New businesses registered in Iraq

3,037 companies were registered in Iraq in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest since 2013.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2022 3,037 New limited liability companies
Change from 2021 +24.6% 2021: 2,437 companies

New businesses registered in Iraq 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 2022
Period Iraq
2022 3,037 companies
2021 2,437 companies
2020 1,984 companies
2019 2,547 companies
2018 2,398 companies
2017 2,826 companies
2016 2,054 companies
2015 1,841 companies
2014 1,996 companies
2013 3,140 companies
2012 2,529 companies
2011 2,017 companies
2010 2,603 companies
2009 4,786 companies
2008 5,381 companies
2007 3,585 companies
2006 3,842 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +24.6% from 2,437 companies in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 2,529 companies, the figure has changed by +20.1%.

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 2022 for Iraq
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