New businesses registered in Botswana

21,456 companies were registered in Botswana in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2024 21,456 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +71.9% 2023: 12,479 companies

New businesses registered in Botswana 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 Botswana
2024 21,456 companies
2023 12,479 companies
2022 14,552 companies
2021 13,710 companies
2020 11,676 companies
2019 8,468 companies
2018 7,487 companies
2017 7,142 companies
2016 26,613 companies
2015 23,512 companies
2014 18,621 companies
2013 15,092 companies
2012 16,194 companies
2011 12,353 companies
2010 11,693 companies
2009 10,955 companies
2008 8,225 companies
2007 6,963 companies
2006 6,627 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +71.9% from 12,479 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 18,621 companies, the figure has changed by +15.2%.

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 Botswana
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