Ireland

Ease of Doing Business in

Ireland

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Ireland. 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 4,487,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 38,580
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
15 16 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
84.6 83.8 down 0.8
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 10 14 up 4
Dealing with Construction Permits 106 102 up -4
Getting Electricity 95 92 up -3
Registering Property 53 81 up 28
Getting Credit 12 9 up -3
Protecting Investors 6 6 No change
Paying Taxes 6 5 up -1
Trading Across Borders 28 23 up -5
Enforcing Contracts 63 62 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 9 10 up 1

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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.

DB 2013 Rank 10 DB 2012 Rank 14 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 92.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 92.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.6
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 4.7814,322
Indicator Ireland 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)
4 -- 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)
10 -- 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)
0.3 -- 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 -- 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The founder swears before a Commissioner for Oaths 1 day EUR 10
2 File necessary materials with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) 7 days EUR for with pre-approved memorandum and articles, EUR 100 for standard registration
3 Get a company seal 1 day EUR 20
4 Register for corporation tax, social insurance (PAYE/PRSI) and VAT with the Revenue Commissioners 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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