New businesses registered in Benin

5,522 companies were registered in Benin in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2024 5,522 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −8.6% 2023: 6,043 companies

New businesses registered in Benin 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 Benin
2024 5,522 companies
2023 6,043 companies
2022 5,560 companies
2021 5,985 companies
2020 4,256 companies
2019 3,632 companies
2018 3,315 companies
2017 3,377 companies
2016 3,201 companies
2015 3,110 companies
2014 1,512 companies
2013 1,060 companies
2012 767 companies
2011 287 companies
2010 199 companies
2009 206 companies
2008 175 companies
2007 172 companies
2006 132 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −8.6% from 6,043 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,512 companies, the figure has changed by +265.2%.

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 Benin
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