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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 (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
8,562,300
2002
Russian Government
# 2
Zimbabwe :
6,307,974
2002
Zimbabwean Government
# 3
Italy :
5,830,854
2002
Italian Government
# 4
China :
4,445,073
2002
Chinese Government
# 5
Poland :
3,468,218
2002
Polish Government
# 6
Spain :
2,984,765
2002
Spanish Government
# 7
Australia :
2,941,666
2002
Australian Government
# 8
Germany :
2,926,570
2002
German Government
# 9
France :
2,468,800
2002
French Government
# 10
Peru :
2,421,200
2002
Peruvian Government
# 11
Czech Republic :
2,223,745
2002
Czech Government
# 12
United Kingdom :
1,804,100
2002
British Government
# 13
South Africa :
1,640,896
2002
South African Government
# 14
Brazil :
1,188,994
2002
Brazilian Government
# 15
Netherlands :
1,105,000
2002
Dutch Government
# 16
Portugal :
1,085,004
2002
Portuguese Government
# 17
Romania :
995,542
2002
Romanian Government
# 18
Hungary :
935,892
2002
Hungarian Government
# 19
Nigeria :
904,451
2002
Nigerian Government
# 20
Greece :
879,377
2002
Greek Government
# 21
Belgium :
686,857
2002
Belgian Government
# 22
Hong Kong :
661,438
2002
Hong Kong Government
# 23
Denmark :
489,346
2002
Danish Government
# 24
Serbia and Montenegro :
486,671
2002
Serbian Government
# 25
Thailand :
432,499
2002
Thai Government
# 26
Madagascar :
410,948
2002
Malagasy Government
# 27
Argentina :
385,916
2002
Argentine Government
# 28
Slovakia :
377,559
2002
Slovak Government
# 29
Norway :
313,298
2002
Norwegian Government
# 30
Switzerland :
310,966
2002
Swiss Government
# 31
New Zealand :
307,461
2002
New Zealand Government
# 32
Singapore :
295,427
2002
Singapore Government
# 33
Sweden :
292,190
2002
Swedish Government
# 34
Finland :
248,217
2002
Finnish Government
# 35
Lithuania :
224,925
2002
Lithuanian Government
# 36
Morocco :
175,055
2002
Moroccan Government
# 37
Kazakhstan :
173,686
2002
Kazakhstani Government
# 38
Austria :
158,590
2002
Austrian Government
# 39
Ireland :
154,723
2002
Irish Government
# 40
Macedonia, Republic of :
149,173
2002
Macedonian Government
# 41
Slovenia :
141,001
2002
Slovenian Government
# 42
Oman :
133,552
2002
Omani Government
# 43
Latvia :
130,081
2002
Latvian Government
# 44
Albania :
126,382
2002
Albanian Government
# 45
Moldova :
122,210
2002
Moldovan Government
# 46
Jordan :
118,493
2002
Jordanian Government
# 47
Armenia :
109,892
2002
Armenian Government
# 48
Cyprus :
109,061
2002
Cypriot Government
# 49
Georgia :
84,718
2002
Georgian Government
# 50
Estonia :
81,263
2002
Estonian Government
# 51
Algeria :
69,692
2002
Algerian Government
# 52
Malawi :
65,007
2002
Malawian Government
# 53
Vietnam :
62,908
2002
Vietnamese Government
# 54
Sri Lanka :
47,674
2002
Sri Lankan Government
# 55
Bolivia :
46,846
2002
Bolivian Government
# 56
Puerto Rico :
45,642
2002
Puerto Rican Government
# 57
Jamaica :
43,465
2002
Jamaican Government
# 58
Ecuador :
42,827
2002
Ecuadorian Government
# 59
Pakistan :
38,893
2002
Pakistani Government
# 60
Indonesia :
32,452
2002
Indonesian Government
# 61
Mongolia :
30,684
2002
Mongolian Government
# 62
Iceland :
22,705
2002
Icelandic Government
# 63
Zambia :
20,765
2002
Zambian Government
# 64
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
20,130
2002
Herzegovinian Government
# 65
El Salvador :
20,075
2002
Salvadoran Government
# 66
Mozambique :
14,003
2002
Mozambican Government
# 67
Uganda :
13,360
2002
Ugandan Government
# 68
Senegal :
2,255
2002
Senegalese Government
# 69
Sierra Leone :
2,030
2002
Sierra Leonean Government
Total :
63,653,432
Weighted average:
922,513.5
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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