Czech Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Czech Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Czech Republic. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 10,546,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 18,520
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
65 67 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.6 66.4 down 1.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 140 136 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 74 76 up 2
Getting Electricity 143 141 up -2
Registering Property 27 33 up 6
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 120 120 No change
Trading Across Borders 68 71 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 79 76 up -3
Resolving Insolvency 34 34 No change

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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.

DB 2013 Rank 140 DB 2012 Rank 136 Change in Rank down-4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 79.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 79.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 2.8421,173
Indicator Czech Republic OECD high income 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)
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 -- 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)
8.2 -- 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)
29.7 -- 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Check business name for uniqueness 1 day no charge
2 Obtain extracts of criminal record and real estate at Czechpoint Offices 1 day CZK 200
3 Notarize articles of association 1 day CZK 20,310
4 Obtain confirmation of the administrator of the capital contribution of the company along with the confirmation of the bank that the capital contribution is held in the company’s special bank account for the registered capital. 2 days no charge
5 Register with the Trade Licensing Office and obtain extract of the trade license 5 days CZK 1000
6 Register in the Business (Commercial) Registry of the Regional Commercial Court 7 days CZK 6,000 (paid in the form of court stamps)
7 Register for taxes 1 day no charge
* 8 Register for social security 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* 9 Register with health insurance 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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