New businesses registered in Guatemala

11,909 companies were registered in Guatemala in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guatemala, 2024 11,909 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +17.2% 2023: 10,160 companies

New businesses registered in Guatemala 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 Guatemala
2024 11,909 companies
2023 10,160 companies
2022 8,852 companies
2021 8,194 companies
2020 6,333 companies
2019 6,367 companies
2018 5,497 companies
2017 5,675 companies
2016 4,878 companies
2015 4,936 companies
2014 4,708 companies
2013 4,540 companies
2012 4,296 companies
2011 5,088 companies
2010 5,223 companies
2009 5,133 companies
2008 5,490 companies
2007 4,944 companies
2006 4,829 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +17.2% from 10,160 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4,708 companies, the figure has changed by +153.0%.

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 Guatemala
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