| Total businesses registered (number) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Brazil (2005) | 5,668,003 |
| 2 | United States (2005) | 5,156,000 |
| 3 | Mexico (2005) | 4,290,000 |
| 4 | Russia (2007) | 3,267,325 |
| 5 | Japan (2005) | 2,572,088 |
| 6 | United Kingdom (2007) | 2,546,200 |
| 7 | Canada (2007) | 2,500,000 |
| 8 | Spain (2007) | 2,435,689 |
| 9 | France (2006) | 1,267,419 |
| 10 | Netherlands (2005) | 1,030,000 |
| 11 | Romania (2007) | 870,195 |
| 12 | Turkey (2007) | 764,240 |
| 13 | India (2006) | 732,000 |
| 14 | Australia (2007) | 641,538 |
| 15 | Italy (2007) | 638,987 |
| 16 | Germany (2007) | 573,985 |
| 17 | South Africa (2005) | 553,425 |
| 18 | Ukraine (2007) | 528,864 |
| 19 | Hong Kong (2007) | 524,445 |
| 20 | Poland (2006) | 523,584 |
| 21 | Colombia (2007) | 497,778 |
| 22 | New Zealand (2007) | 474,212 |
| 23 | Portugal (2007) | 423,719 |
| 24 | Egypt (2005) | 367,559 |
| 25 | Belgium (2006) | 354,489 |
| 26 | Sweden (2007) | 326,052 |
| 27 | Bulgaria (2007) | 315,037 |
| 28 | Thailand (2007) | 297,084 |
| 29 | Hungary (2007) | 273,549 |
| 30 | Indonesia (2006) | 271,255 |
| 31 | Czech Republic (2006) | 244,417 |
| 32 | Chile (2006) | 223,345 |
| 33 | Argentina (2006) | 218,700 |
| 34 | Croatia (2007) | 200,955 |
| 35 | Denmark (2007) | 200,060 |
| 36 | Ireland (2007) | 180,891 |
| 37 | Israel (2006) | 162,910 |
| 38 | Switzerland (2007) | 162,326 |
| 39 | Cyprus (2005) | 137,636 |
| 40 | Slovakia (2007) | 135,330 |
| 41 | Singapore (2007) | 133,235 |
| 42 | Norway (2006) | 132,788 |
| 43 | Kenya (2005) | 125,102 |
| 44 | Finland (2006) | 120,294 |
| 45 | Algeria (2007) | 105,128 |
| 46 | Greece (2004) | 103,107 |
| 47 | Costa Rica (2007) | 102,311 |
| 48 | Ghana (2003) | 100,272 |
| 49 | Uganda (2005) | 89,503 |
| 50 | Serbia (2007) | 83,499 |
| 51 | Austria (2007) | 76,374 |
| 52 | Moldova (2007) | 73,532 |
| 53 | Azerbaijan (2007) | 69,309 |
| 54 | Bangladesh (2005) | 67,459 |
| 55 | Lithuania (2007) | 67,095 |
| 56 | Tunisia (2006) | 63,584 |
| 57 | Georgia (2007) | 59,641 |
| 58 | Tanzania (2005) | 59,163 |
| 59 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 56,465 |
| 60 | Armenia (2007) | 56,461 |
| 61 | Jamaica (2007) | 54,116 |
| 62 | Vietnam (2005) | 52,506 |
| 63 | Slovenia (2007) | 47,312 |
| 64 | Oman (2007) | 38,864 |
| 65 | Ecuador (2006) | 37,434 |
| 66 | Malta (2007) | 30,409 |
| 67 | Kazakhstan (2004) | 29,883 |
| 68 | Iceland (2007) | 29,307 |
| 69 | Bolivia (2005) | 24,649 |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006) | 23,634 |
| 71 | Netherlands Antilles (2006) | 22,342 |
| 72 | Luxembourg (2005) | 21,385 |
| 73 | Dominican Republic (2005) | 20,808 |
| 74 | Madagascar (2005) | 19,305 |
| 75 | Albania (2007) | 16,110 |
| 76 | Malawi (2005) | 5,595 |
| 77 | Syria (2005) | 2,268 |
| 78 | Senegal (2005) | 1,000 |
| 79 | Rwanda (2007) | 455 |
| 80 | Haiti (2005) | 300 |
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