Listed domestic companies in the G20 in 2025 — 39,222 companies. Since 1979, the indicator has risen by 234.1%.
1979–2025 · companies
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | companies | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39,222 | +5,823 | +17.43% |
| 2024 | 33,399 | −403 | −1.19% |
| 2023 | 33,802 | −1,592 | −4.5% |
| 2022 | 35,394 | +104 | +0.29% |
| 2021 | 35,290 | +2,215 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 33,075 | +582 | +1.79% |
| 2019 | 32,493 | +3,681 | +12.78% |
| 2018 | 28,812 | +1,234 | +4.47% |
| 2017 | 27,578 | +242 | +0.89% |
| 2016 | 27,336 | +81 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 27,255 | −1,535 | −5.33% |
| 2014 | 28,790 | +524 | +1.85% |
| 2013 | 28,266 | +1,102 | +4.06% |
| 2012 | 27,164 | −249 | −0.91% |
| 2011 | 27,413 | +365 | +1.35% |
| 2010 | 27,048 | +275 | +1.03% |
| 2009 | 26,773 | −700 | −2.55% |
| 2008 | 27,473 | −693 | −2.46% |
| 2007 | 28,166 | +445 | +1.61% |
| 2006 | 27,721 | +682 | +2.52% |
| 2005 | 27,039 | +507 | +1.91% |
| 2004 | 26,532 | −424 | −1.57% |
| 2003 | 26,956 | +2,030 | +8.14% |
| 2002 | 24,926 | −587 | −2.3% |
| 2001 | 25,513 | −1,114 | −4.18% |
| 2000 | 26,627 | +980 | +3.82% |
| 1999 | 25,647 | −428 | −1.64% |
| 1998 | 26,075 | +89 | +0.34% |
| 1997 | 25,986 | +28 | +0.11% |
| 1996 | 25,958 | +1,570 | +6.44% |
| 1995 | 24,388 | +2,572 | +11.79% |
| 1994 | 21,816 | +1,075 | +5.18% |
| 1993 | 20,741 | +918 | +4.63% |
| 1992 | 19,823 | +97 | +0.49% |
| 1991 | 19,726 | +564 | +2.94% |
| 1990 | 19,162 | −209 | −1.08% |
| 1989 | 19,371 | −206 | −1.05% |
| 1988 | 19,577 | +57 | +0.29% |
| 1987 | 19,520 | +1,415 | +7.82% |
| 1986 | 18,105 | +1,422 | +8.52% |
| 1985 | 16,683 | +370 | +2.27% |
| 1984 | 16,313 | +361 | +2.26% |
| 1983 | 15,952 | +1,859 | +13.19% |
| 1982 | 14,093 | −422 | −2.91% |
| 1981 | 14,515 | +167 | +1.16% |
| 1980 | 14,348 | +2,609 | +22.23% |
| 1979 | 11,739 | — | — |
The number of domestic companies whose shares are quoted on national stock exchanges at the end of the year; investment funds and foreign issuers are not counted. The decline of this indicator in developed countries reflects both a wave of mergers and the growing appeal of private capital over a public listing.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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