Key Findings
- No single city leads across all topics. Miskolc ranks highest in Dispute Resolution and Business Insolvency, Budapest in Business Location, and Debrecen in Utility Services. Győr, while not leading in any topic, is a strong runner-up in three areas.
- Performance varies widely across cities, Szeged, for example, excels in Dispute Resolution but scores lowest in Utility Services and Business Location, while Pécs performs well in Business Location but lags in Dispute Resolution.
- Hungarian cities score highest in Business Entry (89.9) and Business Location (83.2), with relatively uniform implementation across regions, suggesting effective national coordination in these areas.
- Utility Services shows the weakest average performance (64.8) and notable variation across cities, Debrecen scores highest, while Szeged trails by over 5 points.
- While regulations are largely harmonized, cross-city gaps stem from differences in Efficiency (Pillar 3), especially in permit timelines and service delivery highlighting room to improve local implementation.
