New businesses registered
New limited liability companies registered in the calendar year. Sole proprietorships and other legal forms are excluded.
Highest in 2023
874,419 companies
United Kingdom
Lowest in 2023
16 companies
Naoero
Countries ranked for 2023
140
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
140 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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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.
| Period | China | India | Germany | Brazil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 286,640 companies | 173,712 companies | 75,775 companies | 979,211 companies |
| 2023 | 368,965 companies | 165,120 companies | 74,997 companies | 872,849 companies |
| 2022 | 289,696 companies | 173,114 companies | 74,773 companies | 825,116 companies |
| 2021 | 349,849 companies | 167,606 companies | 82,991 companies | 802,127 companies |
| 2020 | 262,942 companies | 142,000 companies | 72,774 companies | 609,316 companies |
| 2019 | 243,657 companies | 128,565 companies | 73,991 companies | 525,931 companies |
| 2018 | 259,525 companies | 117,834 companies | 72,844 companies | 447,753 companies |
| 2017 | 256,457 companies | 107,492 companies | 71,801 companies | 396,932 companies |
| 2016 | 271,561 companies | 93,714 companies | 70,720 companies | 365,345 companies |
| 2015 | 237,341 companies | 80,546 companies | 69,384 companies | 372,370 companies |
| 2014 | 206,699 companies | 69,841 companies | 67,458 companies | 375,499 companies |
| 2013 | 133,960 companies | 91,841 companies | 68,526 companies | 404,299 companies |
| 2012 | 119,133 companies | 103,078 companies | 69,332 companies | 397,195 companies |
| 2011 | 118,469 companies | 97,405 companies | 71,190 companies | 421,434 companies |
| 2010 | 108,848 companies | 86,645 companies | 73,966 companies | 404,793 companies |
| 2009 | 92,901 companies | 60,813 companies | 74,055 companies | 383,337 companies |
| 2008 | 71,783 companies | 70,303 companies | 65,812 companies | 370,588 companies |
| 2007 | – | 62,919 companies | 65,292 companies | 321,002 companies |
| 2006 | – | 49,721 companies | 65,447 companies | 286,540 companies |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 140 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is United Kingdom (874,419 companies) and the lowest Naoero (16 companies).
- Half of the countries are above 10,325 companies and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 1 countries and fell in 5.
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 United Kingdom 874,419 companies
- 2 Brazil 872,849 companies
- 3 South Africa 412,780 companies
- 4 China 368,965 companies
- 5 Australia 286,290 companies
- 6 France 274,417 companies
- 7 Russia 241,246 companies
- 8 Indonesia 185,765 companies
- 9 India 165,120 companies
- 10 Viet Nam 137,271 companies
- 11 Hong Kong SAR, China 132,246 companies
- 12 Türkiye 128,456 companies
- 13 South Korea 128,455 companies
- 14 Chile 123,159 companies
- 15 Peru 112,218 companies
- 16 Spain 108,020 companies
- 17 Italy 107,066 companies
- 18 Romania 99,839 companies
- 19 Mexico 85,460 companies
- 20 Thailand 85,300 companies
- 21 Colombia 78,022 companies
- 22 Germany 74,997 companies
- 23 Uzbekistan 69,517 companies
- 24 Morocco 63,661 companies
- 25 Kenya 57,016 companies
- 26 New Zealand 55,883 companies
- 27 Malaysia 55,510 companies
- 28 Poland 55,395 companies
- 29 Singapore 50,945 companies
- 30 Sweden 49,445 companies
- 31 Portugal 49,158 companies
- 32 Ghana 48,634 companies
- 33 Kazakhstan 47,545 companies
- 34 Saudi Arabia 47,219 companies
- 35 Ethiopia 45,688 companies
- 36 Japan 40,946 companies
- 37 Bulgaria 40,779 companies
- 38 Belgium 39,772 companies
- 39 Philippines 36,329 companies
- 40 Norway 31,347 companies
- 41 Pakistan 28,790 companies
- 42 Angola 28,737 companies
- 43 Czechia 28,041 companies
- 44 Uganda 27,346 companies
- 45 Denmark 26,006 companies
- 46 Zimbabwe 25,717 companies
- 47 Hungary 25,090 companies
- 48 Ireland 22,162 companies
- 49 Algeria 21,677 companies
- 50 Argentina 21,641 companies
- 51 Estonia 21,490 companies
- 52 Slovakia 21,457 companies
- 53 Côte d'Ivoire 20,895 companies
- 54 Costa Rica 20,475 companies
- 55 Ecuador 19,971 companies
- 56 Finland 19,698 companies
- 57 Georgia 19,007 companies
- 58 Rwanda 18,443 companies
- 59 Zambia 17,837 companies
- 60 Israel 17,436 companies
- 61 Greece 15,897 companies
- 62 Azerbaijan 15,606 companies
- 63 Mongolia 15,509 companies
- 64 Croatia 14,749 companies
- 65 Tunisia 13,108 companies
- 66 Senegal 12,966 companies
- 67 Cyprus 12,674 companies
- 68 Botswana 12,479 companies
- 69 Namibia 11,533 companies
- 70 Mauritius 10,490 companies
- 71 Guatemala 10,160 companies
- 72 Armenia 10,075 companies
- 73 Burundi 10,062 companies
- 74 Guinea 9,706 companies
- 75 Cayman Islands 9,582 companies
- 76 Serbia 9,392 companies
- 77 Montenegro 8,869 companies
- 78 Kuwait 8,738 companies
- 79 Luxembourg 8,587 companies
- 80 Burkina Faso 8,455 companies
- 81 Kosovo 8,033 companies
- 82 Latvia 7,792 companies
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 7,772 companies
- 84 Bahrain 7,635 companies
- 85 Bangladesh 7,494 companies
- 86 Paraguay 7,083 companies
- 87 Uruguay 6,860 companies
- 88 Laos 6,551 companies
- 89 Moldova 6,443 companies
- 90 North Macedonia 6,315 companies
- 91 Cabo Verde 6,308 companies
- 92 Benin 6,043 companies
- 93 Austria 5,982 companies
- 94 Togo 5,977 companies
- 95 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,375 companies
- 96 Jamaica 5,346 companies
- 97 Cambodia 4,765 companies
- 98 Lithuania 4,756 companies
- 99 Jordan 4,140 companies
- 100 Sierra Leone 3,905 companies
- 101 Bolivia 3,712 companies
- 102 Slovenia 3,685 companies
- 103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,554 companies
- 104 Albania 3,474 companies
- 105 Eswatini 3,440 companies
- 106 Belize 3,244 companies
- 107 Malta 3,150 companies
- 108 El Salvador 3,107 companies
- 109 Iceland 3,093 companies
- 110 Mauritania 2,617 companies
- 111 Honduras 2,483 companies
- 112 Gambia 2,449 companies
- 113 Madagascar 2,100 companies
- 114 Maldives 1,928 companies
- 115 Isle of Man 1,798 companies
- 116 Gabon 1,792 companies
- 117 Chad 1,632 companies
- 118 Fiji 1,576 companies
- 119 US Virgin Islands 1,497 companies
- 120 Barbados 1,449 companies
- 121 Guyana 1,448 companies
- 122 Niger 1,202 companies
- 123 Republic of the Congo 1,059 companies
- 124 Saint Kitts and Nevis 950 companies
- 125 Turks and Caicos Islands 878 companies
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 524 companies
- 127 Djibouti 517 companies
- 128 Liechtenstein 425 companies
- 129 Comoros 424 companies
- 130 West Bank and Gaza 415 companies
- 131 Saint Lucia 371 companies
- 132 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 306 companies
- 133 Antigua and Barbuda 263 companies
- 134 Central African Republic 245 companies
- 135 Seychelles 237 companies
- 136 Dominica 156 companies
- 137 Brunei 121 companies
- 138 Liberia 94 companies
- 139 Tonga 32 companies
- 140 Naoero 16 companies
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