New businesses registered in Myanmar

14,051 companies were registered in Myanmar in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Myanmar is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Myanmar, 2018 14,051 New limited liability companies
Change from 2017 +85.9% 2017: 7,558 companies

New businesses registered in Myanmar 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 2018
Period Myanmar
2018 14,051 companies
2017 7,558 companies
2016 6,663 companies
2015 4,765 companies
2014 4,521 companies
2013 4,076 companies
2012 3,078 companies
2011 1,944 companies
2010 1,186 companies
2009 757 companies
2008 704 companies
2007 538 companies
2006 530 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +85.9% from 7,558 companies in 2017.
  • Since 2008, when it was 704 companies, the figure has changed by +1,895.9%.

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 2018 for Myanmar
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