Australia (2024)
316,561
number of registrations
+10.6% YoY
YoY Change
+10.6%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Australia New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 316,561 +10.6%
2023 286,290 +5.5%
2022 271,369 -9.1%
2021 298,665 +26.3%
2020 236,447 +5.8%
2019 223,389 -5.2%
2018 235,684 -5.4%
2017 249,048 +2.4%
2016 243,105 +0.9%
2015 241,023 +8.4%
2014 222,294 +10.1%
2013 201,855 +9.6%
2012 184,237 +10.5%
2011 166,740 +4.7%
2010 159,246 +9.1%
2009 145,963 +2.9%
2008 141,827 -9.9%
2007 157,438 +17.7%
2006 133,756 n/a

About this Dataset

Australia recorded 316,561 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was +30,271. Across 2006–2024 the series ranges from 133,756 in 2006 to 316,561 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Australia from 2006 to present. New business registrations are the primary proxy for startup formation and entrepreneurial activity in the formal economy.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Australia from 2006 to present. New business registrations are the primary proxy for startup formation and entrepreneurial activity in the formal economy. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2024 (19 observations).

The series peaked at 316,561 number of registrations in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 133,756 in 2006. The latest reading of 316,561 in 2024 represents a change of +30,271.