New businesses registered in Pakistan

30,004 companies were registered in Pakistan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2024 30,004 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +4.2% 2023: 28,790 companies

New businesses registered in Pakistan 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 Pakistan
2024 30,004 companies
2023 28,790 companies
2022 27,387 companies
2021 26,094 companies
2020 20,322 companies
2019 16,419 companies
2018 13,196 companies
2017 9,739 companies
2016 6,865 companies
2015 5,558 companies
2014 4,870 companies
2013 4,079 companies
2012 4,163 companies
2011 3,616 companies
2010 3,143 companies
2009 2,792 companies
2008 4,489 companies
2007 4,819 companies
2006 5,537 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.2% from 28,790 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4,870 companies, the figure has changed by +516.1%.

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 Pakistan
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