{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "registered-companies",
  "name": "Registered Companies Worldwide and by Country",
  "description": "Explore modelled registered company totals, new registrations, closures and annual trends by country using World Bank Entrepreneurship Database data.",
  "page_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/registered-companies.html",
  "data_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/data/registered-companies.json",
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "zh",
    "hi",
    "ar",
    "fr",
    "pt",
    "ru",
    "de",
    "ja"
  ],
  "indicator_type": "modelled",
  "unit": "registered companies",
  "reference_period": "latest annual country data",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-12",
  "primary_sources": [
    "https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship/total-number-of-firms"
  ],
  "methodology_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/methodology.html",
  "terms_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/terms.html",
  "note": "Animated values are explanatory models unless the indicator type explicitly says direct catalogue data.",
  "snapshot": {
    "modelled_total": 83344652,
    "countries_with_total_data": 135,
    "modelled_net_change_per_minute": 6.75,
    "calculated_at": "2026-10-12"
  }
}