New businesses registered in Japan

41,946 companies were registered in Japan 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
Japan, 2024 41,946 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +2.4% 2023: 40,946 companies

New businesses registered in Japan 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 Japan
2024 41,946 companies
2023 40,946 companies
2022 37,312 companies
2021 37,275 companies
2020 33,411 companies
2019 30,733 companies
2018 29,243 companies
2017 27,442 companies
2016 23,944 companies
2015 22,387 companies
2014 19,972 companies
2013 14,729 companies
2012 11,031 companies
2011 9,246 companies
2010 7,269 companies
2009 5,884 companies
2008 5,503 companies
2007 6,187 companies
2006 3,450 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.4% from 40,946 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19,972 companies, the figure has changed by +110.0%.

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 Japan
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