New businesses registered in Kuwait

8,357 companies were registered in Kuwait in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kuwait, 2024 8,357 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −4.4% 2023: 8,738 companies

New businesses registered in Kuwait 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 Kuwait
2024 8,357 companies
2023 8,738 companies
2022 8,763 companies
2021 7,360 companies
2020 5,686 companies
2019 10,545 companies
2018 18,157 companies
2017 9,679 companies
2016 5,370 companies
2015 3,449 companies
2014 1,903 companies
2013 1,373 companies
2012 1,080 companies
2011 967 companies
2010 887 companies
2009 850 companies
2008 2,391 companies
2007 3,408 companies
2006 3,289 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.4% from 8,738 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,903 companies, the figure has changed by +339.1%.

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 Kuwait
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