Switzerland

Ease of Doing Business in

Switzerland

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Switzerland. 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 7,907,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 76,380
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
28 27 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
72.4 72.3 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 97 88 up -9
Dealing with Construction Permits 50 45 up -5
Getting Electricity 8 7 up -1
Registering Property 15 14 up -1
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 169 167 up -2
Paying Taxes 18 17 up -1
Trading Across Borders 35 41 up 6
Enforcing Contracts 20 22 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 45 43 up -2

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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 97 DB 2012 Rank 88 Change in Rank down-9
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 86.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 86.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Switzerland 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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18 -- 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)
2.1 -- 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)
26.3 -- 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Place the paid-up capital in an escrow account with a bank 1 day no charge
2 Draft the articles of association in the presence of a notary public, who notarizes the personal and corporate signatures on the application form and authenticate the articles of association and the public deed of incorporation. 7 days 0.1% of capital, minimum CHF 500, maximum CHF 5,000 + CHF 100 (for 5 signatures)
3 File the deed certifying the articles of association to the local commercial register to obtain a legal entity 7 days CHF 600+ 0.02% of capital exceeding CHF 200,000 up to a maximum of CHF 10,000
4 Pay stamp tax at post office or bank after receiving an assessment by mail 1 day 1% capital with the first CHF 1,000,000 exempt
5 Register for VAT 1 day, within 30 days after being subject to VAT no charge
6 Enroll employees in the social insurance system (federal and cantonal 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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