This statistic shows the number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023. By the end of 2023, approximately 58.27 million companies had been registered in China, an increase from around 52.83 million companies by the end of the previous year.
Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023
(in millions)
Figures include corporations, collective enterprises, partnerships, sole proprietorships and other registered legal entities. Small scale businesses run by individuals without registered legal entity and farmer cooperatives are not included in the figures.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
Figures have been rounded for better presentation.
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State Administration for Market Regulation (China). (February 29, 2024). Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/
State Administration for Market Regulation (China). "Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in millions)." Chart. February 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/
State Administration for Market Regulation (China). (2024). Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/
State Administration for Market Regulation (China). "Total Number of Registered Companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/
State Administration for Market Regulation (China), Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total number of registered companies in China from 2016 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph], State Administration for Market Regulation (China), February 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008055/china-number-of-registered-companies/
