New businesses registered in Timor-Leste

1,911 companies were registered in Timor-Leste in 2022.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2008 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2022 1,911 New limited liability companies
Change from 2021 +42.6% 2021: 1,340 companies

New businesses registered in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste
2022 1,911 companies
2021 1,340 companies
2020 1,190 companies
2019 1,623 companies
2018 1,574 companies
2017 1,978 companies
2016 1,932 companies
2015 2,058 companies
2014 2,911 companies
2013 2,571 companies
2012 1,686 companies
2011 2,212 companies
2010 4,445 companies
2009 1,170 companies
2008 409 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +42.6% from 1,340 companies in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1,686 companies, the figure has changed by +13.3%.

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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
2008 to 2022 for Timor-Leste
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