China (2025)
11,149
companies
-0.7% YoY
YoY Change
-0.7%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
31
years of data

Data

China Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 11,149 -0.7%
2024 11,231 -1.0%
2023 11,348 -1.3%
2022 11,497 -1.1%
2021 11,629 -5.8%
2020 12,341 -3.1%
2019 12,730 +255.2%
2018 3,584 +2.8%
2017 3,485 +14.2%
2016 3,052 +8.0%
2015 2,827 +8.2%
2014 2,613 +5.0%
2013 2,489 -0.2%
2012 2,494 +6.5%
2011 2,342 +13.5%
2010 2,063 +21.4%
2009 1,700 +6.0%
2008 1,604 +4.8%
2007 1,530 +7.7%
2006 1,421 +3.2%

About this Dataset

China recorded 11,149 companies in 2025. The latest change was -82. Across 1995–2025 the series ranges from 323 in 1995 to 12,730 in 2019.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of China 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 China 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 1995–2025 (31 observations).

The series peaked at 12,730 companies in 2019 and reached its lowest recorded value of 323 in 1995. The latest reading of 11,149 in 2025 represents a change of -82.