Company Formation Cost in Egypt:
Estimator for Sharm El Sheikh

Count four layers. Government incorporation fees at GAFI, the Bar Association, the notary and the Commercial Register, most of them scaling with capital. Then translation and legalisation of foreign documents, the premises lease, our professional fee, and first-year compliance such as the auditor, e-receipts and payroll. The capital itself stays the company's money; it is not a fee. We confirm the current government figures in your quote.

It depends on the form. An LLC has no statutory minimum and needs no bank certificate at incorporation. A one-person company needs at least EGP 1,000, fully paid. A joint-stock company needs issued capital of at least EGP 250,000, with 10% paid at incorporation, 25% within three months and the rest within five years.

GAFI's incorporation fees do not change with the address. The structure can: in Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab, Decree 128/2022 requires a non-Egyptian project to be an Egyptian JSC, with three founders and EGP 250,000 of issued capital. Later share transfers need security approvals and a GAFI approval fee. Egyptian owners can choose an LLC or OPC.

GAFI states one working day for a one-person company or JSC filed in person at its service centres; practitioners report one to two weeks once documents are ready. Legalising documents abroad often takes weeks, security clearance is reported to take longer for some nationalities, and Law 8/2022 tourism licences follow their own statutory deadlines.

Because it depends on the file: how many founders and managers there are, where their documents were issued, whether the address falls in a Decree 128/2022 area, and which licences the activity needs. We price it per case. Send your result on WhatsApp; we reply the same day during office hours, 09:00–23:00 every day.