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Registered Non-Hong Kong Companies
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Registered Non-Hong Kong Companies in 2025
Statistics
Registered Non-Hong Kong companies
Month
No. of companies newly registered as having a place of business
No. of companies ceased to have a place of business / dissolved
No. of registration ceased to have effect after re-domiciliation*
Total No. of companies that have remained registered on the Companies Register
January
210
40
-
15,296
February
88
63
-
15,321
March
91
66
-
15,346
April
66
59
-
15,353
May
210
88
0
15,475
June
96
62
0
15,509
July
100
90
0
15,519
August
134
76
0
15,577
September
132
95
0
15,614
October
122
202
0
15,534
November
128
164
1
15,497
December
Total
1,377
1,055
1
-
* The Company Re-domiciliation Regime came into operation on 23 May 2025. If the re-domiciled company has previously been registered as a registered non-Hong Kong company under Part 16 of the Companies Ordinance, its registration under Part 16 ceases to have effect on the date of issuance of its certificate of re-domiciliation.
Statistics for 2019 to 2024
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
No. of companies newly registered as having a place of business
2,000
1,757
1,316
874
960
1,079
No. of companies ceased to have a place of business/dissolved
567
499
720
690
667
779
Total No. of companies that have remained registered on the Companies Register
12,494
13,752
14,348
14,533
14,826
15,126
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