New businesses registered in Zambia

18,109 companies were registered in Zambia 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
Zambia, 2024 18,109 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +1.5% 2023: 17,837 companies

New businesses registered in Zambia 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 Zambia
2024 18,109 companies
2023 17,837 companies
2022 17,300 companies
2021 13,990 companies
2020 10,736 companies
2019 9,606 companies
2018 10,240 companies
2017 9,400 companies
2016 8,875 companies
2015 9,137 companies
2014 9,400 companies
2013 9,404 companies
2012 8,849 companies
2011 7,774 companies
2010 6,355 companies
2009 5,172 companies
2008 6,026 companies
2007 5,540 companies
2006 3,714 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5% from 17,837 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9,400 companies, the figure has changed by +92.6%.

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 Zambia
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