New businesses registered in China

286,640 companies were registered in China in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2008 to 2024 Source: World Bank
China, 2024 286,640 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −22.3% 2023: 368,965 companies

New businesses registered in China 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 China
2024 286,640 companies
2023 368,965 companies
2022 289,696 companies
2021 349,849 companies
2020 262,942 companies
2019 243,657 companies
2018 259,525 companies
2017 256,457 companies
2016 271,561 companies
2015 237,341 companies
2014 206,699 companies
2013 133,960 companies
2012 119,133 companies
2011 118,469 companies
2010 108,848 companies
2009 92,901 companies
2008 71,783 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −22.3% from 368,965 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 206,699 companies, the figure has changed by +38.7%.

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 China
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