Ranking
Best EU Countries for Business
EU/EEA-only ranking. Non-members are excluded (score 0); qualifying members are scored on the same composite as the founder-friendliness ranking.
Ranking
| Rank | Country | Score | Corporate tax | VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Estonia | 78.7 | 22% | 22% |
| #2 | Portugal | 68.7 | 19% | 23% |
| #3 | Netherlands | 59.7 | 25.8% | 21% |
| #4 | Czech Republic | 57.9 | 21% | 21% |
| #5 | Poland | 57.4 | 19% | 23% |
| #6 | France | 53.8 | 25% | 20% |
| #7 | Spain | 52.5 | 25% | 21% |
| #8 | Germany | 46.8 | 30% | 19% |
| #9 | Canada | 0.0 | 26.5% | 5% |
| #10 | Singapore | 0.0 | 17% | 9% |
| #11 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 9% | 5% |
| #12 | United Kingdom | 0.0 | 25% | 20% |
| #13 | United States | 0.0 | 21% | 0% |
How we calculate this ranking
Founder-friendliness restricted to EU/EEA members. Non-EU countries score 0; EU/EEA countries are scored on the same composite as the founder-friendliness ranking.
| Factor | Weight | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| EU / EEA membership gate | 50% | Non-members are disqualified (score 0) regardless of other factors. |
| Founder-friendliness composite | 50% | Same composite as the founder-friendliness ranking, applied to qualifying members. |
Normalization: If euMember and eeaMember are both false, the score is 0. Otherwise the score is the founder-friendliness composite (0-100).
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Sources
- European Commission — European Commission — policy and country information (accessed )
- Eurostat — Eurostat — official statistics of the European Union (accessed )
- OECD — OECD — economic and tax statistics (accessed )
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