🇳🇪How to verify a supplier in Niger

Registry

RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Credit Mobilier) via the CCIAN one-stop shop (Centre de Formalites des Entreprises, Niamey)

Company ID

RCCM number and NIF (tax ID)

Cost

Free basic lookup

Active status

With no online register, treat a Niger company as verified when it can produce a current RCCM certificate and NIF, or when CCIAN confirms the registration; the tax authority (impots.gouv.ne) is the anchor for the NIF side.

• Niger uses the CFA franc (XOF) and remains a UEMOA member, but it formally left ECOWAS on 29 January 2025 with the Alliance of Sahel States; do not assume ECOWAS trade preferences still apply. Business law follows the OHADA uniform acts.
• Standard VAT is 19 percent under the new Code General des Impots in force since 1 January 2026; a real trading company should hold a NIF and, above the threshold, a VAT registration.
• Real local production is concentrated and small: leather and tanning (the Malam Yaro tannery), the ENITEX textile plant, rice and groundnut-oil mills, meat (the ABAFRI cold-chain abattoir) and the Wadata artisan village in Niamey for crafts. The famous Galmi purple onion moves through farmer cooperatives, not branded exporters, so demand cooperative or RCCM paperwork rather than a website.

Before you sign: five asks no registry can answer

The register proves the company exists and who signs. It says nothing about whether the supplier survives a bad quarter, a fire or a key person leaving. Serious suppliers answer these five asks without friction; hesitation on any of them is information too.

• Business continuity: what happens to your order if their plant loses power, a strike hits or their systems go down? Ask for the plan, not a reassurance.
• Liability insurance: is product or professional liability insured, with which insurer and to what ceiling? A certificate of insurance is a one-page email for a real firm.
• Exit terms: how do you terminate if it goes wrong, what notice and fees apply, and how do you get your tooling, molds or data back?
• Support in numbers: ask for response and resolution times as figures, not adjectives. A supplier who commits to hours in writing has a support process; one who writes fast support does not.
• Named people: who exactly runs production and who owns your account? Continuity of a named team matters more than a polished sales deck, and employee-review sites often show whether that team stays.

General commercial hygiene, not legal advice.