Switzerland Doing Business 2020

The owners:
-Have reached the legal age of majority and are capable of making decisions as an adult. If there
is no legal age of majority, they are assumed to be 30 years old.
-Are in good health and have no criminal record.
-Are married, the marriage is monogamous and registered with the authorities.
-Where the answer differs according to the legal system applicable to the woman or man in
question (as may be the case in economies where there is legal plurality), the answer used will be
the one that applies to the majority of the population.
Switzerland
Doing Business 2020
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Starting a Business - Switzerland
Figure – Starting a Business in Switzerland – Score
Procedures
70.6
Time
90.5
Cost
98.9
Paid-in min. capital
93.9
Figure – Starting a Business in Switzerland and comparator economies – Ranking and Score
DB 2020 Starting a Business Score
0
100
92.7: Denmark (Rank: 45)
92.3: Belgium (Rank: 48)
91.3: Regional Average (OECD high income)
88.4: Switzerland (Rank: 81)
86.8: Italy (Rank: 98)
83.7: Germany (Rank: 125)
Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their scores for starting a business. These scores are the simple average of
the scores for each of the component indicators.
Standardized Company
Legal form
Société à responsabilité limitée / Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
(SARL/GmbH)
Paid-in minimum capital requirement
CHF 20,000
City Covered
Zurich
Indicator
Switzerland
OECD high income
Best Regulatory Performance
Procedure – Men (number)
6
4.9
1 (2 Economies)
Time – Men (days)
10
9.2
0.5 (New Zealand)
Cost – Men (% of income per capita)
2.3
3.0
0.0 (2 Economies)
Procedure – Women (number)
6
4.9
1 (2 Economies)
Time – Women (days)
10
9.2
0.5 (New Zealand)
Cost – Women (% of income per capita)
2.3
3.0
0.0 (2 Economies)
Paid-in min. capital (% of income per capita)
24.6
7.6
0.0 (120 Economies)