Creation of 40,874 companies in Morocco by the end of May 2024

Heba Press
The Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property indicated that the number of companies created in Morocco reached 40,874 companies during the first five months of 2024.
The office explains in its Business Creation Index dashboard that these companies are divided between legal entities (29,481) and individuals (11,393).
The same source indicated that the sectoral distribution of the modernized company revealed the predominance of the commercial sector with a share of 35 percent, followed by construction and public works (18.94 percent), various services (18.87 percent) and transport (8.11 percent). Industries (7.23 percent), hotels and restaurants (5.52 percent), information and communication technology sector (2.67 percent), financial activities (2.10 percent) and agriculture and fishing (1.56 percent).
According to the regions, the index showed that the Casablanca-Settat region recorded a total of 12,721 business creations at the end of May, ahead of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region (5,837), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (4,691) and Marrakech-Safi (4,686), Fez-Meknes (2,848), Souss-Massa (2,784), the Eastern Region (2,416), Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (1,718), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (1,205), Draa-Tafilalet (953), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (674), then Guelmim-Oued Noun (305).