Poland

Ease of Doing Business in

Poland

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Poland. 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 38,216,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 12,480
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
55 74 down 19

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
69.4 63.8 down 5.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 124 129 up 5
Dealing with Construction Permits 161 157 up -4
Getting Electricity 137 130 up -7
Registering Property 62 87 up 25
Getting Credit 4 4 No change
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 114 124 up 10
Trading Across Borders 50 49 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 56 84 up 28
Resolving Insolvency 37 91 up 54

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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 124 DB 2012 Rank 129 Change in Rank up5
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 82.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 81.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.4
Indicator Poland 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).

View methodology Procedures (number)
6 -- 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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32 -- 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)
14.4 -- 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)
13.0 -- 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Notarize company agreement 1 day notarial fee is (PLN 1,010 + 0.4% of the amount of share capital over PLN 60,000) +23%VAT; additionally 0.5% civil law transactions tax is levied on the amount of share capital less the amount of notarial fees and court fees charged for registration of the company.
2 Deposit paid-in capital at the bank 1 day no charge
3 File at National Court Register for company registration, REGON, NIP, Statistical Office and ZUS 4 weeks PLN 600 for registration and PLN 100 for publication
* 4 Register for VAT 1 day, (simultaneous with procedure 3) PLN 170
5 Register the company at the National Sanitary Inspection 1 day no charge
6 Register the company at the National Work Inspection 1 day 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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