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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 (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
6,574,807
1998
Chinese Government
# 2
Russia :
6,499,900
1998
Russian Government
# 3
Italy :
5,516,583
1998
Italian Government
# 4
Zimbabwe :
5,153,388
1998
Zimbabwean Government
# 5
Germany :
2,859,983
1998
German Government
# 6
Poland :
2,842,278
1998
Polish Government
# 7
Spain :
2,474,690
1998
Spanish Government
# 8
France :
2,400,000
1998
French Government
# 9
Peru :
1,907,100
1998
Peruvian Government
# 10
Czech Republic :
1,781,334
1998
Czech Government
# 11
United Kingdom :
1,422,900
1998
British Government
# 12
South Africa :
1,174,958
1998
South African Government
# 13
Canada :
963,200
1998
Canadian Government
# 14
Brazil :
958,494
1998
Brazilian Government
# 15
Netherlands :
929,000
1998
Dutch Government
# 16
Hungary :
864,790
1998
Hungarian Government
# 17
Romania :
735,009
1998
Romanian Government
# 18
Belgium :
697,687
1998
Belgian Government
# 19
Nigeria :
660,712
1998
Nigerian Government
# 20
Hong Kong :
614,646
1998
Hong Kong Government
# 21
Denmark :
510,097
1998
Danish Government
# 22
Argentina :
448,870
1998
Argentine Government
# 23
Serbia and Montenegro :
431,147
1998
Serbian Government
# 24
Thailand :
400,415
1998
Thai Government
# 25
Madagascar :
340,962
1998
Malagasy Government
# 26
Norway :
270,033
1998
Norwegian Government
# 27
Sweden :
266,726
1998
Swedish Government
# 28
Singapore :
256,548
1998
Singapore Government
# 29
Finland :
239,655
1998
Finnish Government
# 30
New Zealand :
217,000
1998
New Zealand Government
# 31
Lithuania :
193,252
1998
Lithuanian Government
# 32
Ireland :
179,116
1998
Irish Government
# 33
Austria :
144,095
1998
Austrian Government
# 34
Slovenia :
140,667
1998
Slovenian Government
# 35
Latvia :
110,352
1998
Latvian Government
# 36
Macedonia, Republic of :
109,098
1998
Macedonian Government
# 37
Oman :
107,749
1998
Omani Government
# 38
Kazakhstan :
101,919
1998
Kazakhstani Government
# 39
Moldova :
97,179
1998
Moldovan Government
# 40
Albania :
92,905
1998
Albanian Government
# 41
Cyprus :
86,572
1998
Cypriot Government
# 42
Estonia :
72,944
1998
Estonian Government
# 43
Georgia :
48,566
1998
Georgian Government
# 44
Malawi :
47,537
1998
Malawian Government
# 45
Puerto Rico :
42,557
1998
Puerto Rican Government
# 46
Jamaica :
37,894
1998
Jamaican Government
# 47
Sri Lanka :
37,081
1998
Sri Lankan Government
# 48
Bolivia :
35,941
1998
Bolivian Government
# 49
Pakistan :
34,402
1998
Pakistani Government
# 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
30,618
1998
Herzegovinian Government
# 51
Iceland :
16,311
1998
Icelandic Government
# 52
El Salvador :
13,741
1998
Salvadoran Government
# 53
Zambia :
11,542
1998
Zambian Government
# 54
Mozambique :
10,569
1998
Mozambican Government
# 55
Jordan :
8,756
1998
Jordanian Government
# 56
Uganda :
7,611
1998
Ugandan Government
# 57
Benin :
6,313
1998
Beninese Government
# 58
Cameroon :
1,876
1998
Cameroonian Government
# 59
Senegal :
1,620
1998
Senegalese Government
# 60
Gabon :
1,114
1998
Gabonese Government
# 61
Sierra Leone :
570
1998
Sierra Leonean Government
Total :
52,243,379
Weighted average:
856,448.8
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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