New businesses registered in Qatar

14,824 companies were registered in Qatar 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 Qatar is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Qatar, 2018 14,824 New limited liability companies
Change from 2017 +5.3% 2017: 14,082 companies

New businesses registered in Qatar 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 Qatar
2018 14,824 companies
2017 14,082 companies
2016 11,535 companies
2015 5,619 companies
2014 7,196 companies
2013 5,986 companies
2012 5,784 companies
2011 6,067 companies
2010 5,068 companies
2009 4,033 companies
2008 4,365 companies
2007 4,190 companies
2006 3,697 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.3% from 14,082 companies in 2017.
  • Since 2008, when it was 4,365 companies, the figure has changed by +239.6%.

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 Qatar
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