This article presents an overview of current official duties related predominantly to business starting and its development in the Czech Republic. The comprehensive findings are presented here in three areas: the total administrative burden of Czech enterprises, further it is the compiled list of concrete administrative requirements when establishing new business, and lastly it is an overview of main barriers to business starting perceived by young people. Authors combine several reliable sources to analyse and identify the measurable demands (mainly statistics and existing studies) with two types of their research: the own compilation of an exhaustive list of duties and documents which are necessary for starts of business as well as results of part of the survey focused on mapping barriers to starting business among young population.