Ivory Coast company search: RCCM (rccm.ohada.org)

TL;DR. Ivory Coast’s official commercial registry is the RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier), administered by the Tribunal de Commerce d’Abidjan. Online search has been cited via the pan-African OHADA portal at https://rccm.ohada.org. That host did not respond when last checked: the connection timed out and returned no page. CEPICI is the named investment-promotion agency; confirm current access at source. No RCCM search screen and no extract price could be read; confirm at source. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.

What is the official Ivory Coast business registry?

Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial registry is the Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier (RCCM), established under OHADA’s Uniform Act Relating to General Commercial Law. OHADA (Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires) harmonizes business law across West and Central African states; Ivory Coast is a founding member of OHADA, having ratified the treaty in 1993.

Operationally, the RCCM is administered by the Tribunal de Commerce d’Abidjan (Abidjan Commercial Court) and regional courts. CEPICI (Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Cote d’Ivoire) acts as the investment promotion and one-stop-shop agency. Confirm current CEPICI access at source. CEPICI is not treated here as a live RCCM search. The OHADA organisation site is a legal-framework site, not the company register.

https://rccm.ohada.org did not respond when last checked: the connection timed out and returned no page. No OHADA search form, IDU screen or French field list could be read behind that; confirm at source.

The RCCM covers commercial companies (SA, SARL, SNC, SCS), individual traders, economic interest groups (GIE), and moveable credit registrations. The registry also issues the IDU (Identifiant Unique), a unified entity identifier that replaced the previously separate RCCM number and tax identification number under recent administrative reforms.

What can you search?

No search screen could be reached, because https://rccm.ohada.org did not respond, so the denomination sociale, nom commercial, RCCM number and legal-form filters it offers are not confirmed here. Statutory RCCM contents under OHADA have been reported as corporate name, RCCM number, legal form, entry date and recorded formalities; confirm at source.

How much does it cost?

Prices quoted by third-party intermediaries are not an RCCM tariff, and the registry publishes none where it could be read, so the table above reads unknown rather than free; confirm at source. The currency for Ivory Coast is the XOF (CFA franc).

Ivory Coast has not acceded to the Hague Convention on Apostille for commercial documents. Documents intended for use in Hague-member jurisdictions require full consular legalization. Confirm legalization requirements with the receiving party before ordering.

Do you need a local account or ID?

Account rules could not be confirmed: rccm.ohada.org did not respond. OHADA portal registration has been reported as needing only an email address, with no Ivorian national ID; confirm at source.

Is the website in English?

English coverage could not be confirmed on any reachable RCCM page. The OHADA portal has been reported as remaining in French for entity data; confirm at source. Ivory Coast does not operate an English-language company registry interface, and all official documents are issued in French.

What’s the turnaround time?

Turnaround is not published. No search or extract path could be reached; confirm at source.

Is there an API?

No. The OHADA RCCM portal did not respond, so no API documentation could be reached.

For the broader context on how OHADA harmonization shapes registry access across West and Central Africa, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.

What you legally cannot do

OHADA registries prohibit bulk automated scraping of entity data. Commercial redistribution of RCCM records without authorization from the relevant commercial court or OHADA is restricted. Ivory Coast’s data protection framework (law no. 2013-450 on personal data protection, administered by the ARTCI) governs the use of personal information in registry filings. Director names and address data found in RCCM records may not be used for unsolicited marketing. Those terms could not be re-read on a reachable RCCM page; confirm at source.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• RCCM number and IDU are distinct but linked. Older entities carry a legacy RCCM number; newer entities receive an IDU as their primary identifier. Confirm which number your counterparty is using in commercial documents.
• OHADA law standardizes entity types. Legal form designations (SA, SARL, SNC, SCS, GIE) carry OHADA-mandated meanings and governance rules.
• Regional court coverage. Ivory Coast has commercial courts beyond Abidjan (Bouake, Daloa, San Pedro, Korhogo). An entity registered outside Abidjan will show a different court code in its RCCM number. That coverage could not be confirmed on an OHADA form; confirm at source.
• FATF lists. Whether Cote d’Ivoire appears on a FATF monitoring list is not confirmed here. Confirm at the FATF source. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.
• Consular legalization is the documented path for documents used in jurisdictions party to the Hague Convention, given Ivory Coast’s non-accession.
• UEMOA and GIABA. Ivory Coast is a member of UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union) and GIABA (Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa).

Alternatives if you cannot access the RCCM directly

rccm.ohada.org did not respond. CEPICI and the OHADA organisation site are named agencies and framework sites, not a confirmed RCCM search; confirm at source.

• Local counsel in Abidjan: for certified extracts from the Tribunal de Commerce.

Local data suppliers

• Creditinfo Cote d’Ivoire. Part of the pan-African Creditinfo credit bureau network. Provides commercial credit reports covering payment behavior and risk scoring on Ivorian entities.

Use the RCCM for the official filing record when the portal is reachable. Use a credit bureau when you need payment behavior or risk scoring on top of the registry extract.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access the Ivory Coast registry directly?

Not at present. https://rccm.ohada.org did not respond. Foreign users have been reported as able to search without local representation; confirm at source.

What is the RCCM number in Ivory Coast?

The RCCM number (Numero au Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier) is the primary commercial registry identifier. For Abidjan-registered entities, numbers have typically carried the prefix “CI-ABJ” followed by the year and a sequential number. Newer entities may use the IDU (Identifiant Unique).

What entity types are registered with the RCCM in Ivory Coast?

The RCCM covers SA (Societe Anonyme, public company), SARL (Societe a Responsabilite Limitee, private company), SNC (Societe en Nom Collectif, general partnership), SCS (Societe en Commandite Simple, limited partnership), GIE (Groupement d’Interet Economique), individual traders, and branches of foreign companies. All are governed by OHADA’s Uniform Act on Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups.

Does Ivory Coast have a beneficial ownership (UBO) registry?

No public beneficial-ownership search could be confirmed for Ivory Coast. Beneficial ownership disclosure is required under Ivorian AML regulations aligned with FATF Recommendation 24, but that data is held by regulatory authorities rather than published; confirm at source.

How current is the data in the RCCM?

Freshness depends on court processing speed. That lag could not be measured; confirm at source.

Is Ivory Coast on the FATF grey list?

Not confirmed here. Confirm listing status at the FATF source. This page does not prescribe enhanced due diligence.

What’s the difference between the registry and tax/financial filings?

The RCCM holds commercial registration records, company structure, and moveable security filings. Tax filings and TIN (identifiant fiscal) records are maintained by the Direction Generale des Impots (DGI). These are being progressively linked through the IDU reform but remain operationally separate.

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Source: the OHADA RCCM at https://rccm.ohada.org, which did not respond. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.