Listed domestic companies in the world in 2025 — 53,087 companies. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 264.2%.
1975–2025 · companies
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | companies | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53,087 | +5,107 | +10.64% |
| 2024 | 47,980 | −768 | −1.58% |
| 2023 | 48,748 | −2,278 | −4.46% |
| 2022 | 51,026 | −1,266 | −2.42% |
| 2021 | 52,292 | +2,237 | +4.47% |
| 2020 | 50,055 | +263 | +0.53% |
| 2019 | 49,792 | +4,882 | +10.87% |
| 2018 | 44,910 | +1,470 | +3.38% |
| 2017 | 43,440 | −366 | −0.84% |
| 2016 | 43,806 | −177 | −0.4% |
| 2015 | 43,983 | −1,760 | −3.85% |
| 2014 | 45,743 | +890 | +1.98% |
| 2013 | 44,853 | +1,081 | +2.47% |
| 2012 | 43,772 | −551 | −1.24% |
| 2011 | 44,323 | +896 | +2.06% |
| 2010 | 43,427 | +758 | +1.78% |
| 2009 | 42,669 | −1,280 | −2.91% |
| 2008 | 43,949 | −85 | −0.19% |
| 2007 | 44,034 | +930 | +2.16% |
| 2006 | 43,104 | +4,008 | +10.25% |
| 2005 | 39,096 | +372 | +0.96% |
| 2004 | 38,724 | −2,327 | −5.67% |
| 2003 | 41,051 | +2,157 | +5.55% |
| 2002 | 38,894 | −1,263 | −3.15% |
| 2001 | 40,157 | +265 | +0.66% |
| 2000 | 39,892 | +1,478 | +3.85% |
| 1999 | 38,414 | +486 | +1.28% |
| 1998 | 37,928 | +982 | +2.66% |
| 1997 | 36,946 | +1,329 | +3.73% |
| 1996 | 35,617 | +2,238 | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 33,379 | +3,089 | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 30,290 | +1,990 | +7.03% |
| 1993 | 28,300 | +3,353 | +13.44% |
| 1992 | 24,947 | +281 | +1.14% |
| 1991 | 24,666 | +934 | +3.94% |
| 1990 | 23,732 | +61 | +0.26% |
| 1989 | 23,671 | +37 | +0.16% |
| 1988 | 23,634 | −149 | −0.63% |
| 1987 | 23,783 | +1,689 | +7.64% |
| 1986 | 22,094 | +1,539 | +7.49% |
| 1985 | 20,555 | +726 | +3.66% |
| 1984 | 19,829 | +953 | +5.05% |
| 1983 | 18,876 | +1,908 | +11.24% |
| 1982 | 16,968 | −367 | −2.12% |
| 1981 | 17,335 | +62 | +0.36% |
| 1980 | 17,273 | +3,174 | +22.51% |
| 1979 | 14,099 | +387 | +2.82% |
| 1978 | 13,712 | +384 | +2.88% |
| 1977 | 13,328 | −824 | −5.82% |
| 1976 | 14,152 | −425 | −2.92% |
| 1975 | 14,577 | — | — |
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.
The value of a country's listed companies as a percent of GDP.
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