Pakistan (2025)
535
companies
+0.9% YoY
YoY Change
+0.9%
companies
Trend
up
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Pakistan Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies Change
2025 535 +0.9%
2024 530 +0.6%
2023 527 -0.8%
2022 531 -0.4%
2021 533 +0.4%
2020 531 n/a
2014 557 +1.3%
2013 550 -0.9%
2012 555 -10.6%
2011 621 -0.6%
2010 625 -0.6%
2009 629 unchanged
2008 629 -0.2%
2007 630 +0.3%
2006 628 -1.7%
2005 639 unchanged
2004 639 n/a
2001 709 -1.9%
2000 723 -5.5%
1999 765 -1.0%

About this Dataset

Pakistan recorded 535 companies in 2025. The latest change was +5. Across 1993–2025 the series ranges from 527 in 2023 to 773 in 1998.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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 1993–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 773 companies in 1998 and reached its lowest recorded value of 527 in 2023. The latest reading of 535 in 2025 represents a change of +5.