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| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - en |
| pretty_name: Company Counts by Country and Quality Tier (24 Markets, 2026) |
| tags: |
| - business |
| - economics |
| - finance |
| - companies |
| - government |
| - open-data |
| size_categories: |
| - n<1K |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: "*.csv" |
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| |
| # Company Counts by Country and Quality Tier (24 Markets, 2026) |
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| How many companies are registered in each country? This dataset gives the |
| aggregate company count for **24 markets** in 2026, broken down by quality tier, |
| sourced from official government registers and graded by |
| [OneFirmIntel](https://onefirmintel.com). |
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| It covers **216.6M+ companies**. Largest markets: Brazil (68.1M), India (43.0M), |
| France (29.6M), United States (23.0M), Australia (20.2M). |
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| This is an **aggregate** dataset: counts only, no company names, addresses, IDs |
| or records. |
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| ## Quality tiers |
| | column | meaning | |
| |---|---| |
| | `tier_listed` | stock-exchange-listed companies (★★★) | |
| | `tier_established` | active, registered 3+ years ago (★★) | |
| | `tier_new_entrant` | active, registered under 3 years ago (★) | |
| | `tier_inactive` | dissolved or struck off | |
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| ## Columns |
| `country_code`, `country`, `tier_listed`, `tier_established`, |
| `tier_new_entrant`, `tier_inactive`, `total`, `source`, `as_of`. |
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| ## Important note on comparability |
| Absolute company **counts** are comparable across markets. Tier **shares** are |
| **not** comparable across markets, because each government register models company |
| status differently (some registers do not publish struck-off records at all). |
| Compare totals across countries; use tier splits only within a single country. |
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| ## Source and attribution |
| Data is sourced from official government company registers and graded into |
| quality tiers by OneFirmIntel. Counts only; no records are included. |
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| - Live, drill-down statistics per market: https://onefirmintel.com/statistics/global-company-counts-2026 |
| - Free company-count tool: https://onefirmintel.com/tools/company-count |
| - About: https://onefirmintel.com |
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| **License:** CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to OneFirmIntel. |
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