Survival of HK companies at 2025-02-14
This page shows, at the chosen date, the number of surviving and dissolved HK-incorporated companies for each year of incorporation. 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 zoom out.
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.
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Year | Inc. | live | Survival % |
Total inc. |
Total live |
Total survival % |
|
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1 | 1865 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
2 | 1866 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
3 | 1867 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
4 | 1868 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
5 | 1869 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
6 | 1870 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
7 | 1871 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
8 | 1872 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
9 | 1873 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
10 | 1874 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
11 | 1875 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
12 | 1876 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
13 | 1877 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
14 | 1878 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
15 | 1879 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
16 | 1880 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
17 | 1881 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
18 | 1882 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 3 | 3 | 100.00 |
19 | 1883 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 4 | 4 | 100.00 |
20 | 1884 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 4 | 100.00 |
21 | 1885 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 |
22 | 1886 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 |
23 | 1887 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 8 | 8 | 100.00 |
24 | 1888 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 9 | 9 | 100.00 |
25 | 1889 | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 12 | 12 | 100.00 |
26 | 1890 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 12 | 100.00 |
27 | 1891 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 13 | 13 | 100.00 |
28 | 1892 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 13 | 100.00 |
29 | 1893 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 13 | 100.00 |
30 | 1894 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 13 | 100.00 |
31 | 1895 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 14 | 14 | 100.00 |
32 | 1896 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 15 | 15 | 100.00 |
33 | 1897 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 15 | 100.00 |
34 | 1898 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 16 | 16 | 100.00 |
35 | 1899 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 18 | 18 | 100.00 |
36 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 18 | 100.00 |
37 | 1901 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 18 | 94.74 |
38 | 1902 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 18 | 94.74 |
39 | 1903 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | 21 | 19 | 90.48 |
40 | 1904 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 22 | 20 | 90.91 |
41 | 1905 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 24 | 22 | 91.67 |
42 | 1906 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 25 | 23 | 92.00 |
43 | 1907 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 27 | 25 | 92.59 |
44 | 1908 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 25 | 92.59 |
45 | 1909 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 25 | 92.59 |
46 | 1910 | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 30 | 28 | 93.33 |
47 | 1911 | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | 33 | 30 | 90.91 |
48 | 1912 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 35 | 32 | 91.43 |
49 | 1913 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 36 | 33 | 91.67 |
50 | 1914 | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 39 | 34 | 87.18 |
51 | 1915 | 5 | 4 | 80.00 | 44 | 38 | 86.36 |
52 | 1916 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 45 | 39 | 86.67 |
53 | 1917 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 46 | 40 | 86.96 |
54 | 1918 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 48 | 42 | 87.50 |
55 | 1919 | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 51 | 45 | 88.24 |
56 | 1920 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 53 | 47 | 88.68 |
57 | 1921 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 58 | 52 | 89.66 |
58 | 1922 | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 64 | 58 | 90.63 |
59 | 1923 | 8 | 7 | 87.50 | 72 | 65 | 90.28 |
60 | 1924 | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 78 | 71 | 91.03 |
61 | 1925 | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 81 | 74 | 91.36 |
62 | 1926 | 5 | 4 | 80.00 | 86 | 78 | 90.70 |
63 | 1927 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 91 | 83 | 91.21 |
64 | 1928 | 4 | 4 | 100.00 | 95 | 87 | 91.58 |
65 | 1929 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 100 | 92 | 92.00 |
66 | 1930 | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 106 | 98 | 92.45 |
67 | 1931 | 10 | 10 | 100.00 | 116 | 108 | 93.10 |
68 | 1932 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 121 | 113 | 93.39 |
69 | 1933 | 10 | 10 | 100.00 | 131 | 123 | 93.89 |
70 | 1934 | 5 | 4 | 80.00 | 136 | 127 | 93.38 |
71 | 1935 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 | 143 | 134 | 93.71 |
72 | 1936 | 6 | 5 | 83.33 | 149 | 139 | 93.29 |
73 | 1937 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 | 156 | 146 | 93.59 |
74 | 1938 | 7 | 6 | 85.71 | 163 | 152 | 93.25 |
75 | 1939 | 11 | 10 | 90.91 | 174 | 162 | 93.10 |
76 | 1940 | 12 | 10 | 83.33 | 186 | 172 | 92.47 |
77 | 1941 | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 192 | 178 | 92.71 |
78 | 1942 | 0 | 0 | - | 192 | 178 | 92.71 |
79 | 1943 | 0 | 0 | - | 192 | 178 | 92.71 |
80 | 1944 | 0 | 0 | - | 192 | 178 | 92.71 |
81 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | - | 192 | 178 | 92.71 |
82 | 1946 | 34 | 27 | 79.41 | 226 | 205 | 90.71 |
83 | 1947 | 41 | 38 | 92.68 | 267 | 243 | 91.01 |
84 | 1948 | 33 | 26 | 78.79 | 300 | 269 | 89.67 |
85 | 1949 | 31 | 29 | 93.55 | 331 | 298 | 90.03 |
86 | 1950 | 26 | 25 | 96.15 | 357 | 323 | 90.48 |
87 | 1951 | 40 | 37 | 92.50 | 397 | 360 | 90.68 |
88 | 1952 | 49 | 45 | 91.84 | 446 | 405 | 90.81 |
89 | 1953 | 36 | 34 | 94.44 | 482 | 439 | 91.08 |
90 | 1954 | 53 | 46 | 86.79 | 535 | 485 | 90.65 |
91 | 1955 | 57 | 49 | 85.96 | 592 | 534 | 90.20 |
92 | 1956 | 59 | 52 | 88.14 | 651 | 586 | 90.02 |
93 | 1957 | 75 | 67 | 89.33 | 726 | 653 | 89.94 |
94 | 1958 | 65 | 63 | 96.92 | 791 | 716 | 90.52 |
95 | 1959 | 90 | 77 | 85.56 | 881 | 793 | 90.01 |
96 | 1960 | 138 | 119 | 86.23 | 1,019 | 912 | 89.50 |
97 | 1961 | 170 | 144 | 84.71 | 1,189 | 1,056 | 88.81 |
98 | 1962 | 258 | 229 | 88.76 | 1,447 | 1,285 | 88.80 |
99 | 1963 | 251 | 225 | 89.64 | 1,698 | 1,510 | 88.93 |
100 | 1964 | 307 | 266 | 86.64 | 2,005 | 1,776 | 88.58 |
101 | 1965 | 261 | 228 | 87.36 | 2,266 | 2,004 | 88.44 |
102 | 1966 | 282 | 245 | 86.88 | 2,548 | 2,249 | 88.27 |
103 | 1967 | 230 | 206 | 89.57 | 2,778 | 2,455 | 88.37 |
104 | 1968 | 311 | 265 | 85.21 | 3,089 | 2,720 | 88.05 |
105 | 1969 | 510 | 434 | 85.10 | 3,599 | 3,154 | 87.64 |
106 | 1970 | 666 | 582 | 87.39 | 4,265 | 3,736 | 87.60 |
107 | 1971 | 730 | 626 | 85.75 | 4,995 | 4,362 | 87.33 |
108 | 1972 | 946 | 831 | 87.84 | 5,941 | 5,193 | 87.41 |
109 | 1973 | 1,076 | 906 | 84.20 | 7,017 | 6,099 | 86.92 |
110 | 1974 | 802 | 663 | 82.67 | 7,819 | 6,762 | 86.48 |
111 | 1975 | 783 | 656 | 83.78 | 8,602 | 7,418 | 86.24 |
112 | 1976 | 1,126 | 906 | 80.46 | 9,728 | 8,324 | 85.57 |
113 | 1977 | 1,577 | 1,187 | 75.27 | 11,305 | 9,511 | 84.13 |
114 | 1978 | 1,977 | 1,541 | 77.95 | 13,282 | 11,052 | 83.21 |
115 | 1979 | 2,239 | 1,674 | 74.77 | 15,521 | 12,726 | 81.99 |
116 | 1980 | 3,242 | 2,493 | 76.90 | 18,763 | 15,219 | 81.11 |
117 | 1981 | 3,473 | 2,625 | 75.58 | 22,236 | 17,844 | 80.25 |
118 | 1982 | 2,911 | 2,136 | 73.38 | 25,147 | 19,980 | 79.45 |
119 | 1983 | 2,649 | 1,955 | 73.80 | 27,796 | 21,935 | 78.91 |
120 | 1984 | 3,304 | 2,450 | 74.15 | 31,100 | 24,385 | 78.41 |
121 | 1985 | 4,787 | 3,503 | 73.18 | 35,887 | 27,888 | 77.71 |
122 | 1986 | 4,654 | 3,426 | 73.61 | 40,541 | 31,314 | 77.24 |
123 | 1987 | 7,178 | 5,232 | 72.89 | 47,719 | 36,546 | 76.59 |
124 | 1988 | 8,329 | 6,065 | 72.82 | 56,048 | 42,611 | 76.03 |
125 | 1989 | 8,631 | 6,150 | 71.25 | 64,679 | 48,761 | 75.39 |
126 | 1990 | 7,390 | 5,252 | 71.07 | 72,069 | 54,013 | 74.95 |
127 | 1991 | 13,123 | 9,294 | 70.82 | 85,192 | 63,307 | 74.31 |
128 | 1992 | 15,626 | 10,674 | 68.31 | 100,818 | 73,981 | 73.38 |
129 | 1993 | 16,828 | 11,404 | 67.77 | 117,646 | 85,385 | 72.58 |
130 | 1994 | 12,737 | 8,551 | 67.14 | 130,383 | 93,936 | 72.05 |
131 | 1995 | 10,750 | 7,097 | 66.02 | 141,133 | 101,033 | 71.59 |
132 | 1996 | 16,488 | 10,985 | 66.62 | 157,621 | 112,018 | 71.07 |
133 | 1997 | 17,123 | 11,068 | 64.64 | 174,744 | 123,086 | 70.44 |
134 | 1998 | 11,817 | 7,604 | 64.35 | 186,561 | 130,690 | 70.05 |
135 | 1999 | 15,232 | 9,605 | 63.06 | 201,793 | 140,295 | 69.52 |
136 | 2000 | 19,226 | 11,643 | 60.56 | 221,019 | 151,938 | 68.74 |
137 | 2001 | 18,439 | 10,750 | 58.30 | 239,458 | 162,688 | 67.94 |
138 | 2002 | 24,036 | 13,410 | 55.79 | 263,494 | 176,098 | 66.83 |
139 | 2003 | 29,020 | 15,783 | 54.39 | 292,514 | 191,881 | 65.60 |
140 | 2004 | 41,947 | 21,149 | 50.42 | 334,461 | 213,030 | 63.69 |
141 | 2005 | 52,745 | 23,966 | 45.44 | 387,206 | 236,996 | 61.21 |
142 | 2006 | 66,930 | 26,517 | 39.62 | 454,136 | 263,513 | 58.03 |
143 | 2007 | 86,234 | 35,842 | 41.56 | 540,370 | 299,355 | 55.40 |
144 | 2008 | 90,963 | 34,236 | 37.64 | 631,333 | 333,591 | 52.84 |
145 | 2009 | 104,084 | 41,202 | 39.59 | 735,417 | 374,793 | 50.96 |
146 | 2010 | 134,605 | 55,743 | 41.41 | 870,022 | 430,536 | 49.49 |
147 | 2011 | 147,925 | 63,527 | 42.95 | 1,017,947 | 494,063 | 48.54 |
148 | 2012 | 150,164 | 67,485 | 44.94 | 1,168,111 | 561,548 | 48.07 |
149 | 2013 | 174,031 | 81,022 | 46.56 | 1,342,142 | 642,570 | 47.88 |
150 | 2014 | 167,280 | 87,107 | 52.07 | 1,509,422 | 729,677 | 48.34 |
151 | 2015 | 139,209 | 83,463 | 59.96 | 1,648,631 | 813,140 | 49.32 |
152 | 2016 | 144,883 | 95,281 | 65.76 | 1,793,514 | 908,421 | 50.65 |
153 | 2017 | 160,229 | 126,523 | 78.96 | 1,953,743 | 1,034,944 | 52.97 |
154 | 2018 | 151,739 | 139,292 | 91.80 | 2,105,482 | 1,174,236 | 55.77 |
155 | 2019 | 124,744 | 122,418 | 98.14 | 2,230,226 | 1,296,654 | 58.14 |
156 | 2020 | 99,479 | 99,455 | 99.98 | 2,329,705 | 1,396,109 | 59.93 |
157 | 2021 | 111,221 | 111,216 | 100.00 | 2,440,926 | 1,507,325 | 61.75 |
158 | 2022 | 104,345 | 104,345 | 100.00 | 2,545,271 | 1,611,670 | 63.32 |
159 | 2023 | 132,551 | 132,551 | 100.00 | 2,677,822 | 1,744,221 | 65.14 |
160 | 2024 | 145,008 | 145,008 | 100.00 | 2,822,830 | 1,889,229 | 66.93 |
161 | 2025 | 13,659 | 13,659 | 100.00 | 2,836,489 | 1,902,888 | 67.09 |
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