The Entrepreneurship Database project collects data on registered firms from 2006 to 2024, focusing on the following three variables: the number of new firms, total number of firms, and number of closed firms.
Read the main findings of the Entrepreneurship Database in the Prosperity Note.
This table measures the number of newly registered companies with limited liability, per calendar year.
The new business density is defined as the number of newly registered corporations per 1,000 working-age people (those ages 15–64). The units of measurement are private companies with limited liability. The data can help understand the trends in new firm creation across regions and income groups.
Download data on the number of new limited liability companies from 2006 to 2024 (Excel)
The table displays the data for the latest available year.
* This economy is included in the Eurostat List of offshore financial centres.
** Data for Canada only covers Federal Registrations, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.
*** For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
**** For the Democratic Republic of Congo, the data only covers Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Upper Katanga,Tshopo, North Kivu, South Kivu, Lualaba, Eastern Kasai, and Central Kasai.
