- Remote setup
- Possible
- Visit, notary or lawyer
- Depends
- Local director
- Unclear
- Registered address
- Unclear
- Minimum capital
- EGP 1,000 (1 member)
- Yearly upkeep
- Not stated
- EU member
- No
- IWG business address
- 35 centresfrom $27/mo
What the registry requires
| Company type | Limited Liability Company (LLC, Law 159/1981) |
|---|---|
| Registry | General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) |
| Government filing fee | EGP 250 — Bar Association endorsement 0.01% of issued capital (minimum EGP 250, maximum EGP 25,000) plus EGP 50 Bar stamp; notarisation 0.025% of capital (min EGP 10, max EGP 1,000); commercial-register entry EGP 63.25. From GAFI incorporation-service search extracts; the source page now returns 404. |
| Registration time | GAFI homepage: '1 Business Day to Incorporate Companies'. GAFI's Ease-of-Doing-Business page separately cites approvals, permits or licences within 20 business days. |
| Resident director | No official page reachable during research states whether an LLC manager must be Egyptian or resident. |
| Visit, notary or lawyer | GAFI e-portal lets investors submit, pay and electronically sign incorporation documents (search extract); otherwise filing is at an Investor Services Centre. Notarisation of the articles is part of the fee list. |
| Registered address | No official page reachable states the registered-office or lease requirement. |
| Minimum capital | EGP 1,000 (1 member) |
| Corporate tax | The Egyptian Tax Authority publishes Law 91/2005 only as scanned PDFs; no official page stating the headline corporate rate could be read. |
| Every year | No official annual fee found. |
What it costs
- Government filing fee
- EGP 250
Bar Association endorsement 0.01% of issued capital (minimum EGP 250, maximum EGP 25,000) plus EGP 50 Bar stamp; notarisation 0.025% of capital (min EGP 10, max EGP 1,000); commercial-register entry EGP 63.25. From GAFI incorporation-service search extracts; the source page now returns 404.
- Every year
- Not stated
No official annual fee found.
- Not included
- Provider fees
Registered agent or address, notary fees, accounting and bank onboarding vary by provider — ask for a quote in the request form.
How to register a company in Egypt, step by step
- Choose the LLC form and fix the capital (a single-member LLC can start from EGP 1,000).
- Draft the articles of association and have them notarised.
- Submit the incorporation file on the GAFI e-portal or at an Investor Services Centre and pay the Bar endorsement, notarisation and register fees.
- GAFI obtains the Bar Association endorsement and commercial-register entry on your behalf.
- Collect the tax card and open the social-insurance file that GAFI issues with the registration.
- Apply separately for any activity licences, which GAFI targets within 20 business days.
Corporate tax in Egypt
Not stated. The Egyptian Tax Authority publishes Law 91/2005 only as scanned PDFs; no official page stating the headline corporate rate could be read.
Rates are the headline figures published by the tax authority; your effective rate depends on residence, activity and treaties. This is not tax advice.
Common mistakes
- Treating the one-day incorporation as the whole process and ignoring the separate licence approvals.
- Under-estimating fees by forgetting they scale with issued capital up to the stated caps.
- Assuming the single-member EGP 1,000 minimum applies to a multi-partner LLC without checking.
Compare Egypt with alternatives
| Yearly upkeep | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 EgyptLLC | EGP 250 | 1 business day | Not stated | Unclear | Depends | Unclear | Not stated |
 AlgeriaSARL | DZD 4,000 | 2-3 weeks | 26% (19-26%) | Conditional | Notary | Required | Not stated |
 GhanaPrivate limited | GHS 585 | Not stated | 25% | Resident director | Depends | Required | GHS 175 a year |
 KenyaPrivate limited | Varies | Not stated | 30% | Unclear | Not required | Unclear | Not stated |
4 of 4 · official sources, checked September 27, 2026. Government fees only; agent and address costs are extra.≈ USD at ECB reference rates of September 25, 2026.
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Sources
- '1 Business Day to Incorporate Companies'; e-services portal link — gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026
- Approvals, permits or licences within 20 business days; minimum capital lowered — gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026
- Fee list: Bar endorsement 0.01% (EGP 250-25,000), notarisation 0.025%, commercial register EGP 63.25 — gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026 (search extract)
- Single-member LLC minimum capital reduced to EGP 1,000 — gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026 (search extract)
- E-portal: submit, pay and e-sign incorporation documents — portal.gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026 (search extract)
- Investment Law 72/2017 guarantees: free profit transfer, residency permits, foreign staff up to 10% — gafi.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026
- Income-tax law list; Law 91/2005 PDF is a scanned image — eta.gov.eg, checked September 27, 2026