https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home (HTTP 200, title Home - CNRC). Apex cnrc.dz is NXDOMAIN. Do not treat cnrc.dz as the live portal.

What is covered: CNRC registers commercial entities including SARL (societe a responsabilite limitee, equivalent to a private limited company), SPA (societe par actions, public limited), SNC (societe en nom collectif, general partnership), SCS (societe en commandite simple, limited partnership), sole traders (commercant physique), and branches of foreign companies. Agricultural, liberal profession, and civil entities are registered elsewhere.

Access model: Public English home exists. Company search group paths are login. Sign in on the English home points at a login route; /group/sidjilcom/recherche-denomination returns title login - Sidjilcom - CNRC. Do not describe those groups as an anonymous working search UI.

How to search

Step 1: English home. https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home is HTTP 200, title Home - CNRC, language selector includes English. This is not a filled company-result page.

Step 2: Search groups are login. Paths under /group/sidjilcom/ (recherche-denomination, repertoire-des-commercants, recherche-comptes-sociaux, and similar) are login-gated on this check. Do not treat them as a public name search.

Step 3: Tarifs, not a search form. https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs (title Tarifs - Sidjilcom - CNRC), table Recherche d’anteriorite: one price cell rowspan="6" reads 800 DA / 700 DA en ligne and covers six products including Authentification d’une copie de l’extrait du registre du commerce. The next row, Délivrance de copies des pièces constituant de dossier d’inscription, is 400 DA (page) only. Do not attach 400 DA to authentification. Drop DZD 200-2000.

Step 4: e.cnrc.dz. Historic e.cnrc.dz ordering copy is not live-cited on this check.

Do not invent a working anonymous search UI past the login wall.

What you can find

An extrait du registre de commerce, when issued, has historically included company name, RC number, legal form, status, registered address, dates, activity, capital, and directors. Those field lists were not observed on the live English home HTML and are not live-cited as a working-UI leftover.

Financial statements are not published through the English home. UBO fields were not observed. Do not invent UBO.

What is missing

• Public anonymous company search: Search groups are login. The English home is not a results page.
• Beneficial ownership (UBO) data: Not observed on the live pages in this check. Do not invent a public UBO register.
• cnrc.dz apex: NXDOMAIN.
• Sanctions screening: CNRC does not integrate with OFAC, EU, or UN sanctions lists. Separate screening is required.

Pricing

Live cite: https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs (title Tarifs - Sidjilcom - CNRC), Recherche d’anteriorite table. Authentification is in the 800 DA / 700 DA en ligne rowspan. 400 DA (page) is only the copies-of-pieces row. Drop DZD 200-2000. Instant leftover is dropped. Exchange rate reference: DZD/USD approximately 134:1 (May 2026, approximate). Verify at Banque d’Algerie (bank-of-algeria.dz). Payment methods are not published on the live English home HTML.

English availability and practical access

The English UI is live. https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home title Home - CNRC, language selector includes English. Do not keep englishUi as No. The English home is thin (home chrome, Sign in, Contact us). Search groups remain login. French Tarifs HTML is the live fee cite.

Alternatives when the registry is limited

• In-country legal counsel: Algerian barristers and notaries can access full registry records, court extracts, and in some cases tax standing certificates. cnb.dz is NXDOMAIN on this VM (SOCKS not available here); do not treat it as a live directory.
• Pan-African aggregators: Platforms such as Asoko Insight cover Algeria with executive and ownership data drawn from public filings and in-country research. Coverage is partial but faster for initial screening.
• FATF and sanctions list screening: Given Algeria’s grey-list status (as of June 2023), screen all Algerian counterparties against OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated List, and UN Consolidated List before proceeding.
• Open Ownership: openownership.org tracks global beneficial ownership disclosure progress. This check does not invent a public Algerian UBO register.

Compliance buyer notes

Algeria entered the FATF grey list (increased monitoring) in June 2023, following its 2021 Mutual Evaluation Report which identified deficiencies in beneficial ownership transparency, financial intelligence unit effectiveness, and cross-border cash controls. This has material compliance implications:

• Enhanced due diligence (EDD) is required for all Algerian counterparties under most AML/CFT regulatory frameworks, including the EU’s 6th AML Directive (6AMLD) and UK/US equivalent guidance.
• Correspondent banking: Financial institutions maintaining correspondent relationships with Algerian banks should apply enhanced ongoing monitoring per FATF Recommendation 13.
• State-owned enterprise exposure: Many large Algerian companies (energy, construction, infrastructure) have partial or full state ownership via Sonatrach, Sonatrec, or sector ministries. Engaging a state-linked entity requires additional consideration of political exposure and procurement compliance.
• OFAC: Algeria is not under a complete OFAC sanctions program, but individual Algerian nationals or entities may appear on the SDN list. Screening is mandatory for US-nexus transactions.

The FATF grey listing does not mean Algeria is a prohibited jurisdiction, but it does mean that the standard of verification expected by regulators has increased materially. Plan for EDD documentation in every Algerian counterparty file.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: Sidjilcom English home (sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home, title Home - CNRC); Tarifs (sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs); login on search groups; cnrc.dz NXDOMAIN; cnb.dz NXDOMAIN on this VM; FATF (fatf-gafi.org); Banque d’Algerie (bank-of-algeria.dz).