The existing legal forms

Anybody, from any country, who wants to run activities for trade, industry or crafts can choose one of the legal forms that suits the proposed activity from the series of legal forms provided under Senegalese law and the OHADA uniform act, relating to the law on commercial companies and economic interest groups.

You can start your business alone:

• Sole Proprietorship
• Sole proprietorship with limited liability

You can start your business as a group:

• Limited Liability Company
• Limited Company
• General Partnership
• Limited Partnership
• Economic Interest Group

There is a comparative table on the different types of companies that you can download here. It contains all the instructions for choosing the legal status of your company, based on your objectives and needs.