Nigeria (2022)
136,961
number of registrations
+5.4% YoY
YoY Change
+5.4%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
17
years of data

Data

Nigeria New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2022) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2022 136,961 +5.4%
2021 129,980 +32.6%
2020 97,988 +8.0%
2019 90,748 +5.1%
2018 86,309 +9.9%
2017 78,540 +4.2%
2016 75,380 +7.0%
2015 70,441 -2.1%
2014 71,941 -3.3%
2013 74,391 -8.3%
2012 81,144 +12.1%
2011 72,396 +11.3%
2010 65,074 unchanged
2009 65,089 +1.7%
2008 64,017 +38.4%
2007 46,240 +33.9%
2006 34,531 n/a

About this Dataset

Nigeria recorded 136,961 number of registrations in 2022. The latest change was +6,981. Across 2006–2022 the series ranges from 34,531 in 2006 to 136,961 in 2022.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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 2022. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2022 (17 observations).

The series peaked at 136,961 number of registrations in 2022 and reached its lowest recorded value of 34,531 in 2006. The latest reading of 136,961 in 2022 represents a change of +6,981.