New businesses registered in Morocco
Morocco: New businesses registered was 67,138 number in 2024. ▲ Rising
New businesses registered in Morocco, 2006–2024
Source: Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB). Measured in number.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 67,138 number for new businesses registered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 91.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, new businesses registered in Morocco peaked at 72,252 number in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17,891 number, in 2006.
Morocco ranks 27th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
New businesses registered in Morocco, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17,891 number | — |
| 2007 | 25,063 number | +40.1% |
| 2008 | 26,913 number | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 27,496 number | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 28,100 number | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 30,375 number | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 33,148 number | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 33,484 number | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 35,018 number | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 36,091 number | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 39,280 number | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 40,318 number | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 45,801 number | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 50,287 number | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 54,959 number | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 72,252 number | +31.5% |
| 2022 | 63,343 number | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 63,661 number | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 67,138 number | +5.5% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 67,138 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,646 number, 11.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 67,138 number is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 11,590 number, 5.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where New businesses registered in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +40.1% | 17,891 number | 25,063 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,341 number | 17,891 number | 27,496 number | 4 |
| 2010s | 37,190 number | 28,100 number | 50,287 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,271 number | 54,959 number | 72,252 number | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,295 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2729 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is new businesses registered in Morocco?
- New businesses registered in Morocco was 67,138 number in 2024, according to Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest new businesses registered recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 72,252 number in 2021.
- What is the lowest new businesses registered recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,891 number in 2006.
- How does Morocco rank for new businesses registered?
- Morocco ranks 27th out of 177 countries with data for 2024.
- Is new businesses registered rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 91.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB), published as part of New businesses registered (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
New businesses registered are the number of new limited liability corporations (or its equivalent) registered in the calendar year.