New businesses registered in United Kingdom

841,138 companies were registered in United Kingdom in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2024 841,138 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 −3.8% 2023: 874,419 companies

New businesses registered in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom
2024 841,138 companies
2023 874,419 companies
2022 790,311 companies
2021 766,688 companies
2020 774,854 companies
2019 684,874 companies
2018 664,974 companies
2017 632,517 companies
2016 663,616 companies
2015 611,478 companies
2014 585,672 companies
2013 522,439 companies
2012 492,754 companies
2011 453,898 companies
2010 400,867 companies
2009 364,131 companies
2008 362,322 companies
2007 452,135 companies
2006 403,860 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.8% from 874,419 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 585,672 companies, the figure has changed by +43.6%.

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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 United Kingdom
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