Colombia

Ease of Doing Business in

Sincelejo - Colombia

This page summarizes Doing Business data for Sincelejo. 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
4 Manizales
Topic Rankings Rank among 21 cities in Colombia Top city in Colombia
Starting a Business 13 Armenia
Dealing with Construction Permits 8 Popayán
Registering Property 3 Ibagué
Paying Taxes 1 Sincelejo
Enforcing Contracts 7 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 Sincelejo 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)
12 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)
20 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)
15.2 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 3 days COP 10,500 [3 books (COP 3,500 per book, COP 35 per page, 100 pages each book)]
2 Obtain the provisional Unified Tax Registration (pre-RUT) with DIAN 1 day No cost
* 3 Payment of departmental registry tax 1 day COP 735,310 [COP 718,010: departmental registry tax (0.7% of the company’s initial capital); COP 15,800: cost of systematization; COP 1,500: stamp duty in support of the University of Sucre]
4 Register the company with the Mercantile Registry, obtain a copy of the certificate of existence and legal representation, register the company’s books and register the company before the National Tax Authority DIAN 3 days COP 806,800 [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: registration at the Chamber of Commerce and registration of the public document on company constitution; COP 3,500: certificate of existence and legal representation; COP 25,800: cost to register the company’s books (COP 8,600 per book)]
5 Open a bank account 1 day No cost
* 6 Register the company for the payment of Industry and Commerce Tax 1 day COP 5,000
7 Register the company with a family compensation fund (caja de compensación familiar), the National Training Service (SENA) and the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) 10 days No cost
* 8 Affiliate the company to a Professional Risk Management Company (ARP) 1 day No cost
* 9 Affiliate employees to the public pensions system 1 day No cost
* 10 Affiliate employees to a private pension fund 1 day No cost
* 11 Affiliate employees to a mandatory healthcare plan 1 day No cost
* 12 Affiliate employees to a severance fund 1 day No cost
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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