Pakistan (2024)
30,004
number of registrations
+4.2% YoY
YoY Change
+4.2%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Pakistan New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 30,004 +4.2%
2023 28,790 +5.1%
2022 27,387 +5.0%
2021 26,094 +28.4%
2020 20,322 +23.8%
2019 16,419 +24.4%
2018 13,196 +35.5%
2017 9,739 +41.9%
2016 6,865 +23.5%
2015 5,558 +14.1%
2014 4,870 +19.4%
2013 4,079 -2.0%
2012 4,163 +15.1%
2011 3,616 +15.0%
2010 3,143 +12.6%
2009 2,792 -37.8%
2008 4,489 -6.8%
2007 4,819 -13.0%
2006 5,537 n/a

About this Dataset

Pakistan recorded 30,004 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was +1,214. Across 2006–2024 the series ranges from 2,792 in 2009 to 30,004 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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 30,004 number of registrations in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2,792 in 2009. The latest reading of 30,004 in 2024 represents a change of +1,214.