As the national business registry of Singapore, ACRA maintains the register of business entities. The following statistics on business entities registered with ACRA will be updated on a monthly basis.
2020 Statistical Highlights - Monthly business entity count
Entity type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Businesses (Partnerships & Sole Proprietorships) |
143,207 |
142,833 |
142,481 |
142,272 |
142,064 |
142,569 |
142,953 |
143,479 |
143,812 |
144,240 |
144,450 |
144,453 |
Companies* |
357,051 |
358,243 |
359,704 |
359,852 |
360,113 |
361,315 |
362,910 |
366,949 |
367,697 |
371,138 |
372,835 |
374,038 |
Limited Liability Partnerships |
17,260 |
17,292 |
17,355 |
17,408 |
17,442 |
17,516 |
17,630 |
17,850 |
17,777 |
17,920 |
17,930 |
17,884 |
Limited Partnerships |
421 |
416 |
420 |
424 |
434 |
436 |
451 |
455 |
466 |
468 |
474 |
479 |
Public Accounting Firms |
456 |
455 |
455 |
456 |
457 |
456 |
452 |
453 |
455 |
454 |
454 |
449
|
Total Live count |
518,395 |
519,239 |
520,415 |
520,412 |
520,510 |
522,292 |
524,396 |
529,186 |
530,207 |
534,220 |
536,143 |
537,303 |
* Local and foreign companies
Data as of 1 January 2021
Formation of business entities (2020)
Entity type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Businesses (Partnerships & Sole Proprietorships) |
1,206 |
1,220 |
1,419 |
1,283 |
1,356 |
1,946 |
1,889 |
1,876 |
1,729 |
1,860 |
1,609 |
1,538 |
Companies* |
3,732 |
3,156 |
3,405 |
2,349 |
2,298 |
3,417 |
3,974 |
4,102 |
4,139 |
4,305 |
3,811 |
3,673 |
Limited Liability Partnerships |
137 |
134 |
136 |
130 |
136 |
188 |
220 |
221 |
165 |
209 |
201 |
180 |
Limited Partnerships |
7 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
13 |
11 |
17 |
10 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
Public Accounting Firms |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
Total Formation |
5,082 |
4,515 |
4,969 |
3,768 |
3,804 |
5,563 |
6,100 |
6,210 |
6,047 |
6,384 |
5,633 |
5,405 |
* Local and foreign companies
Formation of business entities by sector (2020)
Entity type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Manufacturing |
167 |
131 |
205 |
130 |
156 |
241 |
247 |
265 |
232 |
251 |
237 |
212 |
Construction |
205 |
209 |
226 |
102 |
91 |
148 |
214 |
204 |
236 |
277 |
238 |
249 |
Wholesale Trade |
899 |
741 |
852 |
693 |
692 |
1,043 |
1,232 |
1,205 |
1,043 |
990 |
849 |
762 |
Retail Trade |
476 |
399 |
480 |
543 |
668 |
995 |
965 |
955 |
900 |
954 |
832 |
776 |
Transportation & Storage |
240 |
215 |
212 |
232 |
169 |
268 |
286 |
318 |
270 |
280 |
221 |
213 |
Accommodation |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
Food & Beverage Service Activities |
196 |
204 |
216 |
138 |
135 |
237 |
315 |
336 |
366 |
428 |
359 |
355 |
Information & Communications |
543 |
486 |
485 |
444 |
420 |
611 |
594 |
701 |
605 |
606 |
577 |
557 |
Financial & Insurance Activities |
530 |
481 |
531 |
365 |
349 |
442 |
529 |
474 |
581 |
592 |
560 |
568 |
Real Estate Activities |
53 |
47 |
51 |
21 |
30 |
44 |
53 |
44 |
63 |
95 |
57 |
73 |
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities |
958 |
862 |
876 |
632 |
596 |
788 |
837 |
931 |
885 |
946 |
847 |
818 |
Administrative & Support Service Activities |
248 |
236 |
250 |
112 |
102 |
198 |
189 |
181 |
178 |
219 |
179 |
165 |
Education, Health & Social Services |
283 |
235 |
267 |
177 |
187 |
235 |
287 |
246 |
300 |
320 |
299 |
294 |
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services Activities |
251 |
235 |
268 |
153 |
169 |
273 |
325 |
314 |
348 |
372 |
329 |
325 |
Others |
28 |
28 |
44 |
21 |
38 |
38 |
24 |
30 |
31 |
44 |
45 |
33 |
Total |
5,082 |
4,515 |
4,969 |
3,768 |
3,804 |
5,563 |
6,100 |
6,210 |
6,047 |
6,384 |
5,633 |
5,405 |
Cessation of business entities (2020)
* Local and foreign companies
Entity type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Businesses (Partnerships & Sole Proprietorships) |
1,787 |
1,594 |
1,771 |
1,492 |
1,564 |
1,441 |
1,505 |
1,350 |
1,396 |
1,432 |
1,399 |
1,535 |
Companies* |
1,966 |
1,964 |
1,944 |
2,201 |
2,037 |
2,215 |
2,379 |
63 |
3,391 |
864 |
2,114 |
2,470 |
Limited Liability Partnerships |
86 |
102 |
73 |
77 |
102 |
114 |
106 |
1 |
238 |
66 |
191 |
226 |
Limited Partnerships |
5 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
Public Accounting Firms |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
Total Cessation |
3,845 |
3,671 |
3,793 |
3,771 |
3,706 |
3,781 |
3,996 |
1,420 |
5,026 |
2,371 |
3,710 |
4,245 |
Due to Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of Circuit Breaker in Singapore from 7 Apr to 1 Jun 2020, ACRA had extended the time for relevant parties to respond to notices for the striking off applications by companies and limited liability partnerships. This has a consequential effect on the published cessation statistics for Aug to Oct 2020.
ACRA has since resumed the standard processing time for striking off applications.
Cessation of business entities by sector (2020)
Entity type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Manufacturing |
150 |
134 |
155 |
154 |
132 |
161 |
115 |
77 |
175 |
95 |
145 |
172 |
Construction |
198 |
166 |
198 |
167 |
169 |
184 |
200 |
62 |
187 |
110 |
178 |
208 |
Wholesale Trade |
711 |
676 |
629 |
695 |
614 |
672 |
697 |
187 |
838 |
345 |
621 |
719 |
Retail Trade |
426 |
426 |
397 |
362 |
383 |
380 |
400 |
219 |
457 |
297 |
396 |
455 |
Transportation & Storage |
319 |
341 |
314 |
321 |
323 |
275 |
302 |
202 |
362 |
228 |
282 |
255 |
Accommodation |
5 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
11 |
Food & Beverage Service Activities |
189 |
180 |
190 |
159 |
149 |
178 |
197 |
76 |
215 |
107 |
200 |
216 |
Information & Communications |
357 |
352 |
376 |
355 |
532 |
460 |
482 |
80 |
653 |
221 |
438 |
433 |
Financial & Insurance Activities |
245 |
223 |
264 |
305 |
240 |
243 |
269 |
32 |
428 |
134 |
254 |
296 |
Real Estate Activities |
51 |
42 |
46 |
62 |
53 |
48 |
52 |
12 |
63 |
22 |
54 |
71 |
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities |
564 |
534 |
578 |
583 |
537 |
615 |
628 |
186 |
840 |
354 |
543 |
647 |
Administrative & Support Service Activities |
184 |
181 |
178 |
178 |
170 |
165 |
196 |
81 |
223 |
122 |
183 |
231 |
Education, Health & Social Services |
181 |
196 |
203 |
216 |
176 |
194 |
201 |
69 |
284 |
144 |
188 |
245 |
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Services Activities |
244 |
189 |
241 |
183 |
205 |
175 |
215 |
133 |
262 |
181 |
196 |
256 |
Others |
21 |
26 |
16 |
24 |
18 |
24 |
36 |
2 |
31 |
2 |
28 |
30 |
Total |
3,845 |
3,671 |
3,793 |
3,771 |
3,706 |
3,781 |
3,996 |
1,420 |
5,026 |
2,371 |
3,710 |
4,245 |
Data as of 1 January 2021