Colombia

Ease of Doing Business in

Montería - Colombia

This page summarizes Doing Business data for Montería. The first table shows its rank among 21 cities/regions in Colombia. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 46,927,125
GNI Per Capita (US$) 6,110.00
Ease of Doing Business Rank among 21 cities in Colombia Top city in Colombia
14 Manizales
Topic Rankings Rank among 21 cities in Colombia Top city in Colombia
Starting a Business 19 Armenia
Dealing with Construction Permits 5 Popayán
Registering Property 18 Ibagué
Paying Taxes 14 Sincelejo
Enforcing Contracts 11 Manizales

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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Indicator Montería Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
14 9 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
19 53 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
15.8 33.7 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 3.7 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Purchase the company books 1 day COP 10,500 [3 books (COP 3,500 per book, COP 35 per page, 100 pages per book)]
2 Obtain a Provisional Unified Tax Registry (pre-RUT) from DIAN 1 day No cost
3 Register the company before the Mercantile Registry, obtain the certificate of existence and legal representation, register the company’s books, and obtain the Unified tax Registry (RUT) from the Chamber of Commerce 5 days COP 1,524,810 [COP 718,010: departmental registration tax (0.7% of the company’s initial capital); COP 665,000: commercial license (133.92% of the legal minimum monthly wage); COP 83,000: commercial establishment fee; COP 3,500: registration form; COP 26,000: inscription in the Chamber of Commerce and registration of the document of incorporation; COP 3,500: certificate of existence and legal representation; COP 25,800: cost of registering the company’s books (COP 8,600 each book)]
4 Open a bank account 1 day No cost
* 5 Obtain a certificate from the fire department 1 day COP 15,000
* 6 Obtain a land use certificate 2 days COP 70,000
* 7 Obtain the sanitation certificate 2 days No cost
* 8 Register the company for the payment of Industry and Commerce tax 1 day No cost
9 Register the company with a family compensation fund (caja de compensación familiar), the National Training Service (SENA) and the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) 4 days No cost
* 10 Affiliate the company to an Occupational Risk Management Company (ARP) 1 day No cost
* 11 Affiliate employees to the public pensions system 5 days No cost
* 12 Affiliate employees to a private pension fund 1 day No cost
* 13 Affiliate employees to a mandatory healthcare plan 2 days No cost
* 14 Affiliate employees to a severance fund 1 day No cost
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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