The Companies Registry today announced that 72,588 local companies were newly registered during the first half of 2023, bringing the total number of registered local companies to 1,416,643.

Meanwhile, 422 non-Hong Kong companies have newly established a place of business in the city and were registered under the Companies Ordinance. The total number of registered non-Hong Kong companies reached 14,621 as at the end of June.

From January to June, the number of charges on properties of companies received for registration was 6,500, while the number of notifications of payments and releases was 8,314. There were also 1,518,638 documents delivered to the registry for registration.

As for the licensing of trust or company service providers, 182 licences were granted, resulting in 6,854 licensees up to mid-2023.

Date: 2023.07.14