Business Environment

Despite the worldwide economic downturn since 2008, the business sector in Curacao has kept growing. This is certainly a reflection of the island’s favorable business climate, with its strong combination of general, infrastructural, legal and financial benefits.

General business benefits

• Well-known international business center
• Affluent economy, low inflation, stable currency (pegged to the US dollar)
• One of the highest standards of living in the Caribbean

Infrastructural benefits

• On the crossroads of major shipping routes
• The region's largest deep-water port
• State-of-the-art container transshipment terminal
• Good telecommunications infrastructure
• Full service international airport

Legal & financial benefits

• Well-developed legal and financial infrastructure.
• Close judicial and political ties with the Netherlands
• Gateway to European, American, Latin American and Caribbean markets
• The most favorable and flexible incorporation laws available in the world
• Businesses interested in asset protection, tax minimization, privacy, investment diversification, affordability and convenience can set up with ease
• Foreign land ownership is allowed and welcomed
• Foreigners and international companies can hold bank accounts in Curacao.