Bangladesh (2025)
360
companies
-47.9% YoY
YoY Change
-47.9%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
31
years of data

Data

Bangladesh Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 360 -47.9%
2024 691 +1.6%
2023 680 +0.3%
2022 678 +2.7%
2021 660 +5.1%
2020 628 +2.8%
2019 611 +3.0%
2018 593 +3.7%
2017 572 +2.7%
2016 557 +2.6%
2015 543 +5.0%
2014 517 +7.5%
2013 481 +6.2%
2012 453 +4.6%
2011 433 +125.5%
2010 192 -2.5%
2009 197 -10.9%
2008 221 +4.7%
2007 211 +6.0%
2006 199 +2.1%

About this Dataset

Bangladesh recorded 360 companies in 2025. The latest change was -331. Across 1993–2025 the series ranges from 143 in 1993 to 691 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Bangladesh from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity.

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 domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Bangladesh from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1993–2025 (31 observations).

The series peaked at 691 companies in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 143 in 1993. The latest reading of 360 in 2025 represents a change of -331.