Netherlands

Ease of Doing Business in

Netherlands

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Netherlands. 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 16,696,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 49,730
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
31 34 down 3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
77.4 76.1 down 1.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 67 77 up 10
Dealing with Construction Permits 89 95 up 6
Getting Electricity 67 65 up -2
Registering Property 49 49 No change
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 117 124 up 7
Paying Taxes 29 31 up 2
Trading Across Borders 12 13 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 32 32 No change
Resolving Insolvency 6 7 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 67 DB 2012 Rank 77 Change in Rank up10
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 89.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 86.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.5
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.563,213
Indicator Netherlands 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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5 -- 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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5 -- 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)
5.1 -- 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)
49.4 -- 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit the minimum capital required in the bank 1 day no charge
2 Check the company name for appropriateness and validity 1 day no charge
3 Draft and sign the company’s deed of incorporation, executed by a civil law notary 1 day EUR 1,750
4 Enter the company in the commercial register at the local chamber of commerce and obtain a registration number. 1 day EUR 120.29
5 Register with the local tax authorities (at the same office register for social security authorities) 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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