Listed domestic companies in Western Europe in 2018 — 1,355 companies. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 31.7%.
1975–2018 · companies
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| Year | companies | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,355 | +15 | +1.12% |
| 2017 | 1,340 | −105 | −7.27% |
| 2016 | 1,445 | −157 | −9.8% |
| 2015 | 1,602 | −46 | −2.79% |
| 2014 | 1,648 | −49 | −2.89% |
| 2013 | 1,697 | −130 | −7.12% |
| 2012 | 1,827 | −54 | −2.87% |
| 2011 | 1,881 | −64 | −3.29% |
| 2010 | 1,945 | −87 | −4.28% |
| 2009 | 2,032 | −112 | −5.22% |
| 2008 | 2,144 | −73 | −3.29% |
| 2007 | 2,217 | +82 | +3.84% |
| 2006 | 2,135 | −52 | −2.38% |
| 2005 | 2,187 | −81 | −3.57% |
| 2004 | 2,268 | −83 | −3.53% |
| 2003 | 2,351 | −94 | −3.84% |
| 2002 | 2,445 | −139 | −5.38% |
| 2001 | 2,584 | −301 | −10.43% |
| 2000 | 2,885 | +192 | +7.13% |
| 1999 | 2,693 | +417 | +18.32% |
| 1998 | 2,276 | +127 | +5.91% |
| 1997 | 2,149 | +59 | +2.82% |
| 1996 | 2,090 | −12 | −0.57% |
| 1995 | 2,102 | +428 | +25.57% |
| 1994 | 1,674 | −502 | −23.07% |
| 1993 | 2,176 | +16 | +0.74% |
| 1992 | 2,160 | −78 | −3.49% |
| 1991 | 2,238 | +605 | +37.05% |
| 1990 | 1,633 | +4 | +0.25% |
| 1989 | 1,629 | −150 | −8.43% |
| 1988 | 1,779 | −269 | −13.13% |
| 1987 | 2,048 | +144 | +7.56% |
| 1986 | 1,904 | +149 | +8.49% |
| 1985 | 1,755 | +24 | +1.39% |
| 1984 | 1,731 | +68 | +4.09% |
| 1983 | 1,663 | −19 | −1.13% |
| 1982 | 1,682 | −26 | −1.52% |
| 1981 | 1,708 | −34 | −1.95% |
| 1980 | 1,742 | −14 | −0.8% |
| 1979 | 1,756 | −53 | −2.93% |
| 1978 | 1,809 | −74 | −3.93% |
| 1977 | 1,883 | −35 | −1.82% |
| 1976 | 1,918 | −65 | −3.28% |
| 1975 | 1,983 | — | — |
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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