Hungary

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Hungary

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Hungary. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 9,971,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 12,730
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
54 49 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
66.9 66.6 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 52 39 up -13
Dealing with Construction Permits 55 53 up -2
Getting Electricity 109 106 up -3
Registering Property 43 41 up -2
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 118 117 up -1
Trading Across Borders 73 77 up 4
Enforcing Contracts 16 18 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 70 67 up -3

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 55 DB 2012 Rank 53 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 66.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 66.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Hungary OECD high income OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
26 -- 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

View methodology Time (days)
102 -- 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
5.7 -- 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request and obtain certificate of site ownership and site map from the Földhivatal 1 day HUF 10,000
2 Request and obtain construction license 45 days HUF 10,000
* 3 Received on-site inspection 1 day no charge
* 4 Request and obtain the construction authority approval on the architectural and technical plans, and technical description 45 days no charge
* 5 Received on-site inspection from the construction authority 1 day no charge
* 6 Request an authorization from the water authorities 1 day no charge
* 7 Receive inspection from water authorities 1 day no charge
* 8 Obtain an authorization from the water authorities 29 days no charge
* 9 Request an authorization from sewage authorities 1 day no charge
* 10 Receive inspection from sewage authorities 1 day no charge
* 11 Obtain authorization from sewage authorities 29 days no charge
* 12 Request and obtain fire protection authorization 30 days no charge
* 13 Obtain Statement of the Municipal Planning Committee 30 days no charge
* 14 Provide evidence of the availability of a licensed site manager and notify about construction inception 5 days no charge
* 15 Request and obtain Letter from Tax Authority 30 days no charge
16 Request and receive connection to the sewerage network 21 days no charge
* 17 Contact a registered technician to set up sewerage system 1 day no charge
* 18 Request and receive connection to telephone 14 days HUF 30,000
* 19 Request water connection 1 day HUF 100,000
* 20 Contact a registered technician to set up water connection 1 day no charge
* 21 Receive on-site inspection to check on cleanness for water connection 1 day no charge
* 22 Receive connection to water 10 days no charge
23 Notify authorities of the completion of construction 1 day no charge
24 Receive final inspection of the completed building 1 day no charge
* 25 Obtain Occupancy Permit 30 days no charge
* 26 Register the building with the Land Registry Office 30 days 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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