New businesses registered in Puerto Rico (US)

11,218 companies were registered in Puerto Rico (US) in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2015.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2015 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Puerto Rico (US) is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Puerto Rico (US), 2020 11,218 New limited liability companies
Change from 2019 +8.4% 2019: 10,352 companies

New businesses registered in Puerto Rico (US) 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), 2015 to 2020
Period Puerto Rico (US)
2020 11,218 companies
2019 10,352 companies
2018 8,477 companies
2017 5,793 companies
2016 5,564 companies
2015 4,811 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.4% from 10,352 companies in 2019.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4,811 companies, the figure has changed by +133.2%.

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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
2015 to 2020 for Puerto Rico (US)
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