Register a Limited Liability Company
This service enables a natural or legal person to establish a limited liability company.
Who can use this service
A natural or legal person wishing to establish a limited liability company.
Prepare the following information and documents before submitting the certificate or extract request through the official service channel.
Requirements
The company’s name must not contravene the provisions of the law or be already in use by another company or establishment.
Specify the company’s objectives, capital, head office, incorporation expenses, authorized signatory and their powers, and auditor.
Specify the partners and their respective ownership interests in the company’s capital.
Obtain prior approvals from the relevant authorities for economic activities requiring such approvals.
Fulfil the requirements governing the ownership or participation of non-Jordanians in restricted economic activities.
In certain cases, the ownership or participation of a person holding a specific nationality requires prior approval from the relevant authorities.
Where one of the partners is a Jordanian legal person, the company must have active legal status and its capital must be paid up in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Pay the fees prescribed by law.
Documents and supporting information
Identity documents for the partners (Jordanian Civil Status ID for Jordanians; passport for non-Jordanians; identification card for residents of the Gaza Strip; or identification card for children of Jordanian women). All documents must be valid.
A legal power of attorney, if the application is submitted through a legal representative.
A family book, if the application is submitted by the legal guardian of a minor.
A guardianship deed bearing a recent date not exceeding thirty (30) days, or a guardianship decision issued by the Ecclesiastical Court bearing a recent date not exceeding thirty (30) days, if the application is submitted by a court-appointed guardian.
For a foreign legal person acting as a partner: a registration certificate showing the names of its authorized signatories; its Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association; financial statements for the last two years, or a statement of financial position if it was registered less than one year ago; and a document listing the names of its founders and partners in its country of origin.
Steps to complete
Review the steps below to understand where each part of the certificate or extract request process is completed.
Application to establish a limited liability company
E-Services Portal
The applicant logs in to the Companies Control Department website and selects Electronic Services / Register a New Company.
Create an electronic account
E-Services Portal
- The applicant enters a valid email address and a password.
- The applicant enters their personal information.
Select the type of company to be registered
E-Services Portal
The applicant selects the company type “limited liability company”, then New Application, and specifies the form of the company: ordinary, joint Arab, exempt, non-profit, civil, or free zone.
Enter the company’s information
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters:
- The method of managing the company — a general manager or a board of managers.
- The company’s duration — unlimited or limited. Where limited is selected, the duration in years is entered.
- The company’s head office and the company’s right to open branches inside and outside the Kingdom.
- The term of the company’s management, up to a maximum of four years.
- The company’s address, if any: city, governorate, street or district, building number, floor, office number, other details, PO box, postal code, email, telephone, fax, mobile 1 and mobile 2.
Enter the company’s objectives
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the company’s objectives. They may search for the objective required by entering its code, its name or any part of the name in the appropriate field — for example trade, manufacture, import — and then select Add.
Enter the company’s capital information
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters:
- The registered capital, with a minimum of one dinar.
- The value of a single interest (one dinar).
- The number of cash interests, calculated electronically to equal the company’s capital.
- The method of distributing profits.
- The procedure in the event of death.
Enter the information of the partners and the authorized signatories
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters:
- Partner type: natural person, legal person, company, or free zone.
- Nationality.
- National number.
- Number of cash interests.
- Mobile number, PO box, postal code, email and address.
- The details of the attorney under a notarized power of attorney, if any, attaching proof of identity for the attorney and a copy of the power of attorney.
- A copy of the civil status ID card.
The applicant then saves the partner’s information, and further partners may be added by the same steps.
Enter the contract and articles information
E-Services Portal
The applicant specifies the contract and articles information by ticking the information available.
Upload the attachments
E-Services Portal
The applicant may upload the attachments as the case requires.
Enter the particulars of the company’s incorporation minutes
E-Services Portal
- The applicant enters the information of the company’s management by first specifying the partner type (natural or legal person) and entering the national number where Jordanian. Where the member of the management is not Jordanian, the serial number granted to them on entry to Jordan, or their passport number, must be entered.
- The applicant specifies the member’s capacity: general manager, chairman of the board of managers, chair of the session, or clerk of the session.
- The applicant may add members of the board of managers according to the form of management selected.
Select the auditor and the authorized signatory or signatories for the company
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the auditor’s information:
- The date on which the general assembly elected the auditor.
- The auditor’s capacity (natural person or legal person / audit firm).
- The licence number.
The applicant specifies the incorporation expenses and the authorized signatory for the company and their powers.
Enter the information of the delegate authorized to use the electronic account
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the information of the delegate authorized to use the electronic account by entering their national number and uploading proof of identity.
Select proposed names for the company
E-Services Portal
The applicant proposes five names for the company. The name must be a meaningful one carrying a sense and meaning in the Arabic dictionary and drawn from the company’s objectives, not from the names of its partners.
The applicant then selects the partners’ signature method and accepts the terms of the undertaking and declaration.
Three options are shown to the applicant: save temporarily, save and send, or undo.
Save the data
E-Services Portal
The applicant saves and submits the entered information electronically for review. Any comments, if applicable, will be communicated to the applicant for correction or completion of the application. A notification regarding the status of the application will be sent, as appropriate.
Fees and processing time
Service fees
Company registration
- Stamp duty: three per thousand of the value of the company’s capital
- Registration fee: two per thousand of the value of the company’s capital, subject to a minimum registration fee of JOD 250
- Publication fee: JOD 15
- Price of the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the minutes of a general assembly meeting: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the minutes of a board of managers meeting: JOD 10
- Filing fee: JOD 10 for each document added
- Stamp duty on the notarized power of attorney: JOD 5 for a general power of attorney and JOD 2 for a special power of attorney
- Fee for registering a foreign name, if any: JOD 500
Processing time
Sixty minutes within one working day, once the application status has become complete and awaiting attendance for signature.
Additional fees, if applicable
Company registration certificate
- Once registration is complete and the company has been issued a national number, a fee of JOD 10 is charged to issue the company registration certificate. A further JOD 5 is charged to issue a certified copy of the memorandum and articles of association.
What you receive
The company registration certificate (the company information certificate) and a copy of the memorandum and articles of association.
Additional Note
- The Principles for Company Names and Titles must be observed when proposing names for the company.- Clear copies of the supporting identity documents must be uploaded.
Ready to proceed? Use the official e-services portal to submit or continue your application.
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