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, titled Home - CNRC, and its English interface is live. The operator named on the site is the Ministry of Interior Trade and Regulation of the National Market (French: Ministere du Commerce Interieur et de la Regulation du Marche National). The bare cnrc.dz address no longer resolves. Search paths such as /group/sidjilcom/recherche-denomination land on a page titled login - Sidjilcom - CNRC rather than a public search. On the tariff page at https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs, Authentification d’une copie de l’extrait du registre du commerce sits in a shared price row at 800 DA / 700 DA en ligne, while Délivrance de copies des pièces constituant de dossier d’inscription is 400 DA (page); the 400 DA figure belongs to that copies row and not to authentification. 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 the English home, the login-gated search groups, the Tarifs page, and the bare cnrc.dz address that no longer resolves.

Registry at a glance

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

Operator: The English home names the Ministry of Interior Trade and Regulation of the National Market; the French home names the Ministere du Commerce Interieur et de la Regulation du Marche National.

URL: https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home, titled Home - CNRC. The bare cnrc.dz address no longer resolves and is not the 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: The English home is public, but the company-search group paths require a login. Sign in on the English home points at a login route, and /group/sidjilcom/recherche-denomination returns a page titled login - Sidjilcom - CNRC rather than an anonymous search.

How to search

Step 1: English home. https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home is online, titled Home - CNRC, and English is in the language selector. It is not a company-results page.

Step 2: Search groups are login. Paths under /group/sidjilcom/ (recherche-denomination, repertoire-des-commercants, recherche-comptes-sociaux, and similar) are login-gated, so they are not 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, so the 400 DA figure belongs to that copies row and not to authentification.

Step 4: e.cnrc.dz. An e.cnrc.dz ordering route has been reported historically; confirm at source.

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 do not appear on the English home, so none of them is confirmed here; confirm at source.

Financial statements are not published through the English home, and no beneficial ownership fields appear there either.

What is missing

• Public anonymous company search: Search groups are login. The English home is not a results page.
• Beneficial ownership (UBO) data: Not present on any of the public pages, and no public UBO register is documented.
• cnrc.dz apex: the bare domain no longer resolves.
• Sanctions screening: CNRC does not integrate with OFAC, EU, or UN sanctions lists; sanctions status comes from the lists themselves.

Pricing

Source: https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/web/sidjilcom/tarifs (titled Tarifs - Sidjilcom - CNRC), Recherche d’anteriorite table. Authentification sits in the shared 800 DA / 700 DA en ligne row, and 400 DA (page) covers only the copies-of-pieces row. 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 English home; confirm at source.

English availability and practical access

The English interface is live: https://sidjilcom.cnrc.dz/en/home is titled Home - CNRC and English is in the language selector. The English home is thin, carrying little beyond the home chrome, Sign in and Contact us, and the search groups stay behind a login. The fee table itself is published in French.

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 no longer resolves, so it is not usable as a 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), the lists that carry Algeria-related designations are OFAC SDN, the EU Consolidated List, and the UN Consolidated List; confirm current entries at source.
• Open Ownership: openownership.org tracks global beneficial ownership disclosure progress. No public Algerian UBO register is documented.

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:

• Grey-list consequence in regulated frameworks. Several AML/CFT regimes, including the EU’s 6th AML Directive (6AMLD) and UK and US guidance, attach additional measures to FATF-listed jurisdictions; what applies depends on your own regulator.
• Correspondent banking: Correspondent relationships with Algerian banks are the subject of FATF Recommendation 13 (correspondent banking).
• 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; confirm current entries at source.

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); the login-gated search groups; cnrc.dz and cnb.dz, which no longer resolve; FATF (fatf-gafi.org); Banque d’Algerie (bank-of-algeria.dz).