New businesses registered in Lesotho

1,981 companies were registered in Lesotho in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Lesotho is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Lesotho, 2020 1,981 New limited liability companies
Change from 2019 −31.0% 2019: 2,872 companies

New businesses registered in Lesotho 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 2020
Period Lesotho
2020 1,981 companies
2019 2,872 companies
2018 3,725 companies
2017 2,443 companies
2016 2,301 companies
2015 2,572 companies
2014 1,933 companies
2013 2,032 companies
2012 1,795 companies
2011 1,575 companies
2010 1,720 companies
2009 1,501 companies
2008 1,397 companies
2007 1,042 companies
2006 875 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −31.0% from 2,872 companies in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 1,720 companies, the figure has changed by +15.2%.

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 2020 for Lesotho
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