Nearly 10.7 thousand new businesses established in the first month of the year

In January 2025, the whole country had nearly 10,700 newly registered enterprises with a total registered capital of nearly 94,100 billion VND and 81,500 registered employees.

According to data from According to the General Statistics Office, in January 2025, the country had nearly 10,700 newly established enterprises with a registered capital of nearly 94.1 trillion VND and a registered number of more than 81,500 employees, an increase of 6.6% in the number of enterprises, a decrease of 2.4% in registered capital and a decrease of 14.8% in the number of employees compared to December 2024.

In January 2025, the whole country had nearly 10,700 newly established enterprises with registered capital of nearly 94,100 billion VND. Illustrative photo

Compared to the same period in 2024, the number of newly registered enterprises in January 2025 decreased by 30.3% in terms of number of enterprises, 39.3% in terms of registered capital and 22.3% in terms of number of employees. The average registered capital of a newly established enterprise in the month reached VND 8.8 billion, down 8.4% compared to the previous month and down 13.0% compared to the same period last year.

However, the additional registered capital of operating enterprises in January 2025 increased sharply, reaching more than 367.2 trillion VND, up 157.9% over the same period in 2024.

In addition, in January 2025, the whole country had nearly 22.8 thousand enterprises returning to operation, nearly 2.6 times higher than the previous month and up 65.2% over the same period in 2024, bringing the total number of newly established and returning enterprises in January 2025 to more than 33.4 thousand enterprises, up 15.0% over the same period in 2024.

By economic sector, January 2025 has 113 business Newly established enterprises in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, down 33.9% over the same period last year; 2,544 enterprises in the industry and construction sector, down 29.6%; 7,996 enterprises in the service sector, down 30.4%.

Also in January 2025, the whole country had more than 52.8 thousand enterprises registering to temporarily suspend business for a period of time, 12.6 times higher than the previous month and an increase of 20.2% over the same period in 2024; nearly 3.5 thousand enterprises stopped operating pending dissolution procedures, down 82.4% and down 55.2%; 2,021 enterprises completed dissolution procedures, down 13.8% and down 8.3%.

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