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Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
Government Statistics > Total businesses registered > number (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
7,852,537
1996
Chinese Government
# 2
Zimbabwe :
4,708,801
1996
Zimbabwean Government
# 3
Italy :
4,559,633
1996
Italian Government
# 4
Germany :
2,762,925
1996
German Government
# 5
Japan :
2,701,517
1996
Japanese Government
# 6
Poland :
2,412,022
1996
Polish Government
# 7
France :
2,390,000
1996
French Government
# 8
Spain :
2,384,711
1996
Spanish Government
# 9
Peru :
1,748,900
1996
Peruvian Government
# 10
Czech Republic :
1,468,940
1996
Czech Government
# 11
United Kingdom :
1,244,000
1996
British Government
# 12
Brazil :
1,060,062
1996
Brazilian Government
# 13
Hungary :
1,049,590
1996
Hungarian Government
# 14
South Africa :
983,138
1996
South African Government
# 15
Canada :
930,600
1996
Canadian Government
# 16
Netherlands :
851,000
1996
Dutch Government
# 17
Belgium :
690,738
1996
Belgian Government
# 18
Hong Kong :
638,249
1996
Hong Kong Government
# 19
Romania :
615,468
1996
Romanian Government
# 20
Nigeria :
535,094
1996
Nigerian Government
# 21
Denmark :
509,220
1996
Danish Government
# 22
Argentina :
438,992
1996
Argentine Government
# 23
Serbia and Montenegro :
413,886
1996
Serbian Government
# 24
Thailand :
371,932
1996
Thai Government
# 25
Madagascar :
304,767
1996
Malagasy Government
# 26
Sweden :
300,963
1996
Swedish Government
# 27
Norway :
245,981
1996
Norwegian Government
# 28
Singapore :
242,658
1996
Singapore Government
# 29
Finland :
231,365
1996
Finnish Government
# 30
New Zealand :
192,224
1996
New Zealand Government
# 31
Lithuania :
167,064
1996
Lithuanian Government
# 32
Ireland :
153,052
1996
Irish Government
# 33
Austria :
132,275
1996
Austrian Government
# 34
Latvia :
113,155
1996
Latvian Government
# 35
Macedonia, Republic of :
98,439
1996
Macedonian Government
# 36
Oman :
92,483
1996
Omani Government
# 37
Albania :
82,443
1996
Albanian Government
# 38
Moldova :
74,587
1996
Moldovan Government
# 39
Cyprus :
73,321
1996
Cypriot Government
# 40
Estonia :
70,299
1996
Estonian Government
# 41
Puerto Rico :
40,514
1996
Puerto Rican Government
# 42
Malawi :
35,035
1996
Malawian Government
# 43
Jamaica :
33,865
1996
Jamaican Government
# 44
Pakistan :
32,414
1996
Pakistani Government
# 45
Sri Lanka :
32,235
1996
Sri Lankan Government
# 46
Bolivia :
31,275
1996
Bolivian Government
# 47
Georgia :
30,645
1996
Georgian Government
# 48
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
23,585
1996
Herzegovinian Government
# 49
Iceland :
14,190
1996
Icelandic Government
# 50
El Salvador :
10,569
1996
Salvadoran Government
# 51
Jordan :
8,508
1996
Jordanian Government
# 52
Mozambique :
8,193
1996
Mozambican Government
# 53
Zambia :
7,369
1996
Zambian Government
# 54
Uganda :
5,285
1996
Ugandan Government
# 55
Benin :
4,972
1996
Beninese Government
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,338
1996
Ivoirian Government
# 57
Cameroon :
1,427
1996
Cameroonian Government
# 58
Senegal :
1,406
1996
Senegalese Government
# 59
Gabon :
1,185
1996
Gabonese Government
# 60
Sierra Leone :
388
1996
Sierra Leonean Government
# 61
Burkina Faso :
219
1996
Burkinabe Government
Total :
46,222,648
Weighted average:
757,748.3
DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
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