New businesses registered — all countries

New businesses registered — BRICS

New businesses registered in BRICS in 2024 — 2,331,195 companies. Since 2006, the indicator has risen by 120.1%.

2024 2.33M companies +3.76% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.33M companies2024
Period minimum 1.03M companies2011

Trend over time

2006–2024 · companies

New businesses registered — BRICS, 2006–20241M1.5M2M2.5M20062008201020122014201620182020202220242006: 1,059,088 companies2007: 1,117,325 companies2008: 1,276,070 companies2009: 1,094,596 companies2010: 1,116,087 companies2011: 1,026,949 companies2012: 1,320,370 companies2013: 1,346,618 companies2014: 1,405,869 companies2015: 1,577,973 companies2016: 1,614,827 companies2017: 1,623,742 companies2018: 1,623,211 companies2019: 1,689,648 companies2020: 1,845,403 companies2021: 2,107,108 companies2022: 2,114,724 companies2023: 2,246,725 companies2024: 2,331,195 companies
Change over the period: +1.27M (+120.11%) Average annual rate: 4.48 %
New businesses registered — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year companies Change Change, %
2024 2.33M +84,470 +3.76%
2023 2.25M +132,001 +6.24%
2022 2.11M +7,616 +0.36%
2021 2.11M +261,705 +14.18%
2020 1.85M +155,755 +9.22%
2019 1.69M +66,437 +4.09%
2018 1.62M −531 −0.03%
2017 1.62M +8,915 +0.55%
2016 1.61M +36,854 +2.34%
2015 1.58M +172,104 +12.24%
2014 1.41M +59,251 +4.4%
2013 1.35M +26,248 +1.99%
2012 1.32M +293,421 +28.57%
2011 1.03M −89,138 −7.99%
2010 1.12M +21,491 +1.96%
2009 1.09M −181,474 −14.22%
2008 1.28M +158,745 +14.21%
2007 1.12M +58,237 +5.5%
2006 1.06M

About the indicator

The number of newly registered limited liability companies over a year. Only they are counted: sole proprietorships, partnerships and cooperatives do not enter, so in countries where small business prefers simpler legal forms the indicator understates entrepreneurial activity.

Important: Limited liability companies only. Registration is not the start of activity: some registered companies never begin to operate.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.