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    Dec 19, 2023

    There were estimated to be approximately 333.34 million companies worldwide in 2021, slightly more than in 2019 and 2020 when there were around 328 million companies. .The most recent figure is also an estimated peak for global company numbers in the provided time period.

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    August 2022

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    Worldwide

    Survey time period

    2000 to 2021

    Supplementary notes

    Data compiled by Statista: Around 75% of figures based on national sources. Missing values estimates based on multiple regression analysis.

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