Japan (2024)
41,946
number of registrations
+2.4% YoY
YoY Change
+2.4%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Japan New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 41,946 +2.4%
2023 40,946 +9.7%
2022 37,312 +0.1%
2021 37,275 +11.6%
2020 33,411 +8.7%
2019 30,733 +5.1%
2018 29,243 +6.6%
2017 27,442 +14.6%
2016 23,944 +7.0%
2015 22,387 +12.1%
2014 19,972 +35.6%
2013 14,729 +33.5%
2012 11,031 +19.3%
2011 9,246 +27.2%
2010 7,269 +23.5%
2009 5,884 +6.9%
2008 5,503 -11.1%
2007 6,187 +79.3%
2006 3,450 n/a

About this Dataset

Japan recorded 41,946 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was +1,000. Across 2006–2024 the series ranges from 3,450 in 2006 to 41,946 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Japan 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 Japan 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 2006–2024 (19 observations).

The series peaked at 41,946 number of registrations in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 3,450 in 2006. The latest reading of 41,946 in 2024 represents a change of +1,000.