New businesses registered in Laos

7,941 companies were registered in Laos in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2008.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2008 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2024 7,941 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +21.2% 2023: 6,551 companies

New businesses registered in Laos 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), 2008 to 2024
Period Laos
2024 7,941 companies
2023 6,551 companies
2022 4,488 companies
2021 2,922 companies
2020 2,743 companies
2019 3,265 companies
2018 1,608 companies
2017 1,306 companies
2016 1,139 companies
2015 1,016 companies
2014 964 companies
2013 1,289 companies
2012 1,264 companies
2011 794 companies
2010 745 companies
2009 1,721 companies
2008 553 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +21.2% from 6,551 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 964 companies, the figure has changed by +723.8%.

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
2008 to 2024 for Laos
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