New businesses registered in Sierra Leone

3,712 companies were registered in Sierra Leone in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sierra Leone, 2024 3,712 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −4.9% 2023: 3,905 companies

New businesses registered in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone
2024 3,712 companies
2023 3,905 companies
2022 3,145 companies
2021 3,348 companies
2020 2,811 companies
2019 2,315 companies
2018 2,186 companies
2017 1,426 companies
2016 1,083 companies
2015 986 companies
2014 682 companies
2013 1,046 companies
2012 1,069 companies
2011 831 companies
2010 905 companies
2009 688 companies
2008 555 companies
2007 375 companies
2006 333 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.9% from 3,905 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 682 companies, the figure has changed by +444.3%.

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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
2006 to 2024 for Sierra Leone
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