Business in Lithuania (edition 2021)

Establishment of companies

 

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As of 1 January 2021, there were 108,258 economic entities operating in the country (excluding natural persons engaged in economic activity), or 45 per cent of all economic entities registered in the Lithuanian Register of Legal Persons. Against the beginning of 2020, the number of economic entities in operation increased by 0.8 per cent.

Almost one-fourth of entities (22.5 per cent) were engaged in wholesale or retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.


Economic entities in operation, 2012–2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Economic entities in operation by kind of economic activity, 2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Economic entities in operation in regions and counties, 2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4 Capital RegionVilnius county Central and Western Lithuania RegionKaunas countyKlaipėda countyŠiauliai countyPanevėžys countyAlytus countyTelšiai countyMarijampolė countyUtena countyTauragė county05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,00070,000

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Economic entities in operation in municipalities, 2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

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Most (82.6 per cent) of the operating economic entities had less than 10 employees.


Economic entities in operation by size class, 2019–2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Annual income of the majority of national economic entities amounted to EUR 0.3 million. Economic entities earning more than EUR 40 million accounted for 0.3 per cent of all the economic entities in operation.


Economic entities in operation by income group, 2019–2021
Beginning of the year

Excluding natural persons

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Based on the data of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers, there were 13,342 economic entities registered in Lithuania (by 5 per cent more than in 2019). The biggest number of the newly registered economic entities were located in Vilnius municipality, the lowest – in Birštonas municipality.


Registered economic entities in municipalities, 2021
Beginning of the year

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

Kind of economic activity

A

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

B

Mining and quarrying

C

Manufacturing

D

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

E

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

F

Construction

G

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycle

H

Transportation and storage

I

Accommodation and food service activities

J

Information and communication

K

Financial and insurance activities

L

Real estate activities

M

Professional, scientific and technical activities

N

Administrative and support service activities

O

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

P

Education

Q

Human health and social work activities

R

Arts, entertainment and recreation

S

Other service activities

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms.