Mexico

Ease of Doing Business in

Mexico

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Mexico. 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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 114,793,341
GNI Per Capita (US$) 9,240
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
48 53 down 5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
71.9 71.6 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 36 74 up 38
Dealing with Construction Permits 36 39 up 3
Getting Electricity 130 152 up 22
Registering Property 141 141 No change
Getting Credit 40 38 up -2
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 107 104 up -3
Trading Across Borders 61 63 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 76 78 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 26 26 No change

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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 36 DB 2012 Rank 74 Change in Rank up38
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 88.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 87.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.5
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 6.1794,050
Indicator Mexico 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)
6 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)
9 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)
10.1 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 Obtain the authorization of using the company name online and file the draft deed of incorporation with the notary online 1 day no charge
2 Sign the deed of incorporation before a notary public, obtain Tax Registry Number (RFC) and file online the deed of incorporation with the Public Register of Commerce 2-3 days MXN 10500 (notary fees)+ MXN 1520 (registration fees)
3 Register with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) 2-5 days no charge
4 Register with the local tax administration (Secretaría de Finanzas del Gobierno del Distrito Federal) for payroll tax 1 day no charge
5 Notify the local government (Delegación) online of the opening of a mercantile establishment. 1 day no charge
6 Register with the National Business Information Registry (Sistema de Information Empresarial, SIEM) 1 day The costs can vary from MXN $100 to MXN $670

** 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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