New businesses registered in Ethiopia

46,274 companies were registered in Ethiopia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2011 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 46,274 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +1.3% 2023: 45,688 companies

New businesses registered in Ethiopia 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), 2011 to 2024
Period Ethiopia
2024 46,274 companies
2023 45,688 companies
2022 34,327 companies
2021 19,649 companies
2020 17,499 companies
2019 14,211 companies
2018 10,935 companies
2017 11,265 companies
2016 9,125 companies
2015 13,212 companies
2014 11,588 companies
2013 10,354 companies
2012 8,807 companies
2011 8,944 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3% from 45,688 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11,588 companies, the figure has changed by +299.3%.

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
2011 to 2024 for Ethiopia
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