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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 (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
7,583,400
2000
Russian Government
# 2
Italy :
5,698,562
2000
Italian Government
# 3
Zimbabwe :
5,693,605
2000
Zimbabwean Government
# 4
China :
5,351,116
2000
Chinese Government
# 5
Poland :
3,185,040
2000
Polish Government
# 6
Germany :
2,909,150
2000
German Government
# 7
Spain :
2,864,462
2000
Spanish Government
# 8
Czech Republic :
2,050,770
2000
Czech Government
# 9
Peru :
1,971,700
2000
Peruvian Government
# 10
United Kingdom :
1,595,500
2000
British Government
# 11
South Africa :
1,384,828
2000
South African Government
# 12
Brazil :
1,111,929
2000
Brazilian Government
# 13
Portugal :
1,089,697
2000
Portuguese Government
# 14
Netherlands :
1,015,000
2000
Dutch Government
# 15
Canada :
986,600
2000
Canadian Government
# 16
Hungary :
903,822
2000
Hungarian Government
# 17
Romania :
849,497
2000
Romanian Government
# 18
Greece :
805,871
2000
Greek Government
# 19
Nigeria :
744,907
2000
Nigerian Government
# 20
Belgium :
689,453
2000
Belgian Government
# 21
Hong Kong :
624,987
2000
Hong Kong Government
# 22
Denmark :
480,819
2000
Danish Government
# 23
Serbia and Montenegro :
448,205
2000
Serbian Government
# 24
Argentina :
427,198
2000
Argentine Government
# 25
Thailand :
414,600
2000
Thai Government
# 26
Madagascar :
377,589
2000
Malagasy Government
# 27
Slovakia :
369,253
2000
Slovak Government
# 28
Norway :
294,140
2000
Norwegian Government
# 29
Sweden :
280,049
2000
Swedish Government
# 30
Singapore :
271,268
2000
Singapore Government
# 31
New Zealand :
249,047
2000
New Zealand Government
# 32
Finland :
244,154
2000
Finnish Government
# 33
Lithuania :
210,420
2000
Lithuanian Government
# 34
Morocco :
154,526
2000
Moroccan Government
# 35
Austria :
152,925
2000
Austrian Government
# 36
Slovenia :
140,727
2000
Slovenian Government
# 37
Kazakhstan :
138,549
2000
Kazakhstani Government
# 38
Ireland :
138,065
2000
Irish Government
# 39
Macedonia, Republic of :
129,234
2000
Macedonian Government
# 40
Latvia :
121,639
2000
Latvian Government
# 41
Oman :
120,941
2000
Omani Government
# 42
Jordan :
118,271
2000
Jordanian Government
# 43
Albania :
110,412
2000
Albanian Government
# 44
Moldova :
109,094
2000
Moldovan Government
# 45
Armenia :
96,602
2000
Armenian Government
# 46
Cyprus :
96,272
2000
Cypriot Government
# 47
Estonia :
65,538
2000
Estonian Government
# 48
Georgia :
63,343
2000
Georgian Government
# 49
Malawi :
54,484
2000
Malawian Government
# 50
Puerto Rico :
44,015
2000
Puerto Rican Government
# 51
Sri Lanka :
42,315
2000
Sri Lankan Government
# 52
Indonesia :
41,609
2000
Indonesian Government
# 53
Bolivia :
41,101
2000
Bolivian Government
# 54
Jamaica :
40,773
2000
Jamaican Government
# 55
Ecuador :
37,439
2000
Ecuadorian Government
# 56
Pakistan :
36,396
2000
Pakistani Government
# 57
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
34,592
2000
Herzegovinian Government
# 58
Mongolia :
22,876
2000
Mongolian Government
# 59
Iceland :
18,767
2000
Icelandic Government
# 60
El Salvador :
17,010
2000
Salvadoran Government
# 61
Zambia :
15,820
2000
Zambian Government
# 62
Mozambique :
12,296
2000
Mozambican Government
# 63
Uganda :
10,482
2000
Ugandan Government
# 64
Senegal :
1,909
2000
Senegalese Government
# 65
Gabon :
1,422
2000
Gabonese Government
# 66
Sierra Leone :
1,079
2000
Sierra Leonean Government
Total :
55,407,161
Weighted average:
839,502.4
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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