Egypt (2025)
244
companies
-0.8% YoY
YoY Change
-0.8%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
29
years of data

Data

Egypt Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 244 -0.8%
2024 246 +2.1%
2023 241 +0.8%
2022 239 -0.8%
2021 241 +0.4%
2020 240 -2.4%
2019 246 -1.6%
2018 250 -0.8%
2017 252 +0.4%
2016 251 +0.4%
2015 250 +1.6%
2014 246 +4.7%
2013 235 +0.4%
2012 234 +1.3%
2011 231 +1.8%
2010 227 -27.2%
2009 312 -16.4%
2008 373 -14.3%
2007 435 -26.9%
2006 595 -20.0%

About this Dataset

Egypt recorded 244 companies in 2025. The latest change was -2. Across 1997–2025 the series ranges from 227 in 2010 to 1,150 in 2002.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Egypt 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 Egypt 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 1997–2025 (29 observations).

The series peaked at 1,150 companies in 2002 and reached its lowest recorded value of 227 in 2010. The latest reading of 244 in 2025 represents a change of -2.