Non-HK companies in HK

This page shows the number of non-HK companies registered and dissolved/departed in HK per year. A company which ceases to be registered in HK may still carry on business elsewhere, or it may later dissolve. Click and drag to zoom, double-click to reset.

Note: data on deregistrations 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 registrations and name-changes, without stating domicile.

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Year	Reg.	Dep./ Diss.	Net	Total reg.	Total dep./ diss.	Net alive
1946	85	1	84	85	1	84
1947	88	3	85	173	4	169
1948	70	13	57	243	17	226
1949	35	9	26	278	26	252
1950	55	51	4	333	77	256
1951	21	17	4	354	94	260
1952	30	19	11	384	113	271
1953	14	16	-2	398	129	269
1954	34	9	25	432	138	294
1955	45	16	29	477	154	323
1956	26	11	15	503	165	338
1957	37	15	22	540	180	360
1958	29	14	15	569	194	375
1959	42	23	19	611	217	394
1960	39	18	21	650	235	415
1961	40	29	11	690	264	426
1962	52	17	35	742	281	461
1963	52	21	31	794	302	492
1964	57	29	28	851	331	520
1965	48	29	19	899	360	539
1966	47	33	14	946	393	553
1967	45	24	21	991	417	574
1968	41	32	9	1,032	449	583
1969	53	26	27	1,085	475	610
1970	84	30	54	1,169	505	664
1971	106	42	64	1,275	547	728
1972	102	35	67	1,377	582	795
1973	74	49	25	1,451	631	820
1974	82	64	18	1,533	695	838
1975	57	38	19	1,590	733	857
1976	86	35	51	1,676	768	908
1977	119	44	75	1,795	812	983
1978	181	62	119	1,976	874	1,102
1979	172	36	136	2,148	910	1,238
1980	182	59	123	2,330	969	1,361
1981	208	58	150	2,538	1,027	1,511
1982	213	71	142	2,751	1,098	1,653
1983	257	85	172	3,008	1,183	1,825
1984	214	86	128	3,222	1,269	1,953
1985	232	144	88	3,454	1,413	2,041
1986	287	169	118	3,741	1,582	2,159
1987	240	165	75	3,981	1,747	2,234
1988	250	191	59	4,231	1,938	2,293
1989	266	160	106	4,497	2,098	2,399
1990	349	195	154	4,846	2,293	2,553
1991	403	216	187	5,249	2,509	2,740
1992	551	197	354	5,800	2,706	3,094
1993	498	166	332	6,298	2,872	3,426
1994	573	185	388	6,871	3,057	3,814
1995	582	260	322	7,453	3,317	4,136
1996	646	338	308	8,099	3,655	4,444
1997	713	243	470	8,812	3,898	4,914
1998	570	337	233	9,382	4,235	5,147
1999	658	348	310	10,040	4,583	5,457
2000	814	420	394	10,854	5,003	5,851
2001	806	457	349	11,660	5,460	6,200
2002	700	407	293	12,360	5,867	6,493
2003	725	455	270	13,085	6,322	6,763
2004	730	437	293	13,815	6,759	7,056
2005	620	455	165	14,435	7,214	7,221
2006	608	346	262	15,043	7,560	7,483
2007	748	353	395	15,791	7,913	7,878
2008	872	414	458	16,663	8,327	8,336
2009	683	1,215	-532	17,346	9,542	7,804
2010	737	493	244	18,083	10,035	8,048
2011	797	387	410	18,880	10,422	8,458
2012	686	388	298	19,566	10,810	8,756
2013	780	359	421	20,346	11,169	9,177
2014	811	444	367	21,157	11,613	9,544
2015	894	501	393	22,051	12,114	9,937
2016	874	883	-9	22,925	12,997	9,928
2017	1,028	558	470	23,953	13,555	10,398
2018	1,192	555	637	25,145	14,110	11,035
2019	2,000	544	1,456	27,145	14,654	12,491
2020	1,757	352	1,405	28,902	15,006	13,896
2021	1,316	2	1,314	30,218	15,008	15,210
2022	874	2	872	31,092	15,010	16,082
2023	212	0	212	31,304	15,010	16,294

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