This paper objects to focus on the corporate governance practices in the Algerian small and medium size enterprises where the main intention is to recognize and clarify the degree of corporate governance practices. The study has taken place in 6 enterprises located in 3 different provinces. The tool of research is considered to be the questionnaire. After the descriptive and inferential analysis of data collected, we have come out to a set of results: the level of corporate governance in Algerian small and medium enterprises is intermediate and the enterprises widely neglect the external and audit committee, also the implementation of transparency and disclosure principle are not enough which leaded us to conclude that the mode of corporate governance is facing serious imbalances and have to be enable in a good way.