New businesses registered in Sri Lanka

17,447 companies were registered in Sri Lanka in 2022.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2008 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2022 17,447 New limited liability companies
Change from 2021 −3.4% 2021: 18,066 companies

New businesses registered in Sri Lanka 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), 2008 to 2022
Period Sri Lanka
2022 17,447 companies
2021 18,066 companies
2018 10,510 companies
2017 9,474 companies
2016 8,060 companies
2015 7,583 companies
2014 6,674 companies
2013 5,788 companies
2012 6,975 companies
2011 7,662 companies
2010 6,110 companies
2009 4,062 companies
2008 4,321 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.4% from 18,066 companies in 2021.
  • Since 2010, when it was 6,110 companies, the figure has changed by +185.5%.

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
2008 to 2022 for Sri Lanka
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