HK companies

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
0 11 0 11 11 0 11
1865 2 0 2 13 0 13
1866 68 0 68 81 0 81
1867 0 0 0 81 0 81
1868 1 0 1 82 0 82
1869 0 0 0 82 0 82
1870 1 0 1 83 0 83
1871 0 0 0 83 0 83
1872 0 0 0 83 0 83
1873 0 0 0 83 0 83
1874 0 0 0 83 0 83
1875 0 0 0 83 0 83
1876 0 0 0 83 0 83
1877 0 0 0 83 0 83
1878 1 0 1 84 0 84
1879 0 0 0 84 0 84
1880 1 0 1 85 0 85
1881 2 0 2 87 0 87
1882 1 0 1 88 0 88
1883 2 0 2 90 0 90
1884 0 0 0 90 0 90
1885 1 0 1 91 0 91
1886 3 0 3 94 0 94
1887 1 0 1 95 0 95
1888 3 0 3 98 0 98
1889 7 0 7 105 0 105
1890 0 0 0 105 0 105
1891 4 0 4 109 0 109
1892 1 0 1 110 0 110
1893 0 0 0 110 0 110
1894 0 0 0 110 0 110
1895 2 0 2 112 0 112
1896 3 0 3 115 0 115
1897 0 0 0 115 0 115
1898 2 0 2 117 0 117
1899 4 0 4 121 0 121
1900 2 0 2 123 0 123
1901 7 0 7 130 0 130
1902 3 0 3 133 0 133
1903 7 0 7 140 0 140
1904 6 0 6 146 0 146
1905 3 0 3 149 0 149
1906 7 0 7 156 0 156
1907 7 0 7 163 0 163
1908 6 0 6 169 0 169
1909 6 0 6 175 0 175
1910 10 0 10 185 0 185
1911 10 0 10 195 0 195
1912 9 0 9 204 0 204
1913 13 0 13 217 0 217
1914 18 0 18 235 0 235
1915 29 0 29 264 0 264
1916 30 0 30 294 0 294
1917 21 3 18 315 3 312
1918 26 9 17 341 12 329
1919 49 11 38 390 23 367
1920 50 15 35 440 38 402
1921 65 23 42 505 61 444
1922 55 36 19 560 97 463
1923 89 20 69 649 117 532
1924 96 30 66 745 147 598
1925 39 42 -3 784 189 595
1926 39 45 -6 823 234 589
1927 48 32 16 871 266 605
1928 70 39 31 941 305 636
1929 58 37 21 999 342 657
1930 64 42 22 1,063 384 679
1931 85 41 44 1,148 425 723
1932 84 31 53 1,232 456 776
1933 95 47 48 1,327 503 824
1934 69 67 2 1,396 570 826
1935 60 70 -10 1,456 640 816
1936 57 31 26 1,513 671 842
1937 73 26 47 1,586 697 889
1938 85 19 66 1,671 716 955
1939 84 12 72 1,755 728 1,027
1940 88 6 82 1,843 734 1,109
1941 77 8 69 1,920 742 1,178
1942 0 0 0 1,920 742 1,178
1943 0 0 0 1,920 742 1,178
1944 0 0 0 1,920 742 1,178
1945 0 0 0 1,920 742 1,178
1946 365 1 364 2,285 743 1,542
1947 294 10 284 2,579 753 1,826
1948 215 14 201 2,794 767 2,027
1949 263 25 238 3,057 792 2,265
1950 220 144 76 3,277 936 2,341
1951 227 88 139 3,504 1,024 2,480
1952 245 156 89 3,749 1,180 2,569
1953 204 89 115 3,953 1,269 2,684
1954 233 73 160 4,186 1,342 2,844
1955 266 103 163 4,452 1,445 3,007
1956 263 444 -181 4,715 1,889 2,826
1957 348 111 237 5,063 2,000 3,063
1958 349 80 269 5,412 2,080 3,332
1959 447 74 373 5,859 2,154 3,705
1960 642 85 557 6,501 2,239 4,262
1961 861 67 794 7,362 2,306 5,056
1962 1,070 119 951 8,432 2,425 6,007
1963 1,249 109 1,140 9,681 2,534 7,147
1964 1,440 138 1,302 11,121 2,672 8,449
1965 1,255 123 1,132 12,376 2,795 9,581
1966 1,383 233 1,150 13,759 3,028 10,731
1967 1,238 255 983 14,997 3,283 11,714
1968 1,678 378 1,300 16,675 3,661 13,014
1969 2,545 321 2,224 19,220 3,982 15,238
1970 3,419 363 3,056 22,639 4,345 18,294
1971 3,847 458 3,389 26,486 4,803 21,683
1972 4,811 375 4,436 31,297 5,178 26,119
1973 5,519 295 5,224 36,816 5,473 31,343
1974 4,566 442 4,124 41,382 5,915 35,467
1975 4,170 635 3,535 45,552 6,550 39,002
1976 5,478 716 4,762 51,030 7,266 43,764
1977 6,785 796 5,989 57,815 8,062 49,753
1978 8,847 883 7,964 66,662 8,945 57,717
1979 10,283 766 9,517 76,945 9,711 67,234
1980 14,596 858 13,738 91,541 10,569 80,972
1981 15,877 800 15,077 107,418 11,369 96,049
1982 12,982 929 12,053 120,400 12,298 108,102
1983 11,558 1,277 10,281 131,958 13,575 118,383
1984 13,434 1,501 11,933 145,392 15,076 130,316
1985 18,465 1,840 16,625 163,857 16,916 146,941
1986 16,744 2,225 14,519 180,601 19,141 161,460
1987 26,380 2,867 23,513 206,981 22,008 184,973
1988 30,474 2,441 28,033 237,455 24,449 213,006
1989 31,673 2,667 29,006 269,128 27,116 242,012
1990 26,147 3,429 22,718 295,275 30,545 264,730
1991 43,975 4,842 39,133 339,250 35,387 303,863
1992 58,110 4,409 53,701 397,360 39,796 357,564
1993 61,831 4,087 57,744 459,191 43,883 415,308
1994 42,723 5,882 36,841 501,914 49,765 452,149
1995 33,008 13,964 19,044 534,922 63,729 471,193
1996 49,734 38,349 11,385 584,656 102,078 482,578
1997 49,275 57,768 -8,493 633,931 159,846 474,085
1998 29,947 29,946 1 663,878 189,792 474,086
1999 35,560 19,276 16,284 699,438 209,068 490,370
2000 43,359 22,677 20,682 742,797 231,745 511,052
2001 38,258 39,313 -1,055 781,055 271,058 509,997
2002 46,554 53,785 -7,231 827,609 324,843 502,766
2003 50,049 55,680 -5,631 877,658 380,523 497,135
2004 65,558 43,949 21,609 943,216 424,472 518,744
2005 73,359 42,374 30,985 1,016,575 466,846 549,729
2006 81,974 39,185 42,789 1,098,549 506,031 592,518
2007 100,761 37,871 62,890 1,199,310 543,902 655,408
2008 98,645 42,781 55,864 1,297,955 586,683 711,272
2009 109,424 47,777 61,647 1,407,379 634,460 772,919
2010 139,530 48,070 91,460 1,546,909 682,530 864,379
2011 148,329 55,707 92,622 1,695,238 738,237 957,001
2012 150,165 61,939 88,226 1,845,403 800,176 1,045,227
2013 174,031 55,731 118,300 2,019,434 855,907 1,163,527
2014 167,280 57,540 109,740 2,186,714 913,447 1,273,267
2015 139,209 123,172 16,037 2,325,923 1,036,619 1,289,304
2016 144,883 92,337 52,546 2,470,806 1,128,956 1,341,850
2017 160,229 117,467 42,762 2,631,035 1,246,423 1,384,612
2018 151,739 134,783 16,956 2,782,774 1,381,206 1,401,568
2019 124,741 145,646 -20,905 2,907,515 1,526,852 1,380,663
2020 99,404 79,174 20,230 3,006,919 1,606,026 1,400,893
2021 110,806 5 110,801 3,117,725 1,606,031 1,511,694
2022 104,092 6 104,086 3,221,817 1,606,037 1,615,780
2023 33,196 0 33,196 3,255,013 1,606,037 1,648,976

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