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This page shows the number of companies newly-incorporated and dissolved in HK per year, on a gross and net basis. Earliest records from the 19th century are understated due to lost records of dissolved companies. Registration was not required until 1911. Click and drag to zoom, right-click to reset. You can select the type of company below, but keep in mind that this is based on their latest recorded status, so for example, a company that is no longer listed on the stock exchange will no longer be categorised as a listed company.

Note: data on dissolutions are not reliable after 16-Nov-2020, when we started our last complete scan of the registry. On 22-Nov-2020, the registry implemented a new captcha system, preventing further data collection. The limited data available on data.gov.hk (comprising delayed weekly updates) only cover new incorporations and name-changes.

There is 1 company with an unknown incorporation date, number 699, "The General Commercial Company, Limited", dissolved on 20-Aug-1926. The company migrated from the Shanghai register and the HK Companies Registry has been unable to determine when it was incorporated.

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Year	Inc.	Diss.	Net	Total inc.	Total diss.	Net alive
1865-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1866-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1867-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1868-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1869-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1870-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1871-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1872-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1873-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1874-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1875-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1876-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1877-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1878-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1879-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1880-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1881-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1882-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1883-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884-01-01	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885-01-01	1	0	1	1	0	1
1886-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1887-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1888-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1889-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1890-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1891-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1892-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1893-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1894-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1895-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1896-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1897-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1898-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1899-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1900-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1901-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1902-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1903-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1904-01-01	0	0	0	1	0	1
1905-01-01	1	0	1	2	0	2
1906-01-01	0	0	0	2	0	2
1907-01-01	2	0	2	4	0	4
1908-01-01	0	0	0	4	0	4
1909-01-01	0	0	0	4	0	4
1910-01-01	0	0	0	4	0	4
1911-01-01	2	0	2	6	0	6
1912-01-01	0	0	0	6	0	6
1913-01-01	0	0	0	6	0	6
1914-01-01	0	0	0	6	0	6
1915-01-01	1	0	1	7	0	7
1916-01-01	0	0	0	7	0	7
1917-01-01	0	0	0	7	0	7
1918-01-01	0	0	0	7	0	7
1919-01-01	0	0	0	7	0	7
1920-01-01	0	0	0	7	0	7
1921-01-01	1	0	1	8	0	8
1922-01-01	0	0	0	8	0	8
1923-01-01	1	0	1	9	0	9
1924-01-01	0	0	0	9	0	9
1925-01-01	1	0	1	10	0	10
1926-01-01	1	0	1	11	0	11
1927-01-01	1	0	1	12	0	12
1928-01-01	2	0	2	14	0	14
1929-01-01	0	0	0	14	0	14
1930-01-01	3	0	3	17	0	17
1931-01-01	2	0	2	19	0	19
1932-01-01	1	0	1	20	0	20
1933-01-01	1	0	1	21	0	21
1934-01-01	0	0	0	21	0	21
1935-01-01	2	0	2	23	0	23
1936-01-01	3	0	3	26	0	26
1937-01-01	2	0	2	28	0	28
1938-01-01	2	0	2	30	0	30
1939-01-01	1	0	1	31	0	31
1940-01-01	1	0	1	32	0	32
1941-01-01	2	0	2	34	0	34
1942-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1943-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1944-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1945-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1946-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1947-01-01	0	0	0	34	0	34
1948-01-01	1	0	1	35	0	35
1949-01-01	1	0	1	36	0	36
1950-01-01	2	0	2	38	0	38
1951-01-01	7	0	7	45	0	45
1952-01-01	4	0	4	49	0	49
1953-01-01	5	0	5	54	0	54
1954-01-01	4	0	4	58	0	58
1955-01-01	7	0	7	65	0	65
1956-01-01	6	0	6	71	0	71
1957-01-01	4	0	4	75	0	75
1958-01-01	13	0	13	88	0	88
1959-01-01	13	0	13	101	0	101
1960-01-01	12	0	12	113	0	113
1961-01-01	11	0	11	124	0	124
1962-01-01	19	0	19	143	0	143
1963-01-01	18	0	18	161	0	161
1964-01-01	41	0	41	202	0	202
1965-01-01	33	0	33	235	0	235
1966-01-01	31	0	31	266	0	266
1967-01-01	29	0	29	295	0	295
1968-01-01	35	0	35	330	0	330
1969-01-01	49	0	49	379	0	379
1970-01-01	69	0	69	448	0	448
1971-01-01	47	0	47	495	0	495
1972-01-01	49	0	49	544	0	544
1973-01-01	46	0	46	590	0	590
1974-01-01	46	0	46	636	0	636
1975-01-01	40	0	40	676	0	676
1976-01-01	45	0	45	721	0	721
1977-01-01	61	0	61	782	0	782
1978-01-01	46	0	46	828	0	828
1979-01-01	61	0	61	889	0	889
1980-01-01	46	0	46	935	0	935
1981-01-01	53	0	53	988	0	988
1982-01-01	80	0	80	1,068	0	1,068
1983-01-01	62	0	62	1,130	0	1,130
1984-01-01	78	0	78	1,208	0	1,208
1985-01-01	85	0	85	1,293	0	1,293
1986-01-01	94	0	94	1,387	0	1,387
1987-01-01	60	0	60	1,447	0	1,447
1988-01-01	84	0	84	1,531	0	1,531
1989-01-01	72	0	72	1,603	0	1,603
1990-01-01	85	0	85	1,688	0	1,688
1991-01-01	100	0	100	1,788	0	1,788
1992-01-01	108	0	108	1,896	0	1,896
1993-01-01	95	0	95	1,991	0	1,991
1994-01-01	107	0	107	2,098	0	2,098
1995-01-01	92	0	92	2,190	0	2,190
1996-01-01	126	0	126	2,316	0	2,316
1997-01-01	159	1	158	2,475	1	2,474
1998-01-01	129	0	129	2,604	1	2,603
1999-01-01	185	0	185	2,789	1	2,788
2000-01-01	214	0	214	3,003	1	3,002
2001-01-01	158	0	158	3,161	1	3,160
2002-01-01	229	0	229	3,390	1	3,389
2003-01-01	243	0	243	3,633	1	3,632
2004-01-01	311	0	311	3,944	1	3,943
2005-01-01	368	0	368	4,312	1	4,311
2006-01-01	318	0	318	4,630	1	4,629
2007-01-01	428	0	428	5,058	1	5,057
2008-01-01	427	0	427	5,485	1	5,484
2009-01-01	383	0	383	5,868	1	5,867
2010-01-01	505	62	443	6,373	63	6,310
2011-01-01	763	267	496	7,136	330	6,806
2012-01-01	748	62	686	7,884	392	7,492
2013-01-01	828	178	650	8,712	570	8,142
2014-01-01	932	157	775	9,644	727	8,917
2015-01-01	946	391	555	10,590	1,118	9,472
2016-01-01	884	347	537	11,474	1,465	10,009
2017-01-01	950	390	560	12,424	1,855	10,569
2018-01-01	963	382	581	13,387	2,237	11,150
2019-01-01	987	331	656	14,374	2,568	11,806
2020-01-01	959	276	683	15,333	2,844	12,489
2021-01-01	1,029	0	1,029	16,362	2,844	13,518
2022-01-01	976	0	976	17,338	2,844	14,494
2023-01-01	1,137	0	1,137	18,475	2,844	15,631
2024-01-01	336	1	335	18,811	2,845	15,966

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