New businesses registered in Rwanda

22,734 companies were registered in Rwanda 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
Rwanda, 2024 22,734 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +23.3% 2023: 18,443 companies

New businesses registered in Rwanda 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 Rwanda
2024 22,734 companies
2023 18,443 companies
2022 18,401 companies
2021 17,442 companies
2020 16,105 companies
2019 12,552 companies
2018 10,547 companies
2017 10,005 companies
2016 10,099 companies
2015 9,887 companies
2014 9,998 companies
2013 9,291 companies
2012 8,511 companies
2011 6,039 companies
2010 3,641 companies
2009 1,310 companies
2008 430 companies
2007 314 companies
2006 247 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +23.3% from 18,443 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9,998 companies, the figure has changed by +127.4%.

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 Rwanda
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