{
  "ok": true,
  "country": "PT",
  "name": "Portugal",
  "flag": "🇵🇹",
  "entry": {
    "minimumCapitalDomestic": true,
    "sectorOwnershipLimits": true,
    "minimumCapitalForeign": true,
    "nationalEmployeeQuota": false,
    "feesPayableOnline": true,
    "onlineRegistrationESignature": true,
    "uniqueBusinessId": true,
    "daysDomestic": 30,
    "costDomestic": 360,
    "daysForeign": 45,
    "costForeign": 410,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "edition": 2025,
    "costDomesticUsd": 407,
    "costForeignUsd": 463
  },
  "activity": {
    "newCompaniesPer1000Adults": 11,
    "newRegistrations": 73740,
    "year": 2024
  },
  "caveats": [
    "Tax rates, registration facts and visa conditions as published by the named sources on the dates shown, for information only. This is not tax, legal or immigration advice; how a rule applies to a company or a founder depends on facts this tool does not hold. Confirm with the authority before acting.",
    "Entry figures are B-READY expert answers for the largest business city, for a standard limited company; the foreign-owned figures assume a foreign parent. Costs are converted at the site's FX snapshot and the local figure is the one to quote."
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "wb-bready",
        "label": "World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025",
        "attribution": "Time and cost to complete company entry for domestic and foreign-owned limited liability companies, minimum-capital, ownership and online-registration rules, from the Business Entry topic of World Bank B-READY 2025 economy answers (expert consultations, largest business city).",
        "updated": "2026-09-05",
        "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/businessready/data"
      },
      {
        "id": "wb-entrepreneurship",
        "label": "World Bank Entrepreneurship Database",
        "attribution": "New limited-liability company registrations per 1,000 adults aged 15–64, from the World Bank Entrepreneurship Database (WDI IC.BUS.NDNS.ZS).",
        "updated": "2026-09-05",
        "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.BUS.NDNS.ZS"
      }
    ],
    "citation": "Geo-Parity — Starting a Company. Data: World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025 and World Bank Entrepreneurship Database. https://geo-parity.com/business/?tab=start",
    "permalink": "https://geo-parity.com/business/?tab=start",
    "terms": "Free to use and quote with attribution. Figures are estimates for orientation, not advice."
  }
}