Company registration in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region
Bond registers your company in Iraq. You end up with the company, the tax number, the bank account and the address, handed to you as one file.
Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region · Office in Erbil
Four numbers describe the market.
Projects planned or underway across oil, gas, construction, transport, power and water
Foreign companies registered in the Kurdistan Region, of 38,273 total
To finish the company registration step in Baghdad, on the last figure the World Bank published before it retired the index
What you get
Ten things have to exist before a company can sell anything in Iraq. Bond delivers all ten. You talk to one person from the first call to the handover, and that person owns every filing in the list below.
The company. Registered in Iraq or the Kurdistan Region, either as part of the company you already own abroad or as a brand new Iraqi company. Bond decides which of the two fits your business and files it.
The name. Checked and held for you before anything is signed.
The founding papers. Written in Arabic, with the business activity written wide enough to cover the work you want to win later.
The manager. The person who can sign for the company. The bank asks to see this before it opens anything.
The capital deposit. The money you put into the company, deposited and certified by the bank.
The tax number. The number that goes on every invoice you send in Iraq.
Social security registration. In place before your first employee starts.
Chamber of Commerce membership. It goes on the renewal calendar the day it is issued, alongside every registration Bond holds for you.
The bank account. In the company name, with the signature card.
The registered address. An address that holds up when a customer or an office checks it.
You never have to choose between a new company and a subsidiary of the one you already own. Tell us what you sell and who buys it, and we take that decision off your desk. Counsel handles the legal filings from the same file.
Four stages
| Stage | What happens | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Ask | One call. What you sell, who buys it, where you are based | Bond decides how the company is set up |
| Propose | A written proposal with the documents we need and the dates | Nothing starts until you approve it |
| Register | We file the company, then the tax number, social security, the Chamber, the bank and the address | Every filing is in |
| Hand over | One file with every certificate, number and login inside | Bond starts the renewal calendar |
Sector desks
Medicine
Registration with the Ministry of Health, plus the papers you need to bring product in.
[ Impact study ]Oil and gas services
Once the company exists, we get its name onto the supplier lists the oil companies buy from.
[ Vendor Registration ]Food import
The licence to import food takes 25 days on average.
Facility services
The licence to operate takes 20.3 days on average.
One company we registered end to end
What usually comes after the registration
A registered company is not yet on anybody's list of approved suppliers. Big buyers in Iraq only buy from companies on those lists, and they ask for certificates before they add a name. Most clients start vendor registration and ISO certification in the first year, and some add a corporate website before they bid for anything.
Questions owners ask before they register
Yes. You do not have to travel. You sign a power of attorney in your own country and Bond files everything here in your name. Bond sends you the list of documents on the first call.
Both are possible and Bond picks the one that fits your business. The Iraqi company can be set up as part of the company you already own in another country, or as a brand new Iraqi company. You do not need to know the difference before you call.
No. The manager does not have to be an Iraqi citizen. A foreign national managing the company needs approval from the Ministry of Interior, and Bond files that request for you. (Al Tamimi & Company, 2023)
The slowest step is getting your home country documents stamped, so Bond starts that on day one. In the Kurdistan Region the company is registered in two to four weeks. (Iraq Britain Business Council)
Your company documents and a board decision, stamped in your home country and translated, plus a power of attorney and the name of the person who will manage the Iraqi company. Bond sends the exact list on the first call. (KRG service portal)
One file. It holds the registration certificate, the tax number, the social security registration, the Chamber of Commerce membership, the bank account details and the registered address. Bond keeps the renewal dates and tells you before each one falls due.