Setting Up a Business in the Dominican Republic

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Dominican market — the Caribbean’s largest economy, with tourism, free zones, and a genuinely active foreign investment promotion framework that now reaches well beyond tourism alone.
This guide covers legal structures (the SRL, with minimal capital and no residency requirement for its manager), business taxation — including the free zone system’s genuine 0% corporate tax for qualifying export activity, alongside a worldwide (not territorial) personal income tax system worth modeling separately — company formation, the cost of labor, and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Includes a dedicated chapter on the country’s free zones, its deep textile and medical device manufacturing base, its CAFTA-DR trade advantage and shipping proximity to the US, and its incentivized renewable energy sector under Law 57-07. An operational checklist and useful contacts round out the guide.
Available in English and Spanish.