New businesses registered in Namibia

12,117 companies were registered in Namibia in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 12,117 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +5.1% 2023: 11,533 companies

New businesses registered in Namibia 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 Namibia
2024 12,117 companies
2023 11,533 companies
2022 12,288 companies
2021 13,279 companies
2020 9,732 companies
2019 10,330 companies
2018 12,531 companies
2017 13,690 companies
2016 17,999 companies
2015 17,024 companies
2014 15,564 companies
2013 14,536 companies
2012 11,668 companies
2011 8,475 companies
2010 6,586 companies
2009 6,372 companies
2008 5,998 companies
2007 4,047 companies
2006 2,885 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.1% from 11,533 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15,564 companies, the figure has changed by −22.1%.

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 Namibia
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