New businesses registered in Bulgaria

42,783 companies were registered in Bulgaria in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2008 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 42,783 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +4.9% 2023: 40,779 companies

New businesses registered in Bulgaria 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), 2008 to 2024
Period Bulgaria
2024 42,783 companies
2023 40,779 companies
2022 39,989 companies
2021 39,544 companies
2020 35,099 companies
2019 43,093 companies
2018 46,131 companies
2017 46,746 companies
2016 46,965 companies
2015 42,634 companies
2014 39,394 companies
2013 40,090 companies
2012 41,169 companies
2011 36,440 companies
2010 29,969 companies
2009 31,723 companies
2008 37,744 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.9% from 40,779 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39,394 companies, the figure has changed by +8.6%.

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
2008 to 2024 for Bulgaria
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