Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | SN / SEN |
| Registry | RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Senegal and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | NINEA | Direction des Impôts et Domaines |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Numéro RCCM | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce (OHADA RCCM) |
Sector regulators
BCEAO · AMF-UMOA
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Quota-based limited-liability company with 1+ members; no minimum capital under OHADA AUSCGIE. The dominant SME vehicle in Senegal. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company with transferable shares; board required, minimum capital FCFA 10,000,000 (non-listed) under AUSCGIE Art. 387. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified share-capital company with flexible bylaws; no minimum capital, single shareholder permitted under AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners are merchants bearing joint and unlimited liability for company debts. Registered with the RCCM under AUSCGIE. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining at least one general partner (unlimited liability) and at least one limited partner (liability capped at contribution) under AUSCGIE. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Entreprenant / Commerçant Personne Physique | — | Individual entrepreneur (natural person) carrying out a commercial, civil, artisanal, or agricultural activity under a simplified regime; registered at the RCCM. No separate legal personality. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Groupement d’Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest grouping enabling two or more persons or entities to pool resources for a common economic purpose; registered at the RCCM under AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: Statutory/Business Trust. |
| Société Civile | SC | Civil-law company for non-commercial activities (agriculture, liberal professions, non-commercial real estate); registrable at the RCCM when members engage in regulated activities. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership or professional association. |
| Société Coopérative | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by the OHADA AUSCOOP (2010); registered in the Register of Cooperative Societies (RSCOOP). Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Succursale | — | Branch or representative office of a foreign company operating in Senegal; registered with the RCCM under AUSCGIE but has no autonomous legal personality separate from the parent entity. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep Office. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Extrait RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | Certificat NINEA |
| Operating Permit | Any one of: Patente · Autorisation d’Exercice |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Statuts · Registre des Associés · Registre des Actions |
| Governance Records | All required: Extrait RCCM + Statuts + PV d’Assemblée Générale |
| Signing Authority | PV d’Assemblée Générale |
| Address | Any one of: Bail commercial · Quittance (Senelec / SEN’EAU) · Relevé bancaire |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Extrait RCCM | Legal Registration, Governance Records |
| Statuts | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| Certificat NINEA | Tax Registration |
| Patente | Operating Permit |
| Autorisation d’Exercice | Operating Permit |
| Registre des Associés (SARL) | Ownership Records |
| Registre des Actions (SA) | Ownership Records |
| PV d’Assemblée Générale | Governance Records |
| PV d’Assemblée Générale | Signing Authority |
| Bail commercial | Address |
| Quittance (Senelec / SEN’EAU) (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Sector-Specific License | BCEAO, AMF-UMOA — Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l’UMOA |
Collection notes
- Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gérant | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Manages the SARL. Legal representative. |
| Président | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Heads the SAS. Sole mandatory officer in an SAS. |
| Directeur Général | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Appointed by the board in an SA. Day-to-day management. |
| Président du Conseil d’Administration | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Presides over the board in an SA. |
| Administrateur | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Member of the board in an SA. |
| Mandataire | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Person holding power of attorney to act on behalf of the company. |
Additional fields
Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.| Field | Applies to | Reason |
|---|---|---|
marital_status | founder | OHADA Statuts require marital status, matrimonial regime, and spouse name for partners/shareholders due to community-property considerations. |
Notes
- OHADA member; UEMOA zone — uses BCEAO + AMF-UMOA (Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l’UMOA, formerly CREPMF, renamed via UMOA Council decision in 2022) for monetary/capital-markets supervision.