Belgium Company Statistics

BE: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs data was reported at 6.100 Day in 2020. BE: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs data is updated yearly, averaging 6.100 Day from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.100 Day in 2020 and a record low of 6.100 Day in 2020. BE: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Average time to clear exports through customs is the average number of days to clear direct exports through customs.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
6.100 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Bribery Incidence: % of Firms Experiencing at Least One Bribe Payment Request

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Bribery Incidence: % of Firms Experiencing at Least One Bribe Payment Request data was reported at 4.300 % in 2020. BE: Bribery Incidence: % of Firms Experiencing at Least One Bribe Payment Request data is updated yearly, averaging 4.300 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.300 % in 2020 and a record low of 4.300 % in 2020. BE: Bribery Incidence: % of Firms Experiencing at Least One Bribe Payment Request data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Bribery incidence is the percentage of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request across 6 public transactions dealing with utilities access, permits, licenses, and taxes.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
4.300 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Female

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Female data was reported at 5.300 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.400 % for 2018. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 5.500 % from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.300 % in 2004 and a record low of 5.000 % in 2016. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.300 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Male

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Male data was reported at 5.300 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.400 % for 2018. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 5.500 % from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.300 % in 2004 and a record low of 5.000 % in 2016. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.300 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI per Capita

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI per Capita data was reported at 5.300 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.400 % for 2018. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI per Capita data is updated yearly, averaging 5.500 % from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.300 % in 2004 and a record low of 5.000 % in 2016. BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI per Capita data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.300 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Cost to Exports: USD per Container

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Cost to Exports: USD per Container data was reported at 1,240.000 USD in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1,240.000 USD for 2013. BE: Cost to Exports: USD per Container data is updated yearly, averaging 1,240.000 USD from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,240.000 USD in 2014 and a record low of 1,221.000 USD in 2007. BE: Cost to Exports: USD per Container data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Cost measures the fees levied on a 20-foot container in U.S. dollars. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import the goods are included. These include costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or trade taxes. Only official costs are recorded. Several assumptions are made for the business surveyed: Has 60 or more employees; Is located in the country's most populous city; Is a private, limited liability company. It does not operate within an export processing zone or an industrial estate with special export or import privileges; Is domestically owned with no foreign ownership; Exports more than 10% of its sales. Assumptions about the traded goods: The traded product travels in a dry-cargo, 20-foot, full container load. The product: Is not hazardous nor does it include military items; Does not require refrigeration or any other special environment; Does not require any special phytosanitary or environmental safety standards other than accepted international standards.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
1,240.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Belgium BE: Cost to Imports: USD per Container

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Cost to Imports: USD per Container data was reported at 1,400.000 USD in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1,400.000 USD for 2013. BE: Cost to Imports: USD per Container data is updated yearly, averaging 1,400.000 USD from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,400.000 USD in 2014 and a record low of 1,400.000 USD in 2014. BE: Cost to Imports: USD per Container data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Cost measures the fees levied on a 20-foot container in U.S. dollars. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import the goods are included. These include costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or trade taxes. Only official costs are recorded.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
1,400.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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BE: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data was reported at 17.900 % in 2020. BE: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 17.900 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.900 % in 2020 and a record low of 17.900 % in 2020. BE: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms with female top manager refers to the percentage of firms in the private sector who have females as top managers. Top manager refers to the highest ranking manager or CEO of the establishment. This person may be the owner if he/she works as the manager of the firm. The results are based on surveys of more than 100,000 private firms.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;Relevance to gender indicator: Women are vastly underrepresented in decision making positions at the top level in the private sector and this indicator monitors progress that has been made.

Last Frequency Range
17.900 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms data was reported at 19.200 % in 2020. BE: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 19.200 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.200 % in 2020 and a record low of 19.200 % in 2020. BE: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms competing against unregistered firms are the percentage of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
19.200 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data was reported at 20.700 % in 2020. BE: Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 20.700 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.700 % in 2020 and a record low of 20.700 % in 2020. BE: Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Percent of firms experiencing losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism or arson that occurred on the establishment's premises.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
20.700 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms Formally Registered When Operations Started: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms Formally Registered When Operations Started: % of Firms data was reported at 95.800 % in 2020. BE: Firms Formally Registered When Operations Started: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 95.800 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.800 % in 2020 and a record low of 95.800 % in 2020. BE: Firms Formally Registered When Operations Started: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms formally registered when operations started are the percentage of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
95.800 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms Offering Formal Training: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms Offering Formal Training: % of Firms data was reported at 57.800 % in 2020. BE: Firms Offering Formal Training: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 57.800 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.800 % in 2020 and a record low of 57.800 % in 2020. BE: Firms Offering Formal Training: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms offering formal training are the percentage of firms offering formal training programs for their permanent, full-time employees.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
57.800 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms That Spend On R&D: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms That Spend On R&D: % of Firms data was reported at 43.400 % in 2020. BE: Firms That Spend On R&D: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 43.400 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.400 % in 2020 and a record low of 43.400 % in 2020. BE: Firms That Spend On R&D: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Percent of firms that spend on research and development.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
43.400 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms Visited or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms Visited or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Firms data was reported at 27.600 % in 2020. BE: Firms Visited or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 27.600 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.600 % in 2020 and a record low of 27.600 % in 2020. BE: Firms Visited or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Percent of firms that were visited or required to meet with tax officials.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
27.600 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms data was reported at 51.600 % in 2020. BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 51.600 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.600 % in 2020 and a record low of 51.600 % in 2020. BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms using banks to finance investment are the percentage of firms using banks to finance investments.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
51.600 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Working Capital: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Working Capital: % of Firms data was reported at 54.100 % in 2020. BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Working Capital: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 54.100 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54.100 % in 2020 and a record low of 54.100 % in 2020. BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Working Capital: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms using banks to finance working capital are the percentage of firms using bank loans to finance working capital.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
54.100 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Firms with Female Participation in Ownership: % of Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Firms with Female Participation in Ownership: % of Firms data was reported at 44.200 % in 2020. BE: Firms with Female Participation in Ownership: % of Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 44.200 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44.200 % in 2020 and a record low of 44.200 % in 2020. BE: Firms with Female Participation in Ownership: % of Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Firms with female participation in ownership are the percentage of firms with a woman among the principal owners.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
44.200 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Number of Visits or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: Average for Affected Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | NA | World Bank

BE: Number of Visits or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: Average for Affected Firms data was reported at 1.500 NA in 2020. BE: Number of Visits or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: Average for Affected Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 1.500 NA from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.500 NA in 2020 and a record low of 1.500 NA in 2020. BE: Number of Visits or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: Average for Affected Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials during the year. The value represents the average number of visits for all firms which reported being visited or required to meet with tax officials (please see indicator IC.FRM.METG.ZS).;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
1.500 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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BE: Procedures to Build a Warehouse

2005 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Procedures to Build a Warehouse data was reported at 10.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.000 Number for 2018. BE: Procedures to Build a Warehouse data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 Number in 2019 and a record low of 10.000 Number in 2019. BE: Procedures to Build a Warehouse data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Number of procedures to build a warehouse is the number of interactions of a company's employees or managers with external parties, including government agency staff, public inspectors, notaries, land registry and cadastre staff, and technical experts apart from architects and engineers.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
10.000 2019 yearly 2005 - 2019

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BE: Procedures to Register Property

2004 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Procedures to Register Property data was reported at 8.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.000 Number for 2018. BE: Procedures to Register Property data is updated yearly, averaging 8.000 Number from Dec 2004 to 2019, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.000 Number in 2019 and a record low of 7.000 Number in 2009. BE: Procedures to Register Property data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Number of procedures to register property is the number of procedures required for a businesses to secure rights to property.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
8.000 2019 yearly 2004 - 2019

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BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business data was reported at 5.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.000 Number for 2018. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business data is updated yearly, averaging 5.000 Number from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Number in 2003 and a record low of 5.000 Number in 2019. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Female

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Female data was reported at 5.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.000 Number for 2018. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 5.000 Number from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Number in 2003 and a record low of 5.000 Number in 2019. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Male

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Male data was reported at 5.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.000 Number for 2018. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 5.000 Number from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Number in 2003 and a record low of 5.000 Number in 2019. BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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BE: Tax Payments

2005 - 2019 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Tax Payments data was reported at 11.000 Number in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 11.000 Number for 2018. BE: Tax Payments data is updated yearly, averaging 11.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.000 Number in 2019 and a record low of 11.000 Number in 2019. BE: Tax Payments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
11.000 2019 yearly 2005 - 2019

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BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse

2005 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse data was reported at 212.000 Day in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 212.000 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse data is updated yearly, averaging 212.000 Day from Dec 2005 to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 212.000 Day in 2019 and a record low of 212.000 Day in 2019. BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to build a warehouse is the number of calendar days needed to complete the required procedures for building a warehouse. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
212.000 2019 yearly 2005 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse

BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract data was reported at 505.000 Day in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 505.000 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract data is updated yearly, averaging 505.000 Day from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 505.000 Day in 2019 and a record low of 505.000 Day in 2019. BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to enforce a contract is the number of calendar days from the filing of the lawsuit in court until the final determination and, in appropriate cases, payment.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
505.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract

BE: Time Required to Get Electricity

2009 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Get Electricity data was reported at 171.000 Day in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 171.000 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Get Electricity data is updated yearly, averaging 201.000 Day from Dec 2009 to 2019, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 201.000 Day in 2017 and a record low of 171.000 Day in 2019. BE: Time Required to Get Electricity data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to get electricity is the number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
171.000 2019 yearly 2009 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Get Electricity

BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License data was reported at 95.500 Day in 2020. BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License data is updated yearly, averaging 95.500 Day from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.500 Day in 2020 and a record low of 95.500 Day in 2020. BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to obtain operating license is the average wait to obtain an operating license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
95.500 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License

BE: Time Required to Register Property

2004 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Register Property data was reported at 49.000 Day in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 56.000 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Register Property data is updated yearly, averaging 64.000 Day from Dec 2004 to 2019, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 132.000 Day in 2008 and a record low of 49.000 Day in 2019. BE: Time Required to Register Property data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time required to register property is the number of calendar days needed for businesses to secure rights to property.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
49.000 2019 yearly 2004 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Register Property

BE: Time Required to Start a Business

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Start a Business data was reported at 5.000 Day in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.500 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business data is updated yearly, averaging 4.500 Day from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.000 Day in 2003 and a record low of 4.500 Day in 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. 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.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Start a Business

BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female data was reported at 5.000 Day in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.500 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 4.500 Day from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.000 Day in 2003 and a record low of 4.500 Day in 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. 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.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female

BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data was reported at 5.000 Day in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.500 Day for 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 4.500 Day from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.000 Day in 2003 and a record low of 4.500 Day in 2018. BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. 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.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male

BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time data was reported at 10.500 % in 2020. BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time data is updated yearly, averaging 10.500 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.500 % in 2020 and a record low of 10.500 % in 2020. BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations is the proportion of senior management's time, in a typical week, that is spent dealing with the requirements imposed by government regulations (e.g., taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration, including dealings with officials, and completing forms).;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
10.500 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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Belgium BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time

BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes

2005 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data was reported at 136.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 136.000 Hour for 2018. BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data is updated yearly, averaging 136.000 Hour from Dec 2005 to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 156.000 Hour in 2009 and a record low of 131.000 Hour in 2012. BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
136.000 2019 yearly 2005 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes

BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency

2003 - 2019 | Yearly | Year | World Bank

BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency data was reported at 0.900 Year in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.900 Year for 2018. BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency data is updated yearly, averaging 0.900 Year from Dec 2003 to 2019, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.900 Year in 2019 and a record low of 0.900 Year in 2019. BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time to resolve insolvency is the number of years from the filing for insolvency in court until the resolution of distressed assets.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.900 2019 yearly 2003 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency

BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit

2005 - 2019 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit data was reported at 55.400 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 57.700 % for 2018. BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit data is updated yearly, averaging 57.900 % from Dec 2005 to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.100 % in 2005 and a record low of 55.200 % in 2009. BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by businesses after accounting for allowable deductions and exemptions as a share of commercial profits. Taxes withheld (such as personal income tax) or collected and remitted to tax authorities (such as value added taxes, sales taxes or goods and service taxes) are excluded.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
55.400 2019 yearly 2005 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit

BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms

2020 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms data was reported at 0.400 % in 2020. BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms data is updated yearly, averaging 0.400 % from Dec 2020 to 2020, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.400 % in 2020 and a record low of 0.400 % in 2020. BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Average losses due to electrical outages, as percentage of total annual sales. The value represents average losses for all firms which reported outages (please see indicator IC.ELC.OUTG.ZS).;World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
0.400 2020 yearly 2020 - 2020

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Belgium BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms
BE: Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs
BE: Bribery Incidence: % of Firms Experiencing at Least One Bribe Payment Request
BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Female
BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI Per Capita: Male
BE: Cost of Business Start-Up Procedures: % of GNI per Capita
BE: Cost to Exports: USD per Container
BE: Cost to Imports: USD per Container
BE: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms
BE: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms
BE: Firms Experiencing Losses Due To Theft and Vandalism: % of Firms
BE: Firms Formally Registered When Operations Started: % of Firms
BE: Firms Offering Formal Training: % of Firms
BE: Firms That Spend On R&D: % of Firms
BE: Firms Visited or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: % of Firms
BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Investment: % of Firms
BE: Firms using Banks to Finance Working Capital: % of Firms
BE: Firms with Female Participation in Ownership: % of Firms
BE: Number of Visits or Required Meetings with Tax Officials: Average for Affected Firms
BE: Procedures to Build a Warehouse
BE: Procedures to Register Property
BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business
BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Female
BE: Start-Up Procedures to Register a Business: Male
BE: Tax Payments
BE: Time Required to Build a Warehouse
BE: Time Required to Enforce a Contract
BE: Time Required to Get Electricity
BE: Time Required to Obtain an Operating License
BE: Time Required to Register Property
BE: Time Required to Start a Business
BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Female
BE: Time Required to Start a Business: Male
BE: Time Spent Dealing with the Requirements of Government Regulations: % of Senior Management Time
BE: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes
BE: Time to Resolve Insolvency
BE: Total Tax Rate: % of Profit
BE: Value Lost Due to Electrical Outages: % of Sales for Affected Firms
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