[tobltobs]

I incorporated a Limited in the past in Switzerland, Germany and France. Switzerland is a snap, Germany is unnecessary time consuming. France is hell.

Clarification: Setting up a SARL in France is comparable to Germany, but the red tape to run it is hell.

[thibaut_barrere]

Curious to know when you incorporated in France exactly?

It didn't seem too hard to me when I did it, and sites like https://www.legalstart.fr/fiches-pratiques/creer-sa-societe/ mention that you need 5 admin procedure and 7 days to start one, where the average of the G20 countries is 7.6 admin procedures and 22 days on average.

So I really wanted to know more about when and how you incorporated etc, out of curiosity.

EDIT: more data, here is a report from 2013 with the data I mentioned above (table at page 8) http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/EY-G20-country-repo...

[charlesdm]

Belgium is probably similar. One "trick" I've discovered for bureaucratic countries is that certain lawyers will be able to set up entities blazingly fast, in comparison to doing it all yourself.

That's because they have the contacts to get it all done (bank account, notary visit, required reports, etc) in a day or two, instead of 1-2 months.