Houston | Doing Business North America

Ease of Doing Business Score

73.45

Ease of Doing Business Rank

20

Employing Workers Score

85.24

Employing Workers Rank

12

Getting Electricity Score

54.94

Getting Electricity Rank

66

Land and Space Use Score

60.23

Land and Space Use Rank

11

Paying Taxes Score

64.87

Paying Taxes Rank

50

Resolving Insolvency Score

91.91

Resolving Insolvency Rank

1

Starting a Business Score

85.41

Starting a Business Rank

43

Year

2021

State

Texas

Country

United States

Employing Workers Data

{"Annual Minimum Wage as a Percent of Income per Capita":"46.37%","Maximum Length of Probationary Period (in Calendar Months)":"3","Average Paid Annual Leave for 1, 5 and 10 Years of Tenure (in Working Days)":"0","Average Notice Period for 1, 5 and 10 Years of Tenure":"0","Average Severance Pay for a 1, 5 and 10 Years of Tenure (in Weeks)":"0","Length of Paid Maternity Leave (in Weeks)":"0","Length of Unpaid Maternity Leave (in Weeks)":"2","Number of Paid Sick Leave Days (in Working Days)":"0","Number of Unpaid Sick Leave Days (in Working Days)":"0"}

Getting Electricity Data

{"Price per Kilowatt-Hour":"$0.104 ","More than One Electricity Provider":"1","Average Outage - SAIDI - Without MED":"198.453","Average Outage - SAIFI - Without MED":"1.493"}

Land and Space Use Data

{"Number of Procedures to Transfer Title on Immovable Property":"5","Cost (as a Percent of Income per Capita) to Transfer Title on Immovable Property":"0.18%","Quality of Land Administration Index":"6","Parking Minimum Size (Square Feet per Required Parking Spot)":"250","Number of Approvals Needed (Rezoning)":"1","Number of Approvals Needed (Zoning)":"1"}

Paying Taxes Data

{"Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate":"21.0%","State and Local Corporate Income Tax Rate":"0.0%","Federal Personal Income Tax Rate":"22.0%","State and Local Personal Income Tax Rate":"0.0%","Gross Receipts Score":"2.5","Commercial Property Effective Tax Rate":"2.3%"}

Resolving Insolvency Data

{"Time (in Years)":"1","Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16)":"15"}

Starting a Business Data

{"Number of Procedures to Start a Business":"5","Time (in Working Days) to Start a Business":"2","Cost (as a Percent of Income per Capita) to Start a Business":"1.08%"}

Population

2,325,502

Income per capita

$32,521.00