CR Renewal and Company Amendments in Qatar
Under the Commercial Register Law, you apply to renew your commercial registration (CR) with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) in the 30 days before it expires, and you record any change to your company within 30 days. Both are done online through the Qatar Single Window. We help you check your documents, prepare each step and follow the application to the end.
Renewals and changes at a glance
- Before expiry, the window to renew the CR
- 30 days
- To record any change to the registered data
- 30 days
- Renewal term for the CR and the commercial permit
- 1 to 5 years
- Single Window cycle time for a renewal
- about 1 day
From the Commercial Register Law and the Single Window; see the sources at the end of the page.
Commercial registration and trade licence renewal for your company
The Single Window’s Comprehensive Renewal service renews the company’s commercial registration and its commercial permit (your trade licence) together. You need a Tawtheeq account with a valid Qatari ID, and any document issued abroad must be attested by MOFA and the Qatari embassy.
The renewal in brief
- Term
- One to five years for the CR and the permit
- Permit
- Cannot run longer than the CR
- Branches
- The CR renews with all its branches at once
- Regulated activities
- A valid approval, or request it in the same application
What we help with
Renewal dates
Starting in the 30 days before the CR and permit expire.
Renewal application
The Comprehensive Renewal, with branches and approvals.
Activities
Adding or removing activities, and the approvals they need.
Partners and managers
Share transfers, new partners and new managers.
Amended memorandum
In Arabic and notarised, signed on the portal or at an appointment.
Address and capital
Moving premises or changing capital, recorded within 30 days.
Late renewal: what the law says
Deletion after notice
The registration may be deleted if no renewal is filed 90 days after the owner is notified.
Fees for the whole gap
A late renewal pays the fee for the whole period since expiry.
Automatic cancellation
The Ministry may cancel unrenewed CRs and permits after notice, once the grace period has passed.
Renewal fees
- CR with one activity
- QAR 500
- Each extra activity
- + QAR 300
- Each branch CR
- QAR 100
- Commercial permit (home permit QAR 300)
- QAR 500
From the Single Window, plus Qatar Chamber fees. The page does not say whether these amounts apply to each year of a multi-year renewal, so check the total shown before you pay.
Adding an activity to your CR, or changing partners, capital or address
One request on the Single Window’s Comprehensive Update can carry a single change or several at once: trade name, legal structure, activities, capital and ownership, managers and board, location, or the contract. Expect a day or two.
Adding an activity to the CR takes the partners’ approval under the memorandum, or the owner’s consent where there is one owner. If the activity is regulated, its regulator has to approve it as well.
Changes in brief
- LLC memorandum or capital
- Partners holding three quarters of the capital, unless the memorandum asks for more
- The amendment
- In Arabic and notarised, or void
- Above 49% foreign
- The non-Qatari investment licence amendment and CVs
- Fees
- QAR 300 per request, QAR 300 per added activity, QAR 100 to change the permit
Related services
Common questions about CR renewal and changes
How do I renew my CR online in Qatar?
Online, on the Qatar Single Window’s Comprehensive Renewal service. Log in with a Tawtheeq account and a valid Qatar ID; your name has to be on the CR or the permit. Choose a term from one to five years. Every branch renews along with the main CR.
How much is CR renewal in Qatar?
QAR 500 for a CR with one activity, according to the Single Window. Add QAR 300 for every extra activity, QAR 100 for each branch CR and QAR 500 for the commercial permit, plus Qatar Chamber fees. The page is silent on whether these are charged per year of a longer renewal, so check the total before you pay.
How do I add a partner to my CR in Qatar?
Use the Comprehensive Update service on the Single Window. For a limited liability company, a change to the memorandum needs the votes of partners who hold three quarters of the capital, unless the memorandum asks for more. An amendment that is not in Arabic and notarised is void.
How do I check CR validity in Qatar?
Start with the CR number, which every registered company has to display at its premises and on its papers. With it you can search the Single Window register of closed and liquidating firms, or request the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s Regulatory Record Report. A Qatar Financial Centre company appears in the QFC public register instead.
Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, News: Regulatory Record Report service (30 Jul 2026)
Do I need to renew my CR before I close the company?
Yes, if it has expired. The Single Window deletes only a valid CR or commercial permit, so an expired one is renewed first. To close the company you then go through two stages on the Company Closure service: liquidation, which costs QAR 300 to start, and deleting the main CR with its branches, which has no fee.
Source: Single Window, Company closure
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Sources
Official sources for the facts on this page, last checked 19 Oct 2026.
- Commercial Register Law No. 25 of 2005, as amended (Al Meezan)
- Single Window, Comprehensive renewal
- Single Window, Comprehensive update
- Single Window, Company closure
- Commercial Companies Law No. 11 of 2015, as amended (Al Meezan)
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Local investor services
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry, News: Regulatory Record Report service (30 Jul 2026)
When does your CR expire, and is anything about the company changing?
We tell you what the Single Window will ask for, then help you put it together.