China (2025)
11,149
companies
-82 YoY
YoY Change
-82
companies
Trend
down
Series length
31
years of data

Data

YearcompaniesYoY Change
202511,149-82
202411,231-117
202311,348-149
202211,497-132
202111,629-712
202012,341-389
201912,730+9,146
20183,584+99
20173,485+433
20163,052+225
20152,827+214
20142,613+124
20132,489-5
20122,494+152
20112,342+279
20102,063+363
20091,700+96
20081,604+74
20071,530+109
20061,421n/a

About this Dataset

China recorded 11149.0 companies in 2025. The most recent year-on-year change was -82.0. The historical series (1990–2025) shows a peak of 12730.0 in 2019 and a trough of 323.0 in 1995.

Data sourced from World Bank Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology ensuring cross-country comparability.

The chart above shows the full historical trend; the table below lists annual values with year-on-year changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

This indicator tracks china number of listed domestic companies in China, published by World Bank. Data covers 1990–2025 at annual frequency using harmonised methodology.
The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. Data is updated annual.
The series peaked at 12730.0 companies in 2019 and reached its lowest recorded value of 323.0 in 1995. The latest reading of 11149.0 in 2025 represents a year-on-year change of -82.0.