New businesses registered in Bahrain

7,580 companies were registered in Bahrain in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bahrain, 2024 7,580 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −0.7% 2023: 7,635 companies

New businesses registered in Bahrain 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 Bahrain
2024 7,580 companies
2023 7,635 companies
2022 7,243 companies
2021 5,253 companies
2020 3,763 companies
2019 2,777 companies
2018 4,938 companies
2017 4,994 companies
2016 5,646 companies
2015 2,121 companies
2014 1,439 companies
2013 1,433 companies
2012 1,346 companies
2011 1,207 companies
2010 1,363 companies
2009 1,127 companies
2008 1,584 companies
2007 1,416 companies
2006 1,110 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7% from 7,635 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,439 companies, the figure has changed by +426.8%.

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 Bahrain
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