Tourism, 3302 new businesses in July-August / Over 10 thousand applications from entities registered at the Central Business District
The increase in consumption during the summer season has led to an increase in citizens' initiatives to open a business, mostly in coastal areas.
Official data from the National Business Center shows that in August alone, 1,459 new businesses were registered. While in July, 1,843 new businesses were opened across the country, bringing the peak season to a total of approximately 3,302 newly opened entities.
On the other hand, according to available data, 10,064 online applications were registered, which despite being an official summer vacation month, seems to have had high interest and engagement from entrepreneurs regarding business matters. The applications include a wide range of services such as applications for initial registrations, changes, suspensions, activations, deregistrations.
The National Business Center operates three registries, each with specific criteria and procedures. The Commercial Registry has registered 8,231 applications; the Beneficial Owners Registry 721 applications and the Permits and Licenses Registry 1,112 applications.
The Registry of Permits/Licenses and Authorizations has recorded 157 licenses issued in August and 12 permits.
CBK data shows a continuing trend of digitalization and facilitation of procedures for businesses in Albania.
As part of the digitalization reform, businesses perform all necessary services they receive from the National Business Center, online through the e-albania portal, reducing time, procedures, and waiting lines for citizens.
Also, through legal changes undertaken last year, a number of application fees previously paid by businesses have been eliminated, such as the fee for making an application for name reservation, and the method of issuing a certificate for this purpose has been regulated. The fee for transferring a name to third parties has also been removed, as well as the fee for making an application for correction of errors.
The registration certificate is sent to the subject electronically, at the same time the notification of the reason for the rejection of the application is sent to the subject electronically. It is sanctioned that the initial registration certificate is issued only once at the moment of approval of the application, and is sent to the subject electronically.
Statements are issued only in electronic format and free of charge through the electronic counter.
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