Singapore (2024)
52,248
number of registrations
+2.6% YoY
YoY Change
+2.6%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Singapore New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 52,248 +2.6%
2023 50,945 +9.3%
2022 46,617 +2.8%
2021 45,351 +7.0%
2020 42,402 -3.1%
2019 43,762 +1.7%
2018 43,050 +15.8%
2017 37,172 +6.1%
2016 35,020 +2.8%
2015 34,076 -11.0%
2014 38,306 +10.2%
2013 34,766 +10.3%
2012 31,531 +5.9%
2011 29,781 +8.4%
2010 27,483 +13.4%
2009 24,234 +2.9%
2008 23,544 -1.3%
2007 23,850 +21.8%
2006 19,575 n/a

About this Dataset

Singapore recorded 52,248 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was +1,303. Across 2006–2024 the series ranges from 19,575 in 2006 to 52,248 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Singapore 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 Singapore 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 52,248 number of registrations in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 19,575 in 2006. The latest reading of 52,248 in 2024 represents a change of +1,303.