Chapter 1
Annual Highlights
Key headline figures for the year.
77,944
New Registrations (2025)
Source: ACRA registry data
+9.0%
vs 2024 Registrations
Compared to 2024
5.0%
GDP Growth (2025)
Forward-looking
Chapter 2
Registration Trends
How new business registrations have evolved over the years.
New entity registrations per calendar year. Analytical findings by SGP Directory. Source: ACRA entity registration records.
Chapter 3
Top 10 Industries in 2025
The most popular industry sectors for new business registrations in 2025.
Top 10 industry sectors by new business registrations in 2025. Sectors derived from SSIC classification codes. Analytical findings by SGP Directory based on ACRA entity registration records.
Chapter 4
Types Distribution in 2025
Breakdown of new business registrations by entity type in 2025.
Breakdown of new entity registrations by entity type in 2025. Analytical findings by SGP Directory based on ACRA entity registration records.
Chapter 5
Monthly Registrations in 2025
Month-by-month breakdown of new business registrations in 2025.
New entity registrations by calendar month in 2025. Analytical findings by SGP Directory based on ACRA entity registration records.
Chapter 6
Top Business Addresses in 2025
The most popular buildings and streets for new business registrations in 2025.
Top 10 Buildings
Top 10 Streets
Top buildings and streets by number of new business registrations in 2025. Analytical findings by SGP Directory based on ACRA registered address data.
Chapter 7
Top Business Activities in 2025
The most common specific business activities among new registrations in 2025.
Top 10 specific business activities (SSIC codes) among new registrations in 2025. Analytical findings by SGP Directory based on ACRA entity registration records.
Chapter 8
Methodology & References
Data sources, scope, and methodology notes.
Data sources
- ACRA Statistical Highlights 2025 — primary official source for national registration totals.
Scope and coverage
This report covers entities registered in the ACRA public dataset as at the publication date. It includes all entity types available in the open dataset (companies, businesses, limited liability partnerships, and similar). Entities struck off or dissolved before the snapshot date are excluded from active counts. Where SGP Directory figures differ from ACRA's official totals, SGP Directory figures are presented as analytical findings and ACRA remains the authoritative source.
Licence
Source data is published by ACRA, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore. Analytical output published by SGP Directory · sgpdirectory.com.
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