New businesses registered in Iceland

2,925 companies were registered in Iceland in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Iceland, 2024 2,925 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −5.4% 2023: 3,093 companies

New businesses registered in Iceland 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 Iceland
2024 2,925 companies
2023 3,093 companies
2022 3,052 companies
2021 3,231 companies
2020 2,502 companies
2019 2,215 companies
2018 2,312 companies
2017 2,588 companies
2016 2,683 companies
2015 2,385 companies
2014 2,063 companies
2013 1,963 companies
2012 1,781 companies
2011 1,715 companies
2010 1,639 companies
2009 2,651 companies
2008 2,598 companies
2007 3,699 companies
2006 3,234 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.4% from 3,093 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,063 companies, the figure has changed by +41.8%.

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 Iceland
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