New businesses registered in Australia

316,561 companies were registered in Australia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2024 316,561 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +10.6% 2023: 286,290 companies

New businesses registered in Australia over time

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New limited liability companies. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

New businesses registered (new limited liability companies), 2006 to 2024
Period Australia
2024 316,561 companies
2023 286,290 companies
2022 271,369 companies
2021 298,665 companies
2020 236,447 companies
2019 223,389 companies
2018 235,684 companies
2017 249,048 companies
2016 243,105 companies
2015 241,023 companies
2014 222,294 companies
2013 201,855 companies
2012 184,237 companies
2011 166,740 companies
2010 159,246 companies
2009 145,963 companies
2008 141,827 companies
2007 157,438 companies
2006 133,756 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.6% from 286,290 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 222,294 companies, the figure has changed by +42.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IC.BUS.NREG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2024 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database