Doing Business in Poland 2015

Doing Business in Poland 2015 WORLD BANK GROUP COMPARING BUSINESS REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC FIRMS IN 18 CITIES WITH 188 OTHER ECONOMIES FULL REPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD AT DOINGBUSINESS.ORG/POLAND GLOBAL RANKING IN THE GLOBAL RANKING POLAND IS REPRESENTED BY WARSAW OPEN STARTING A BUSINESS EU AVERAGE 32 30 DAYS POLAND'S GLOBAL RANK OUT OF 189 ECONOMIES IN 2014 AVERAGE TIME 11.6 DAYS EQUIVALENT TO 12.9% OF INCOME PER CAPITA 4.1% AVERAGE COST € 1,227 EU AVERAGE||POLAND EASE OF DOING BUSINESS 36 32 In Poznań, most businesses register online. Poznan 8 days 6.9% 4x faster, half cost Poland's performance varies significantly across indicators It is four times faster and half as costly to register online using the "S24" system, which does not require notary deed. STARTING A BUSINESS 85 53 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS E DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS 137 82 EU AVERAGE REGISTERING PROPERTY 175 DAYS 62 39 AVERAGE TIME 174 DAYS ENFORCING CONTRACTS 0.2% 52 48 2.3% AVERAGE COST OF THE WAREHOUSE VALUE PERMISSION Across Poland, dealing with construction permits takes an average of 21 procedures. In the EU, the same process is significantly less complex – 13 requirements. WHERE IS IT EASIER DOING BUSINESS IN POLAND? Bydgoszoz 143 days, 0.15% AGGREGATE RANK STARTING CONSTRUCTION REGISTERING ENFORCING A BUSINESS PERMITS PROPERTY CONTRACTS In Bydgoszcz, waterworks clearances are obtained in a single procedure, reducing time and cost. Bydgoszcz 1 1 6 Olsztyn 1 Białystok 4 12 1 A REGISTERING PROPERTY EU AVERAGE Toruń 4 13 7 Opole 4 6. 13 4 33 DAYS AVERAGE TIME 26 Poznań 6. 1 15 4 7 DAYS Rzeszów 7 17 2 9 8 0.32% 4.5% AVERAGE COST OF PROPERTY VALUE ..... Zielona Góra 8 14 10 2 10 Łódź 9. 9 8 14 It is easiest to register property in Białystok and Zielona Góra, thanks to efficient Land and Mortgage Registries and streamlined administrative procedures. 10 Szczecin Wielkopolski Górzów 18 7 6 12 11 14 17 11 2 2x faster Katowice 12 9. 11 16 13 Wrocław 13 4 18 16 Białystok: 18 days Lublin 14 7 8 17 15 0.35% Kielce 15 16 13 15 11 Kraków 16 7 18 12 ENFORCING CONTRACTS EU AVERAGE Warsaw 17 14 10 17 512 DAYS AVERAGE TIME 572 Gdańsk 18 2 16 14 18 DAYS 15.9% 21.5% The aggregate rankings are based on the average of each city's distance to frontier scores for the four topics included in the study. For more details and methodology please visit doingbusiness.org/poland AVERAGE COST OF THE CLAIM VALUE IF A POLISH CITY WERE TO ADOPT ALL THE BEST PRACTICES FOUND ACROSS THE 18 CITIES, POLAND WOULD RANK Resolving a commercial dispute as fast as in Olsztyn (328 days) and with as low a cost as in Białystok (13.6% of claim value), would place Poland in the 24th out of 189 global economies 13th place globally P WORLD BANK GROUP DOINGBUSINESS.ORG/POLAND JUNE 2015