Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in United States

United States: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 6 number in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
6 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
96th
of 191 countries
All-time high
6 number
in 2003
All-time low
6 number
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in United States, 2003–2019

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Source: World Bank. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in United States stood at 6 number. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in United States peaked at 6 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 number, in 2003.

United States ranks 96th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in United States, year by year

Annual values for Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) in United States, 2003 to 2019.
Year number Change
2003 6 number
2004 6 number +0.0%
2005 6 number +0.0%
2006 6 number +0.0%
2007 6 number +0.0%
2008 6 number +0.0%
2009 6 number +0.0%
2010 6 number +0.0%
2011 6 number +0.0%
2012 6 number +0.0%
2013 6 number +0.0%
2014 6 number +0.0%
2015 6 number +0.0%
2016 6 number +0.0%
2017 6 number +0.0%
2018 6 number +0.0%
2019 6 number +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6 number 6 number 6 number 7
2010s 6 number 6 number 6 number 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: procedures required - women in United States?
Starting a business: procedures required - women in United States was 6 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 6 number in 2003.
What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 6 number in 2003.
How does United States rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
United States ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties or spouses (if legally required). Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.