In application of the provisions of the OHADA Uniform Act relating to the law of Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs), the legal forms of companies in force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are as follows:

• Sole proprietorship (or establishment);
• The Limited Liability Company (LLC);
• The Public Limited Company (SA);
• Simplified Joint Stock Company (SAS);
• The Collective Name Company (CNC);
• The Limited Partnership (LP);
• The Economic Interest Grouping (EIG).