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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 (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
8,090,700
2001
Russian Government
# 2
Zimbabwe :
5,986,561
2001
Zimbabwean Government
# 3
Italy :
5,792,598
2001
Italian Government
# 4
China :
4,832,356
2001
Chinese Government
# 5
Poland :
3,325,540
2001
Polish Government
# 6
Australia :
2,935,700
2001
Australian Government
# 7
Spain :
2,926,217
2001
Spanish Government
# 8
Germany :
2,920,983
2001
German Government
# 9
Japan :
2,665,350
2001
Japanese Government
# 10
France :
2,418,000
2001
French Government
# 11
Peru :
2,181,500
2001
Peruvian Government
# 12
Czech Republic :
2,121,562
2001
Czech Government
# 13
United Kingdom :
1,658,200
2001
British Government
# 14
South Africa :
1,501,413
2001
South African Government
# 15
Brazil :
1,286,342
2001
Brazilian Government
# 16
Portugal :
1,110,490
2001
Portuguese Government
# 17
Netherlands :
1,064,000
2001
Dutch Government
# 18
Canada :
997,500
2001
Canadian Government
# 19
Hungary :
919,387
2001
Hungarian Government
# 20
Romania :
910,762
2001
Romanian Government
# 21
Nigeria :
826,613
2001
Nigerian Government
# 22
Greece :
795,556
2001
Greek Government
# 23
Belgium :
687,349
2001
Belgian Government
# 24
Hong Kong :
625,996
2001
Hong Kong Government
# 25
Denmark :
487,680
2001
Danish Government
# 26
Serbia and Montenegro :
467,190
2001
Serbian Government
# 27
Thailand :
424,904
2001
Thai Government
# 28
Argentina :
410,203
2001
Argentine Government
# 29
Madagascar :
394,229
2001
Malagasy Government
# 30
Slovakia :
384,856
2001
Slovak Government
# 31
Switzerland :
312,510
2001
Swiss Government
# 32
Norway :
303,243
2001
Norwegian Government
# 33
Sweden :
286,733
2001
Swedish Government
# 34
Singapore :
276,829
2001
Singapore Government
# 35
New Zealand :
275,813
2001
New Zealand Government
# 36
Finland :
246,049
2001
Finnish Government
# 37
Lithuania :
218,518
2001
Lithuanian Government
# 38
Morocco :
164,008
2001
Moroccan Government
# 39
Kazakhstan :
156,420
2001
Kazakhstani Government
# 40
Austria :
155,199
2001
Austrian Government
# 41
Ireland :
146,778
2001
Irish Government
# 42
Slovenia :
141,609
2001
Slovenian Government
# 43
Macedonia, Republic of :
138,960
2001
Macedonian Government
# 44
Oman :
127,355
2001
Omani Government
# 45
Latvia :
126,551
2001
Latvian Government
# 46
Albania :
118,760
2001
Albanian Government
# 47
Jordan :
115,822
2001
Jordanian Government
# 48
Moldova :
115,251
2001
Moldovan Government
# 49
Cyprus :
103,577
2001
Cypriot Government
# 50
Armenia :
103,134
2001
Armenian Government
# 51
Estonia :
74,647
2001
Estonian Government
# 52
Georgia :
71,075
2001
Georgian Government
# 53
Malawi :
58,905
2001
Malawian Government
# 54
Vietnam :
51,680
2001
Vietnamese Government
# 55
Sri Lanka :
44,557
2001
Sri Lankan Government
# 56
Puerto Rico :
44,372
2001
Puerto Rican Government
# 57
Bolivia :
43,856
2001
Bolivian Government
# 58
Jamaica :
42,116
2001
Jamaican Government
# 59
Ecuador :
39,982
2001
Ecuadorian Government
# 60
Pakistan :
37,519
2001
Pakistani Government
# 61
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
36,391
2001
Herzegovinian Government
# 62
Indonesia :
28,337
2001
Indonesian Government
# 63
Mongolia :
26,231
2001
Mongolian Government
# 64
Iceland :
20,111
2001
Icelandic Government
# 65
El Salvador :
18,510
2001
Salvadoran Government
# 66
Zambia :
18,420
2001
Zambian Government
# 67
Mozambique :
13,217
2001
Mozambican Government
# 68
Uganda :
12,031
2001
Ugandan Government
# 69
Senegal :
2,068
2001
Senegalese Government
# 70
Sierra Leone :
1,457
2001
Sierra Leonean Government
# 71
Gabon :
934
2001
Gabonese Government
Total :
65,469,272
Weighted average:
922,102.4
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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