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Doing Business 2016: United States Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses in 189 economies, including the United States. It measures and tracks changes in regulations across 11 key areas of the business life cycle, such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency. The report provides both an ease of doing business ranking and a distance to frontier (DTF) score, which benchmark regulatory performance against best practices.

The United States ranked 7th in the ease of doing business in 2016, with a DTF score of 82.15, showing no significant change from 2015. The report also includes data for comparator economies and cities within the U.S. (New York City and Los Angeles) for each indicator, offering insights into how the U.S. compares with other countries and regions.

Main Topics and Key Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Rank: 49 (2016), 44 (2015)
• DTF Score: 91.22 (2016), 91.22 (2015)
• Procedures: 6 (2016), 6 (2015)
• Time (days): 5.6 (2016), 5.6 (2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 1.1 (2016), 1.2 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 33 (2016), 33 (2015)
• DTF Score: 76.73 (2016), 76.68 (2015)
• Procedures: 15.8 (2016), 15.8 (2015)
• Time (days): 80.6 (2016), 80.6 (2015)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 1.0 (2016), 1.0 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank: 44 (2016), 42 (2015)
• DTF Score: 81.52 (2016), 81.51 (2015)
• Procedures: 4.8 (2016), 4.8 (2015)
• Time (days): 89.6 (2016), 89.6 (2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 24.6 (2016), 25.5 (2015)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (1)

4. Registering Property

• Rank: 34 (2016), 33 (2015)
• DTF Score: 76.85 (2016), 76.85 (2015)
• Procedures: 4.4 (2016), 4.4 (2015)
• Time (days): 15.2 (2016), 15.2 (2015)
• Cost (% of property value): 2.4 (2016), 2.4 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

5. Getting Credit

• Rank: 2 (2016), 2 (2015)
• DTF Score: 95 (2016), 95 (2015)
• Strength of legal rights index (0-12): 11.0 (2016), 11.0 (2015)
• Depth of credit information index (0-8): 8.0 (2016), 8.0 (2015)
• Credit registry coverage (% of adults): 0.0 (2016), 0.0 (2015)
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 100.0 (2016), 100.0 (2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 35 (2016), 32 (2015)
• DTF Score: 64.67 (2016), 64.67 (2015)
• Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10): 6.5 (2016), 6.5 (2015)
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0-10): 8.3 (2016), 8.3 (2015)
• Extent of shareholder governance index (0-10): 4.6 (2016), 4.6 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank: 53 (2016), 48 (2015)
• DTF Score: 80.81 (2016), 80.84 (2015)
• Number of payments: 10.6 (2016), 10.6 (2015)
• Time (hours per year): 175.0 (2016), 175.0 (2015)
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 43.9 (2016), 43.8 (2015)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (1)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 34 (2016), 33 (2015)
• DTF Score: 92.01 (2016), 92.01 (2015)
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 2 (2016), 2 (2015)
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 175 (2016), 175 (2015)
• Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours): 2 (2016), 2 (2015)
• Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): 60 (2016), 60 (2015)
• Time to import: Border compliance (hours): 2 (2016), 2 (2015)
• Cost to import: Border compliance (USD): 175 (2016), 175 (2015)
• Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours): 8 (2016), 8 (2015)
• Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD): 100 (2016), 100 (2015)
• Best Performer: Denmark (1)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 21 (2016), 21 (2015)
• DTF Score: 72.61 (2016), 72.61 (2015)
• Time (days): 420.0 (2016), 420.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of claim): 30.5 (2016), 30.5 (2015)
• Quality of judicial processes index (0-18): 13.8 (2016), 13.8 (2015)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 5 (2016), 4 (2015)
• DTF Score: 90.12 (2016), 90.12 (2015)
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 80.4 (2016), 80.4 (2015)
• Time (years): 1.5 (2016), 1.5 (2015)
• Cost (% of estate): 8.2 (2016), 8.2 (2015)
• Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16): 15.0 (2016), 15.0 (2015)
• Best Performer: Finland (1)

Key Information

• Methodology: The report includes updates to the methodology for several indicators, including the addition of new metrics such as the quality of judicial processes and building regulation quality.
• Data Source: Data is based on the Doing Business database, with the most recent data as of June 1, 2015, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2014.
• Comparative Analysis: The report compares the U.S. with comparator economies (e.g., Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, United Kingdom) and highlights areas where the U.S. performs well and where it lags behind.
• DTF Score: The distance to frontier score indicates how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices on each indicator, with 100 being the ideal (frontier) performance.
• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: The U.S. remains highly ranked, with no significant change in rank or DTF score between 2015 and 2016.

Conclusion

The United States maintains a strong regulatory environment for business, with high rankings and DTF scores across most indicators. However, the report highlights that there are still areas for improvement, particularly in protecting minority investors and resolving insolvency. The data also emphasizes the importance of comparing regulatory performance with other economies to identify opportunities for reform.