Starting up? Here are the cheapest and most expensive countries to start a business

Sep 20, 2023 Girish Khurana

Here are the fees you would have to pay to start a small-to-medium-sized limited liability company in these countries:

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Cheapest

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Rwanda $0 (up to two years) Slovenia $0 Venezuela $0 Kyrgyzstan $8 Sudan $8 Timor Leste $10

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Azerbaijan $11 Kazakhstan $12 Ukraine $13 South Africa $13 Egypt $13 Mauritania $14

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Uzbekistan $14 Chile $16 U.K. $17 Belarus $18 Pakistan $20 Croatia $27

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Sierra Leone $29 Armenia $30 Burund $30 Iran $31 Liberia $32 Benin $32

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Niger $32 Georgia $33 Afghanisan $33 Mongolia $37 Romania $38 Botswana $40

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Most expensive

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UAE $7,444 Italy $4,876 San Marino $4,672 Qatar $3,952 Suriname $3,030 Lebanon $2,855

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Austria $2,475 Belgium $2,402 Equatorial G. $2,322 Netherlands $2,190 Bahamas $1,810 Ecuador $1,630

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Liechtenstein $1,619 Cyprus $1,576 Iraq $1,573 Norway $1,482 Switzerland $1,463 Mexico $1,450

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Grenada $1,410 Syria $1,392 Uruguay $1,344 Luxembourg $1,343 Bolivia $1,293 Antigua & Barb $1,271

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Saudi Arabia $1,267 Israel $1,241 Congo (R) $1,299 Barbados $1,159 Iceland $1,089 Dominica $1,073

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India $142

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