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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 (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
6,975,700
1999
Russian Government
# 2
China :
5,960,546
1999
Chinese Government
# 3
Italy :
5,595,363
1999
Italian Government
# 4
Zimbabwe :
5,415,069
1999
Zimbabwean Government
# 5
Poland :
3,039,451
1999
Polish Government
# 6
Germany :
2,886,268
1999
German Government
# 7
Spain :
2,820,815
1999
Spanish Government
# 8
Japan :
2,626,607
1999
Japanese Government
# 9
Czech Republic :
1,963,319
1999
Czech Government
# 10
Peru :
1,777,900
1999
Peruvian Government
# 11
United Kingdom :
1,510,500
1999
British Government
# 12
South Africa :
1,275,942
1999
South African Government
# 13
Portugal :
1,110,694
1999
Portuguese Government
# 14
Brazil :
1,038,509
1999
Brazilian Government
# 15
Canada :
976,000
1999
Canadian Government
# 16
Netherlands :
972,000
1999
Dutch Government
# 17
Hungary :
876,168
1999
Hungarian Government
# 18
Romania :
792,206
1999
Romanian Government
# 19
Nigeria :
718,901
1999
Nigerian Government
# 20
Belgium :
692,139
1999
Belgian Government
# 21
Hong Kong :
615,958
1999
Hong Kong Government
# 22
Denmark :
465,890
1999
Danish Government
# 23
Argentina :
443,410
1999
Argentine Government
# 24
Serbia and Montenegro :
432,579
1999
Serbian Government
# 25
Thailand :
416,185
1999
Thai Government
# 26
Slovakia :
360,800
1999
Slovak Government
# 27
Madagascar :
358,106
1999
Malagasy Government
# 28
New Zealand :
330,359
1999
New Zealand Government
# 29
Norway :
279,982
1999
Norwegian Government
# 30
Sweden :
268,873
1999
Swedish Government
# 31
Singapore :
263,921
1999
Singapore Government
# 32
Finland :
241,674
1999
Finnish Government
# 33
Lithuania :
202,703
1999
Lithuanian Government
# 34
Ireland :
161,750
1999
Irish Government
# 35
Austria :
148,697
1999
Austrian Government
# 36
Slovenia :
145,617
1999
Slovenian Government
# 37
Kazakhstan :
120,910
1999
Kazakhstani Government
# 38
Macedonia, Republic of :
118,152
1999
Macedonian Government
# 39
Latvia :
116,129
1999
Latvian Government
# 40
Oman :
113,360
1999
Omani Government
# 41
Moldova :
103,296
1999
Moldovan Government
# 42
Albania :
100,804
1999
Albanian Government
# 43
Cyprus :
90,006
1999
Cypriot Government
# 44
Estonia :
65,084
1999
Estonian Government
# 45
Algeria :
62,016
1999
Algerian Government
# 46
Georgia :
54,997
1999
Georgian Government
# 47
Malawi :
50,253
1999
Malawian Government
# 48
Puerto Rico :
43,464
1999
Puerto Rican Government
# 49
Panama :
41,119
1999
Panamanian Government
# 50
Sri Lanka :
39,747
1999
Sri Lankan Government
# 51
Jamaica :
39,405
1999
Jamaican Government
# 52
Bolivia :
38,711
1999
Bolivian Government
# 53
Ecuador :
37,146
1999
Ecuadorian Government
# 54
Pakistan :
35,345
1999
Pakistani Government
# 55
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
33,531
1999
Herzegovinian Government
# 56
Iceland :
17,026
1999
Icelandic Government
# 57
El Salvador :
15,284
1999
Salvadoran Government
# 58
Zambia :
13,505
1999
Zambian Government
# 59
Mozambique :
11,429
1999
Mozambican Government
# 60
Indonesia :
10,491
1999
Indonesian Government
# 61
Uganda :
8,410
1999
Ugandan Government
# 62
Benin :
7,091
1999
Beninese Government
# 63
Senegal :
1,768
1999
Senegalese Government
# 64
Cameroon :
1,693
1999
Cameroonian Government
# 65
Gabon :
1,273
1999
Gabonese Government
# 66
Sierra Leone :
703
1999
Sierra Leonean Government
Total :
55,552,749
Weighted average:
841,708.3
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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