United States - Time required to start a business

Time required to start a business (days)

Time required to start a business (days) in United States was 4.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 6.20 in 2013, while its lowest value was 4.20 in 2019.

Definition: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2013 6.20
2014 5.60
2015 5.60
2016 5.60
2017 5.60
2018 5.60
2019 4.20

Time required to start a business, female (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, female (days) in United States was 4.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.20 in 2013 and a minimum value of 4.20 in 2019.

Definition: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

See also:

Year Value
2013 6.20
2014 5.60
2015 5.60
2016 5.60
2017 5.60
2018 5.60
2019 4.20

Time required to start a business, male (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, male (days) in United States was 4.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.20 in 2013 and a minimum value of 4.20 in 2019.

Definition: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

See also:

Year Value
2013 6.20
2014 5.60
2015 5.60
2016 5.60
2017 5.60
2018 5.60
2019 4.20

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment