Formation Of All Business Entities By Type, Annual
Description
Annual formation counts of all business entity types in Singapore from 1990 through 2025, sourced from ACRA via SingStat. A footnote flags the December 2024 dip from temporary Bizfile e-service suspension during IT migration and ACRA's dormant-entity cleanup. Business analysts track company formation trends. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M085661.
Official description
Source: ACCOUNTING AND CORPORATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY Data Last Updated: 20/01/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: The decrease in the business formation and cessation counts in December 2024 was due to a temporary suspension of (a) all eServices on Bizfile portal including those relating to business registration and cessation to facilitate IT system migration activities carried out in first week of December; and (b) ACRA's periodic exercise to remove from the public register business entities that failed to renew their registrations and companies that were dormant. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M085661
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1990-01-01 – 2025-12-31
- Rows
- 7
- Columns
- 37
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Data Series | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 78146.000000 | 71687.000000 | 70399.000000 | 64305.000000 | 65438.000000 | 63480.000000 | 61573 | 61804 | 62113 | 64931 | 64902 | 77380 | 60201 | 56749 | 55776 | 53721 | 53227 | 49884 | 49733 | 45574 | 42953 | 42253 | 39339 | 36610 | 33206 | 36446 | 34926 | 29921 | 32149 | 32785 | 31182 | 31453 | 30289 | 27108 | 25757 | 24101 |
| Companies | 58077.000000 | 52210.000000 | 50826.000000 | 46419.000000 | 45178.000000 | 42361.000000 | 43920 | 43240 | 37394 | 35225 | 34241 | 38484 | 34976 | 31741 | 29987 | 27642 | 24386 | 23713 | 24037 | 19738 | 18257 | 17151 | 13543 | 11293 | 8511 | 11036 | 8506 | 6624 | 8934 | 9524 | 9475 | 9838 | 8796 | 7226 | 6653 | 6492 |
| Sole-Proprietorships & Partnerships | 18199.000000 | 17745.000000 | 17802.000000 | 16131.000000 | 17963.000000 | 18931.000000 | 15828 | 16366 | 22148 | 27118 | 28478 | 35676 | 22835 | 22727 | 23409 | 23837 | 26776 | 24535 | 23813 | 24055 | 23435 | 24974 | 25782 | 25302 | 24676 | 25383 | 26399 | 23284 | 23201 | 23249 | 21702 | 21597 | 21478 | 19871 | 19100 | 17600 |
| Limited Liability Partnerships | 1451.000000 | 1353.000000 | 1354.000000 | 1277.000000 | 1835.000000 | 2057.000000 | 1710 | 2058 | 2373 | 2431 | 2100 | 3104 | 2312 | 2211 | 2321 | 2156 | 2028 | 1614 | 1866 | 1757 | 1240 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Limited Partnerships | 206.000000 | 193.000000 | 165.000000 | 160.000000 | 158.000000 | 117.000000 | 104 | 131 | 189 | 142 | 66 | 98 | 56 | 53 | 38 | 64 | 25 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Public Accounting Firms | 7.000000 | 15.000000 | 12.000000 | 4.000000 | 16.000000 | 14.000000 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 128 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| Variable Capital Companies | 206.000000 | 171.000000 | 240.000000 | 314.000000 | 288.000000 | 0.000000 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Data Series | Text | No |
| 2025 | Numeric | No |
| 2024 | Numeric | No |
| 2023 | Numeric | No |
| 2022 | Numeric | No |
| 2021 | Numeric | No |
| 2020 | Numeric | No |
| 2019 | Text | No |
| 2018 | Text | No |
| 2017 | Text | No |
| 2016 | Text | No |
| 2015 | Text | No |
| 2014 | Text | No |
| 2013 | Text | No |
| 2012 | Text | No |
| 2011 | Text | No |
| 2010 | Text | No |
| 2009 | Text | No |
| 2008 | Text | No |
| 2007 | Text | No |
| 2006 | Text | No |
| 2005 | Text | No |
| 2004 | Text | No |
| 2003 | Text | No |
| 2002 | Text | No |
| 2001 | Text | No |
| 2000 | Text | No |
| 1999 | Text | No |
| 1998 | Text | No |
| 1997 | Text | No |
| 1996 | Text | No |
| 1995 | Text | No |
| 1994 | Text | No |
| 1993 | Text | No |
| 1992 | Text | No |
| 1991 | Text | No |
| 1990 | Text | No |