Days to Register a Company

Raw value is the latest available number of calendar days required to complete the formalities to legally start and operate a standard limited liability company, primarily from World Bank WDI IC.REG.DURS. Lower values receive higher scores on a logarithmic lower-is-better scale: up to 1 day scores 100, 180 days or more scores 0.
1 New Zealand0.5 days 0.5 days 100
1 Slovenia0.5 days 0.5 days 100
3 Canada1.5 days 1.5 days 92
3 Hong Kong1.5 days 1.5 days 92
3 Latvia1.5 days 1.5 days 92
3 Singapore1.5 days 1.5 days 92
7 Australia2 days 2 days 87
7 Georgia2 days 2 days 87
7 Gibraltar2 days 2 days 87
7 North Macedonia2 days 2 days 87
11 Cayman Islands3 days 3 days 79
11 Faroe Islands3 days 3 days 79
11 Kazakhstan3 days 3 days 79
11 Liechtenstein3 days 3 days 79
11 Netherlands3 days 3 days 79
16 Armenia3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Denmark3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Estonia3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 France3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 French Guiana3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Greenland3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Guadeloupe3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Martinique3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Mayotte3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 RĂ©union3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Saint Pierre and Miquelon3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Saint-Martin3.5 days 3.5 days 76
16 Tahiti3.5 days 3.5 days 76
29 Belgium4 days 4 days 73
29 Iceland4 days 4 days 73
29 Norway4 days 4 days 73
29 Rwanda4 days 4 days 73
29 United Kingdom4 days 4 days 73
29 Uzbekistan4 days 4 days 73
35 Albania4.5 days 4.5 days 71
35 Lithuania4.5 days 4.5 days 71
37 Barbados5 days 5 days 69
37 Bermuda5 days 5 days 69
37 British Virgin Islands5 days 5 days 69
37 Cook Islands5 days 5 days 69
37 Ireland5 days 5 days 69
37 Macau5 days 5 days 69
37 Monaco5 days 5 days 69
37 Niue5 days 5 days 69
37 Turks and Caicos Islands5 days 5 days 69
46 Cyprus5.5 days 5.5 days 67
46 Kosovo5.5 days 5.5 days 67
48 Belarus6 days 6 days 65
48 Guam6 days 6 days 65
48 Jamaica6 days 6 days 65
48 Luxembourg6 days 6 days 65
48 Mauritius6 days 6 days 65
48 Northern Mariana Islands6 days 6 days 65
48 Panama6 days 6 days 65
48 Togo6 days 6 days 65
48 U.S. Virgin Islands6 days 6 days 65
48 Ukraine6 days 6 days 65
48 United States6 days 6 days 65
59 Portugal6.5 days 6.5 days 64
59 Turkey6.5 days 6.5 days 64
61 Afghanistan7 days 7 days 63
61 American Samoa7 days 7 days 63
61 Andorra7 days 7 days 63
61 Anguilla7 days 7 days 63
61 Bahrain7 days 7 days 63
61 Guinea7 days 7 days 63
61 Hungary7 days 7 days 63
61 Montserrat7 days 7 days 63
61 Oman7 days 7 days 63
61 Puerto Rico7 days 7 days 63
61 Senegal7 days 7 days 63
61 Uruguay7 days 7 days 63
61 Vanuatu7 days 7 days 63
74 Kuwait7.5 days 7.5 days 61
74 Sweden7.5 days 7.5 days 61
76 Azerbaijan8 days 8 days 60
76 Benin8 days 8 days 60
76 Burundi8 days 8 days 60
76 Cape Verde8 days 8 days 60
76 Congo8 days 8 days 60
76 Croatia8 days 8 days 60
76 Ivory Coast8 days 8 days 60
76 Korea Republic8 days 8 days 60
76 Madagascar8 days 8 days 60
76 Moldova8 days 8 days 60
76 Montenegro8 days 8 days 60
76 Russia8 days 8 days 60
76 Sint Maarten8 days 8 days 60
76 Wallis and Futuna8 days 8 days 60
90 Mexico8.4 days 8.4 days 59
91 Czech Republic9 days 9 days 58
91 Guinea-Bissau9 days 9 days 58
91 Qatar9 days 9 days 58
91 Samoa9 days 9 days 58
91 Solomon Islands9 days 9 days 58
91 Sri Lanka9 days 9 days 58
97 Bhutan10 days 10 days 56
97 Congo DR10 days 10 days 56
97 Curacao10 days 10 days 56
97 Finland10 days 10 days 56
97 Kyrgyzstan10 days 10 days 56
97 Mali10 days 10 days 56
97 Morocco10 days 10 days 56
97 New Caledonia10 days 10 days 56
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10 days 10 days 56
97 SĂ£o TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe10 days 10 days 56
97 Switzerland10 days 10 days 56
97 Tunisia10 days 10 days 56
97 Zanzibar10 days 10 days 56
110 Germany10.5 days 10.5 days 55
111 Argentina11 days 11 days 54
111 Brunei11 days 11 days 54
111 Bulgaria11 days 11 days 54
111 Colombia11 days 11 days 54
111 Egypt11 days 11 days 54
111 Italy11 days 11 days 54
111 Japan11 days 11 days 54
111 Malta11 days 11 days 54
111 Sierra Leone11 days 11 days 54
111 Tonga11 days 11 days 54
121 Trinidad and Tobago11.5 days 11.5 days 53
122 Aruba12 days 12 days 52
122 Dominica12 days 12 days 52
122 Israel12 days 12 days 52
122 Jordan12 days 12 days 52
122 Maldives12 days 12 days 52
122 Serbia12 days 12 days 52
122 Spain12 days 12 days 52
129 Ghana13 days 13 days 51
129 Greece13 days 13 days 51
129 Honduras13 days 13 days 51
129 Mongolia13 days 13 days 51
133 Nicaragua13.5 days 13.5 days 50
134 Burkina Faso14 days 14 days 49
134 Liberia14 days 14 days 49
134 Niger14 days 14 days 49
134 Tajikistan14 days 14 days 49
138 Cameroon15 days 15 days 48
138 Grenada15 days 15 days 48
138 Lebanon15 days 15 days 48
138 Romania15 days 15 days 48
138 Saint Lucia15 days 15 days 48
138 San Marino15 days 15 days 48
138 United Arab Emirates15 days 15 days 48
138 Western Sahara15 days 15 days 48
146 Comoros16 days 16 days 47
146 Micronesia16 days 16 days 47
146 Vietnam16 days 16 days 47
149 Dominican Republic16.5 days 16.5 days 46
149 El Salvador16.5 days 16.5 days 46
149 Nepal16.5 days 16.5 days 46
152 Marshall Islands17 days 17 days 45
152 Mozambique17 days 17 days 45
152 Brazil17.5 days 17.5 days 45
155 Algeria18 days 18 days 44
155 India18 days 18 days 44
155 Malaysia18 days 18 days 44
155 Pakistan18 days 18 days 44
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis19 days 19 days 43
159 Turkmenistan19 days 19 days 43
159 Bangladesh19.5 days 19.5 days 43
162 Mauritania20 days 20 days 42
162 Nauru20 days 20 days 42
162 Tuvalu20 days 20 days 42
162 Zambia20 days 20 days 42
166 Antigua and Barbuda21 days 21 days 41
166 Austria21 days 21 days 41
166 Saudi Arabia21 days 21 days 41
166 Costa Rica21.5 days 21.5 days 41
170 Central African Republic22 days 22 days 40
170 Chile22 days 22 days 40
170 Chinese Taipei22 days 22 days 40
170 Guatemala22 days 22 days 40
170 Kenya22 days 22 days 40
170 Nigeria22 days 22 days 40
170 Syria22 days 22 days 40
170 China22.9 days 22.9 days 40
178 Uganda24 days 24 days 39
179 Peru24.5 days 24.5 days 38
179 Fiji25 days 25 days 38
179 Tanzania25 days 25 days 38
179 Thailand25.5 days 25.5 days 38
183 Gambia26 days 26 days 37
183 Slovakia26.5 days 26.5 days 37
183 Zimbabwe27 days 27 days 37
186 Iraq28 days 28 days 36
186 Palau28 days 28 days 36
188 Guyana29 days 29 days 35
188 Lesotho29 days 29 days 35
188 Botswana30 days 30 days 35
188 Kiribati30 days 30 days 35
188 Swaziland30 days 30 days 35
193 Bahamas31 days 31 days 34
193 Indonesia31 days 31 days 34
195 Ethiopia32 days 32 days 33
195 South Africa32.5 days 32.5 days 33
195 Philippines33 days 33 days 33
195 Seychelles33 days 33 days 33
199 Cuba34 days 34 days 32
199 Iran34.5 days 34.5 days 32
199 Libya35 days 35 days 32
199 Paraguay35 days 35 days 32
203 Angola36 days 36 days 31
203 Sudan36 days 36 days 31
205 Bosnia and Herzegovina37 days 37 days 30
205 Djibouti37 days 37 days 30
205 Malawi37 days 37 days 30
205 Poland37 days 37 days 30
209 Yemen40 days 40 days 29
210 Belize44 days 44 days 27
210 Bolivia44 days 44 days 27
212 Ecuador48.5 days 48.5 days 25
212 Palestine50 days 50 days 25
214 Papua New Guinea51 days 51 days 24
215 Gabon58 days 58 days 22
216 Chad62 days 62 days 21
217 Namibia66 days 66 days 19
217 Myanmar68 days 68 days 19
219 Suriname72 days 72 days 18
220 Eritrea84 days 84 days 15
221 Timor-Leste95 days 95 days 12
221 Haiti97 days 97 days 12
221 Cambodia99 days 99 days 12
224 Korea DPR100 days 100 days 11
224 Somalia100 days 100 days 11
224 South Sudan100 days 100 days 11
227 Equatorial Guinea135 days 135 days 6
228 Laos173 days 173 days 1
229 Venezuela230 days 230 days 0

Last rating: June 18th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the number of calendar days required to formally start a standard limited liability company. It includes the steps needed for the company to legally exist and operate in a general business context. Lower is better.

Nomadino uses World Bank indicator IC.REG.DURS as the direct numeric anchor. It comes methodologically from the discontinued Doing Business project and remains useful here because it measures exactly the visible unit of this raw value: days to start a business.

Countries or territories without a separate World Bank series use maintained Nomadino replacement values. These are derived from existing Nomadino startup values, the administering state, official company registers, online registration portals, Business Ready methodology, regional comparators and local administrative reality.

The score is calculated directly from the visible day value: 1 day or less receives 100 points, 180 days or more receives 0 points. Between those anchors, the score falls logarithmically. This differentiates very fast registrations of 1, 2, 4 or 7 days without allowing extreme delays to distort the whole scale.

Startup costs, corporate taxes, corruption, broad economic freedom, labour-market rules and bank-account opening are not included in this raw value. They can matter for entrepreneurs, but remain separate or neighbouring Nomadino indicators.