New businesses registered in United Arab Emirates

19,050 companies were registered in United Arab Emirates in 2020.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for United Arab Emirates is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
United Arab Emirates, 2020 19,050 New limited liability companies
Change from 2019 −15.7% 2019: 22,593 companies

New businesses registered in United Arab Emirates 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 2020
Period United Arab Emirates
2020 19,050 companies
2019 22,593 companies
2018 17,907 companies
2017 16,285 companies
2016 16,735 companies
2015 16,625 companies
2014 15,661 companies
2013 12,784 companies
2012 11,380 companies
2011 9,644 companies
2010 8,623 companies
2009 6,963 companies
2008 9,084 companies
2007 8,778 companies
2006 7,698 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −15.7% from 22,593 companies in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 8,623 companies, the figure has changed by +120.9%.

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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 2020 for United Arab Emirates
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