Setting Up a Business in Morocco

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Moroccan market — a North African economy with strong, genuine trade links to Europe, world-class infrastructure (the Tanger Med port, the TGV high-speed rail network), and an increasingly developed industrial and export base under a stable monarchy.
This guide covers legal structures (SARL, with a genuinely nominal minimum capital of 1 MAD), business taxation — including the 2023-2026 tax reform reaching its target rates this year — company formation, the cost of labor, and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Includes a dedicated chapter mapping Morocco’s industrial geography to its free zones: Tanger Free Zone for export-oriented light manufacturing and logistics, Kenitra Atlantic Free Zone for automotive and aerospace (anchored by Renault), and Casablanca Finance City for financial services, each with its own tax incentives. An operational checklist and useful contacts round out the guide.
Available in English and French.