New businesses registered in Nepal

25,859 companies were registered in Nepal in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Nepal is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Nepal, 2020 25,859 New limited liability companies
Change from 2019 +43.0% 2019: 18,085 companies

New businesses registered in Nepal 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 Nepal
2020 25,859 companies
2019 18,085 companies
2018 24,088 companies
2017 19,268 companies
2016 17,222 companies
2015 12,446 companies
2014 11,971 companies
2013 9,359 companies
2012 10,456 companies
2011 10,000 companies
2010 9,750 companies
2009 9,893 companies
2008 8,510 companies
2007 7,178 companies
2006 5,596 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +43.0% from 18,085 companies in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 9,750 companies, the figure has changed by +165.2%.

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 Nepal
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