New businesses registered in Ghana

28,529 companies were registered in Ghana in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ghana, 2024 28,529 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −41.3% 2023: 48,634 companies

New businesses registered in Ghana 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 Ghana
2024 28,529 companies
2023 48,634 companies
2022 25,394 companies
2021 24,259 companies
2020 24,895 companies
2019 25,170 companies
2018 26,403 companies
2017 27,453 companies
2016 19,234 companies
2015 18,535 companies
2014 22,618 companies
2013 21,596 companies
2012 13,154 companies
2011 15,649 companies
2010 13,760 companies
2009 15,324 companies
2008 14,485 companies
2007 9,624 companies
2006 7,651 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −41.3% from 48,634 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22,618 companies, the figure has changed by +26.1%.

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 Ghana
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