Iran, Islamic Rep.

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Iran, Islamic Rep.

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Islamic Republic of Iran. 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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Economy Summary
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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 74,798,599
GNI Per Capita (US$) 6,360
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
145 144 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.0 54.0 down 1.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 87 50 up -37
Dealing with Construction Permits 166 166 No change
Getting Electricity 163 164 up 1
Registering Property 165 165 No change
Getting Credit 83 97 up 14
Protecting Investors 150 167 up 17
Paying Taxes 129 125 up -4
Trading Across Borders 143 139 up -4
Enforcing Contracts 53 54 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 126 125 up -1

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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 87 DB 2012 Rank 50 Change in Rank down-37
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 86.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 89.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-2.8
Indicator Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 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).

View methodology Procedures (number)
7 8 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.

View methodology Time (days)
13 23 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.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
3.3 29.8 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.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.5 72.3 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit at least 35% of the subscribed shares in a bank account and obtain a certificate from the bank 1 day no charge
2 Obtain a criminal record clearance 3-7 days IRR 50,000
3 Register the company with the Companies Registration Office for companies and pay registration duties 3 days IRR 375,000 for registration and IRR 40,000 for name search and reservation.
4 Place a notice of the company formation in the Official Gazette and the selected newspaper of general circulation 1 day IRR140,000 for official Gazette; IRR 240,000 for general circulation newspaper
5 Take out the officially sealed books of account within 30 days after the date of registration 1 day IRR 100000
6 Pay the share certificate stamp duty within 60 days after the date of registration of the company 1 day 0.2% of the par value of the subscribed share capital
7 Enroll workers in the social security program by open files for all employees before the Iranian Labor Department and obtain a workplace number 1 day no charge

** 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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