Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business entries by country
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a...
What the numbers show
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business entries is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 41.64 million Enterprises in Georgia; the lowest is 0 Enterprises in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 88,820 Enterprises, and the mean is 1.81 million Enterprises.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Guadeloupe (up 93.7%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 41.64 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 4.14 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.28 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 4 | France | 1.11 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 716,414 Enterprises | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 6 | Italy | 322,835 Enterprises | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 7 | Canada | 190,472 Enterprises | 2024 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 8 | Greece | 132,507 Enterprises | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 9 | Spain | 118,166 Enterprises | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 117,641 Enterprises | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 106,966 Enterprises | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 106,000 Enterprises | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 13 | Singapore | 71,639 Enterprises | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Sweden | 70,611 Enterprises | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 62,388 Enterprises | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 16 | Finland | 42,794 Enterprises | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 39,965 Enterprises | 2017 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 25,401 Enterprises | 2024 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 19 | Guadeloupe | 8,178 Enterprises | 2024 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 20 | Martinique | 7,317 Enterprises | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 4,058 Enterprises | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 22 | French Guiana | 3,540 Enterprises | 2024 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 23 | Mayotte | 1,519 Enterprises | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 52 | Netherlands | 228,315 Enterprises | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 54 | Türkiye | 134,353 Enterprises | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 80 | Slovenia | 27,473 Enterprises | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 15,948 Enterprises | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 155 | Poland | 0 Enterprises | 2018 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- California 225.27 million Enterprises
- Florida 114.82 million Enterprises
- Texas 89.00 million Enterprises
- New York 66.39 million Enterprises
- New Jersey 38.79 million Enterprises
- North Carolina 37.97 million Enterprises
- Illinois 35.99 million Enterprises
- Pennsylvania 34.88 million Enterprises
- Virginia 33.57 million Enterprises
- Missouri 32.86 million Enterprises
- Colorado 28.45 million Enterprises
- Tennessee 27.95 million Enterprises
- Ohio 26.91 million Enterprises
- Arizona 26.11 million Enterprises
- Michigan 25.04 million Enterprises
- Maryland 24.16 million Enterprises
- Washington 24.02 million Enterprises
- South Carolina 23.66 million Enterprises
- Massachusetts 21.23 million Enterprises
- Wisconsin 20.24 million Enterprises
- Utah 18.88 million Enterprises
- Oregon 17.48 million Enterprises
- Minnesota 17.17 million Enterprises
- Indiana 16.29 million Enterprises
- Connecticut 15.24 million Enterprises
- Alabama 14.82 million Enterprises
- Nevada 14.64 million Enterprises
- Kentucky 13.88 million Enterprises
- Oklahoma 12.79 million Enterprises
- Louisiana 12.54 million Enterprises
- Kansas 11.45 million Enterprises
- Idaho 11.32 million Enterprises
- Arkansas 10.74 million Enterprises
- Iowa 9.31 million Enterprises
- Mississippi 7.52 million Enterprises
- Nebraska 7.05 million Enterprises
- New Hampshire 6.86 million Enterprises
- Maine 6.69 million Enterprises
- Montana 6.54 million Enterprises
- New Mexico 6.37 million Enterprises
About this data
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a limited number of indicators.Data are broken down whenever available byeconomic activity according to International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4 at the level of sections (letters) and higher aggregates, most often covering the total economy, geographic area at country and TL2 level of the OECD Territorial grids, legal form into three main groups: Limited liability (LL), Partnership (PA) and Sole proprietorship (SP). With very few exceptions, series are not seasonally or calendar adjusted, so care should be taken in interpreting sub-annual changes. Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship provide valuable information to policy makers and researchers on most recent trends in business dynamics.Related datasets:Employer Business Demography Statistics,Business Demography Statistics,Structural Business Statistics by Size Class.