Number of businesses founded online in 2020 has doubled

As many as 109,500 applications for starting a business were entered into the electronic register of the Central Register of Information on Economic Activity (CEIDG) throughout 2020, i.e. 71 percent more y/y, was reported by the Ministry of Development, Labor and Technology (MRPiT). The share of online applications compared to the traditional form of contact with offices increased to 42 percent from 21 percent in 2019.

"Only in December 2020, 53.5 percent of almost 19,200 applications for business registration were submitted online, and of nearly 88,000 applications to change existing entries, 57.2 percent were submitted online. This is the best proof of the increasing nature and availability of this type of service in our country," Robert Tomanek, Deputy Minister of Development, Labor and Technology, said.

Polish entrepreneurs are also more and more willing to use online services to change the data of their companies. In this form, only in 2020 CEIDG received 599,000 applications, which means an increase by more than a half compared to the previous year. Again, the jump in proportion between remote and traditional contact methods is clearly visible. The share of the former increased from 28 percent to 48 percent. 

(ISBnews)