China (2024)
286,640
number of registrations
-22.3% YoY
YoY Change
-22.3%
number of registrations
Trend
down
Series length
17
years of data

Data

China New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 286,640 -22.3%
2023 368,965 +27.4%
2022 289,696 -17.2%
2021 349,849 +33.1%
2020 262,942 +7.9%
2019 243,657 -6.1%
2018 259,525 +1.2%
2017 256,457 -5.6%
2016 271,561 +14.4%
2015 237,341 +14.8%
2014 206,699 +54.3%
2013 133,960 +12.4%
2012 119,133 +0.6%
2011 118,469 +8.8%
2010 108,848 +17.2%
2009 92,901 +29.4%
2008 71,783 n/a

About this Dataset

China recorded 286,640 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was -82,325. Across 2008–2024 the series ranges from 71,783 in 2008 to 368,965 in 2023.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in China 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 China 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 2008–2024 (17 observations).

The series peaked at 368,965 number of registrations in 2023 and reached its lowest recorded value of 71,783 in 2008. The latest reading of 286,640 in 2024 represents a change of -82,325.