Heba Press
The Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property indicated that the number of companies created in Morocco reached 54,643 companies during the first seven months of 2024.
The office explains in its general dashboard of the business creation barometer that these businesses are divided between legal entities (39,434) and natural persons (15,209).
The same source indicated that the sectoral distribution of the modernized company revealed the predominance of the commercial sector with a share of 34.72 percent, followed by construction and public works (19.10 percent), various services (18. .87 percent) and transportation (7.94 percent). ), industries (7.28 percent), hotels and restaurants (5.60 percent), the information and communication technology sector (2.77 percent), financial activities ( 2.11 percent), agriculture and fishing (1.61 percent).
According to the authorities, the barometer revealed the domination of the Casablanca-Settat region, with a total of 17,234 new businesses at the end of last July, ahead of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region (7,822), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra. (6,399), and Marrakech-Safi (6,214), Fez-Meknes (3,842), Souss-Massa (3,610), Oriental (3,246), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (2,121), Beni Mellal-Khenifra (1,613), Draa- Tafilalet (1,262), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (837), then Guelmim-Oued Noun (443).
Depending on the legal form, single-member limited liability companies top the list, with a share of 64.9 percent, followed by limited liability companies with a share of 34.5 percent.
