Register a General Partnership

This service enables a natural person to establish a general partnership.

Who can use this service

An adult natural person wishing to establish a general partnership.

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 already be in use by another company or establishment.
The company’s objectives, capital, head office, and authorized signatory and their powers must be specified.
A certified auditor must be appointed where the company’s capital is JOD 100,000 or more.
The partners and their interests in the company’s capital must be specified.
Prior approvals for the economic activities must be obtained from the authorities concerned, and prior approvals must be obtained from the authorities concerned in respect of restricted nationalities.
The requirements for ownership or participation by non-Jordanians in restricted economic activities must be met.
The fees prescribed by law must be paid.

Documents and supporting information

Identity documents for the partners — a civil status ID card for Jordanians, a passport for non-Jordanians, a Gaza Strip residents’ card, or an identification card for the children of Jordanian women — all of which must be valid.
A legal power of attorney, where the application is submitted through a legal representative.
A family book, where the application is submitted by the guardian of a minor.
A guardianship deed stamped and dated within the last 30 days, or a guardianship decision from the Ecclesiastical Court stamped and dated within the last 30 days, where the application is submitted by the legal guardian.

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 general partnership

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 “general partnership” and specifies the form of the company: ordinary, non-profit, civil, or free zone.

Specify the company’s information

E-Services Portal

The applicant enters:

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 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.

Specify the company’s capital

E-Services Portal

The applicant enters:

The registered capital, which must be greater than or equal to JOD 2, since the number of partners must not be fewer than two.
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.

Specify the information of the partners or authorized signatories

E-Services Portal

The applicant enters:

Partner type (natural person).
Nationality.
National number.
Number of cash interests, ensuring that the partners’ cash interests equal the capital.
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.

Specify the contract and articles information

E-Services Portal

The applicant specifies the authorized signatory or signatories for the company and their powers in the box provided for the text of the authorization.
The applicant specifies whether the company has the right to borrow, and the limits and ceiling of borrowing against the company’s capital.
The applicant specifies whether the management has the power to mortgage the company’s assets, and the limits and ceiling of such mortgages.
Where the company’s capital is JOD 100,000 or more, the applicant must enter the auditor’s information.

Upload the attachments

E-Services Portal

The applicant may upload the attachments as the case requires.

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 proposed name must consist of the names of all the partners, or the surname or family name of each of them, or the name or surname of one or more of them, in which case the words “and Partner” or “and Partners” must be added.
The applicant 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.

Fees and processing time

Service fees

Company registration

Stamp duty: three per thousand of the value of the company’s capital
Registration fee: JOD 25
Publication fee: JOD 10
Price of the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
Fee for filing the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
Filing fee: JOD 10 for each document filed in the company’s file
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

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 contract and statement.

What you receive

The company registration certificate (the company information certificate) and a copy of the contract and statement.

Additional Note

- The Principles for Company Names and Titles must be observed when proposing names for the company.
- The number of partners must not be fewer than two or more than twenty, and the total of the partners’ interests must equal the company’s capital.
- A partner is not accepted in a general partnership unless they have completed at least eighteen years of age.
- A general partner acquires the status of a trader under the provisions of the law. Note that some professions and occupations may be incompatible with that status.

Ready to proceed? Use the official e-services portal to submit or continue your application.

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