New businesses registered in Uganda

29,330 companies were registered in Uganda 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
Uganda, 2024 29,330 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +7.3% 2023: 27,346 companies

New businesses registered in Uganda 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 Uganda
2024 29,330 companies
2023 27,346 companies
2022 18,984 companies
2021 21,028 companies
2020 22,836 companies
2019 24,153 companies
2018 23,048 companies
2017 19,646 companies
2016 24,111 companies
2015 16,096 companies
2014 15,672 companies
2013 15,994 companies
2012 9,583 companies
2011 14,661 companies
2010 10,490 companies
2009 9,486 companies
2008 8,376 companies
2007 7,479 companies
2006 7,104 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.3% from 27,346 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15,672 companies, the figure has changed by +87.1%.

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 Uganda
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