Starting a company in Syria: prepare your application

Company formation

What the sources say

In May 2025, the Companies Directorate identified Legislative Decree 29/2011 as its incorporation framework. [1]

Scope & conditions: An official procedural statement, not a consolidated amendment history.

The announced file includes an application, approved-form articles, identity documents and incorporation powers of attorney where applicable. [1]

Scope & conditions: Request the current checklist for your legal form and activity.

The statement places registration and publication after the relevant activity approvals are completed. [1]

Scope & conditions: Incorporation alone does not establish sector-licensing compliance.

Practical preparation suggestions, not a mandatory document list or a substitute for the authority’s requirements.

Describe the product or service and intended customers.
List owners, nationalities, proposed shares and management powers.
Choose a governorate and proposed premises, then confirm activity suitability.
Ask the Companies Directorate for its current document list and template.
Separate official charges from agent, translation and premises costs.
Track activity approvals with the responsible authority and application reference.

Questions to verify your circumstances with the relevant authority, not assumptions of approval or exemption.

Every fact below is linked to a source. A news publication date alone does not establish when a legal rule takes effect.