Setting Up a Business in Sri Lanka

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Sri Lankan market — a smaller South Asian economy in the midst of a genuinely documented, verifiable recovery from its 2022 sovereign default, rather than a promise of one.
This guide covers legal structures, business taxation, company formation via the Board of Investment, the cost of labor, and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Includes a dedicated chapter tracing Sri Lanka’s recovery — a fully on-track IMF programme, near-complete external debt restructuring, and inflation back down from 70% to roughly 2% — alongside its honestly costed setbacks, including 2026 cyclone damage and indirect exposure to Middle East conflict. An operational checklist and useful contacts round out the guide.
Available in English.