Business Establishment
Set up your business in Egypt right — feasibility through licensing, end-to-end.
Our establishment practice handles every step of starting a new entity in Egypt — from feasibility through licensing. Whether you’re founding your first company, entering the Egyptian market from abroad, or restructuring the legal form of an existing business, we handle the paperwork end-to-end.
What We Offer
- Multi-Dimensional Feasibility — Marketing, legal, technical, organizational, and financial studies — five dimensions tested before you commit to launching.
- Legal Structure & Registration — We recommend the right legal form, draft partnership and shareholder contracts, and handle GAFI and Commercial Registry filings.
- Licensing & Tax File — Trade-license procurement, Tax ID issuance, and opening your tax file with the Tax Authority — the paperwork your business needs to operate from day one.
- GAFI Coordination for Foreign Investors — End-to-end GAFI process management so foreign owners can enter the Egyptian market without navigating it themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I register a company in Egypt through GAFI?
GAFI registration is a six-step sequence: 1. Pick the legal form. The common options are limited liability company (شركة ذات مسؤولية محدودة), joint-stock company (شركة مساهمة), sole proprietorship, and branch of a foreign company. Each has different minimum capital requirements, partner-structure rules, governance obligations, and tax implications. 2. Reserve the company name. GAFI checks the name for availability, uniqueness, and naming-rule compliance. Certain words (banking, insurance, securities, education) trigger additional ministry approvals before the name will clear. 3. Draft and notarise the articles of association (عقد التأسيس). The articles must specify: the partners and their equity structure, the company name, registered address, commercial activity, the appointed chartered accountant and legal counsel, and the managerial authority granted to partners and appointed managers — who can sign contracts, open bank accounts, hire and fire, and at what thresholds. Notarisation runs through two channels: stamped by the Lawyers' Bar (نقابة المحامين), then registered with the Notary Public (الشهر العقاري). 4. Register with the Chamber of Commerce (الغرفة التجارية). Membership is mandatory for all companies and a prerequisite for the Commercial Registry entry. The applicable chamber is determined by your registered governorate. 5. Obtain sector licences. Health, food, import/export, security, telecom, education, and similar activities require permissions from the relevant ministry before the Commercial Registry will issue. 6. Commercial Registry entry, Tax ID, and Tax File opening. Issued in that sequence, once chamber membership and any required sector licences are in place. The Tax File opening triggers your ongoing filing obligations with the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) — VAT returns, payroll filings, withholding returns, and annual income tax.
Can I form a company in Egypt without partners?
Yes. Egypt's Companies Law allows the formation of a Single-Person Company (شركة الشخص الواحد), giving a single shareholder full corporate-level limited liability. Key points: Single shareholder. The shareholder is a natural person (an individual). Limited liability. The shareholder's personal assets are protected — liability is limited to the company's declared capital, the same protection available in multi-shareholder LLCs and joint-stock companies. Full capital deposit required upfront. The shareholder must pay the full declared capital into a "company under-establishment" bank account (حساب تحت التأسيس) as part of the formation process. This is a key distinction from a multi-shareholder LLC, which does not require full capital deposit at the registration stage. Same registration path otherwise. GAFI registration, Chamber of Commerce membership, Commercial Registry entry, Tax ID, Tax File opening, and sector licences all apply on the same six-step path described above — only the articles of association are drafted for one shareholder rather than several.
What is a feasibility study?
A feasibility study is a structured pre-investment analysis that tests whether a proposed business or project is viable before capital is committed. A complete feasibility study covers five dimensions: Marketing study (دراسة السوق). Buyer profile, target segments, pricing, distribution channels, competitor positioning, and projected demand. Legal study (الدراسة القانونية). Legal form of the entity, licensing and regulatory requirements, sector-specific rules, and any IP, contractual, or labour-law exposures. Technical study (الدراسة الفنية). Location, machinery and equipment, production process, technical capacity, raw materials and suppliers, and infrastructure requirements. Organisational study (الدراسة التنظيمية). Organisational structure, management roles, staffing plan, recruitment, and the operational systems needed to run the business. Financial study (الدراسة المالية). Capital requirements, operating costs, revenue projections, cash flow forecasts, break-even analysis, and key financial indicators (payback period, IRR, NPV). The output is a written report that documents each dimension, identifies risks, and concludes with a go / no-go recommendation along with the conditions under which the project would be viable.
Contact
16 Hedaya Basha Street, Gleem, El Raml 2, Alexandria, Egypt
Email: info@inspect-solutions.com
Office hours: Saturday – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM