There are 80,183,872 companies and businesses in China in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 61,285,194 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in China
China has 80,183,872 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 61,285,194 of them are corporations. We build the records from National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (GSXT) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 45% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in China, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 80,183,872 Chinese companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Chinese company database.
80,183,872 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies80,183,872
Corporations61,285,194
Provinces31
Largest provinceGuangdong 15%
Employees5-9
Revenue$500K-$1M
Email<0.1%
Phone5%
Website<0.1%
Chinese company list: all 80,183,872 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in China, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Chinese company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Grid CORPORATION Of China | China | Beijing | No.86, West Chang'An Street, Xicheng District | Beijing | 100000 | 2003 | $564,017,488,963 | 887 | Corporation | 12080 | 100000000037908 |
| 2 | China National Petroleum CORPORATION | China | Beijing | No. 9, Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District | Beijing | 100120 | 1990 | $431,291,695,634 | 923,719 | Corporation | 29952 | 100000000010438 |
| 3 | Petrochina Company LIMITED | China | Beijing | No. 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District | Beijing | 100007 | 1999 | $404,729,418,417 | 367,173 | Joint venture | 29952 | 100000000032522 |
| 4 | China Petrochemical CORPORATION | China | Beijing | No.22, Bei Street, Chaoyangmen, Chaoyang District | Beijing | 100728 | 1983 | $397,514,150,079 | 132,039 | Corporation | 41041 | 100000000001244 |
| 5 | China Petroleum & Chemical CORPORATION | China | Beijing | No. 22, Chaoyangmen North Street, Chaoyang District | Beijing | 100728 | 2000 | $393,300,792,819 | 351,104 | Joint venture | 41041 | 100000000032985 |
| 6 | Zhaodong Xinguoji Commerce And Trade CO., LTD. | China | Zhaodong | Lvse Shipin Industrial Park | Heilongjiang | 151100 | 2014 | $301,121,560,446 | 482,198 | Corporation | 8 | 232303100040539 |
| 7 | Sinopec Marketing CO., LTD. | China | Beijing | Floor 18, No. 22, Chaoyangmen North Street, Chaoyang District | Beijing | 100728 | 1985 | $212,221,238,242 | 127,008 | Joint venture | 41041 | 110000011360753 |
| 8 | China Aviation Fuel CO., LTD. Zunyi Supply Station | China | Zunyi | Xinzhou Airport, Xinpu New District | Guizhou | 563099 | 2018 | $206,688,972,402 | 12 | Corporation | 41041 | 520390000132604 |
| 9 | Nantong Ningxin Microelectronics CO., LTD. | China | Nantong | No.2, Jinshan Road, Juegang Sub-district, Rudong County | Jiangsu | 226300 | 2021 | $186,229,751,555 | 145 | Corporation | 16 | 320623000549917 |
| 10 | Beijing State-Owned Capital Operation And Management LIMITED | China | Beijing | Floor 12, No.35, Jinshenfang Street, Xicheng District | Beijing | 100033 | 2008 | $181,441,498,073 | 152 | Corporation | 6096 | 110000011550542 |
| 11 | Henan Sanxing Municipal Landscape Construction CO., LTD. Puyang County Branch | China | Puyang | Room 1-1001, Building 003, South Zichen Residence, East Section | Henan | 457000 | 2019 | $162,197,000,000 | 5 | Corporation | 4 | 410928000084871 |
| 12 | Ping An Insurance (group) Company Of China, LTD. | China | Shenzhen | Floor 47,48,109,110,111,112, Pingan Finance Center, No.5033, Yit | Guangdong | 518000 | 1988 | $161,119,798,932 | 258,806 | Joint venture | 4020 | 100000000012314 |
| 13 | Chinarailwayengineeringcorporation | China | Beijing | 920, Building 1, No. 128 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai Di | Beijing | 100070 | 1990 | $160,215,885,873 | 1 | Corporation | 15 | 100000000010518 |
| 14 | Hunan Chuxiang Construction Engineering Group CO., LTD. Qujing Branch | China | Qujing | Room 501, Building 83, Nanjiang Garden, Xiaoxiang Sub-district, | Yunnan | 655000 | 2022 | $159,464,127,422 | 7 | Corporation | 297 | 530302300149770 |
| 15 | China Railway Group LIMITED | China | Beijing | Building A, China Railway Plaza, No. 69 Fuxing Road, Haidian Dis | Beijing | 100039 | 2007 | $154,502,995,605 | 289,250 | Joint venture | 3588 | 100000000041175 |
| 16 | China Telecom CORPORATION LIMITED Jinsha Branch | China | Bijie | Fengziyan, Zhonghua Road, Chengguan Town, Jinsha County | Guizhou | 551800 | 2008 | $153,781,773,361 | 47 | Corporation | 21360 | 522424000010272 |
| 17 | Beijing Jingdong Century Trading CO., LTD | China | Beijing | Room 201, Floor 2, Block C, No. 18, Kechuang 11th Street, Beijin | Beijing | 100176 | 2007 | $150,293,779,925 | 15,652 | Foreign company | 3030 | 110000450007248 |
| 18 | Hezhong Life Insurance CO., LTD. Changzhi Center Branch | China | Changzhi | The Foyer Part on the First Floor and the Third and Fourth Floor | Shanxi | 046099 | 2011 | $140,241,332,880 | 6 | Corporation | 520 | 140400101035876 |
| 19 | Xinlian Trade CO., LTD. | China | Zhongshan | No.113, Huayuan St. | Guangdong | 528403 | 1988 | $138,531,790,735 | 3 | Corporation | 15 | 442000000306526 |
| 20 | China Resources CO. LIMITED | China | Shenzhen | 3rd Floor, Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Stadium, 3001 Binhai Avenu | Guangdong | 518001 | 2003 | $134,357,600,456 | 361 | Joint venture | 2518 | 100000000037957 |
| 21 | Foxconn Industrial Internet CO., LTD. | China | Shenzhen | Floor 2, Building C1, Fushikang Technology Park, No.2, Donghuan | Guangdong | 518109 | 2015 | $127,571,639,454 | 217,084 | Joint venture | 86 | 440301503498541 |
| 22 | Hubei Shell Energy CO., LTD. Wuhan Tazihu Gas Station | China | Wuhan | No. 397 Harmony Avenue, Tazihu Street, Jiang'An District | Hubei | 430000 | 2020 | $126,475,413,065 | 0 | Corporation | 5522 | 420100500114090 |
| 23 | China Resources National CORPORATION | China | Beijing | Floor 27, China Resource Building, No.8, Jianguomen N. Street, D | Beijing | 100005 | 1986 | $124,889,408,196 | 107 | Corporation | 2518 | 100000000005536 |
| 24 | Petrochina Xizang Lng Distribution Branch | China | Lhasa | No.22 Auxiliary, No.29, Beijing M. Road | Tibet | 850000 | 1999 | $122,322,208,954 | 22 | Corporation | 29952 | 540000160003640 |
| 25 | China Southern Power Grid Co.,ltd. | China | Guangzhou | No.11, Kexiang Road, Sci. City, Luogang District | Guangdong | 510663 | 2004 | $120,646,174,928 | 611 | Corporation | 1006 | 440000000021704 |
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Companies and businesses in China
80,183,872
2 November 2026
There are 80,183,872 companies and businesses in China in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 61,285,194 corporations (limited liability and joint stock companies), 14,494,696 sole traders and 787,571 partnerships. On top of those come 278,503 non-profit organisations, 351,972 branches of foreign companies and 3,523 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 73,007,772 91%
- Head offices
- 3,166,555
- Branch locations
- 4,009,545
Legal form
- Corporations
- 61,285,194 76%
- Sole traders
- 14,494,696
- Partnerships
- 787,571
Per working day this year
≈ 24,152
new companies registered · 5,265,028 so far in 2026
How to search the Chinese company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in China
Which are the largest companies in China? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is China National Petroleum, with 923,719 staff, ahead of Zhaodong Xinguoji Commerce and Trade Co. and Qingdao Jinrui Commercial Machinery Co.. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of China Petrochemical and Zhaodong Xinguoji Commerce and Trade Co.. Below are the top companies of China ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in China. 1,197 Chinese companies employ more than 10,000 people and 5,647 report more than $1 billion a year.
China National Petroleum has the largest headcount of any company in China in our data. 1,197 Chinese companies list more than 10,000 people, 68,076 more than 500.
- 1923,719 staff
- 2482,198 staff
- 3151,380 staff
- 4132,039 staff
- 5120,145 staff
- 686,439 staff
- 783,048 staff
- 879,571 staff
- 960,000 staff
- 1053,636 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
China National Petroleum is the largest company in China by revenue; 5,647 Chinese companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$431.3B
- 2$397.5B
- 3$301.1B
- 4$126.5B
- 5$81.7B
- 6$64.8B
- 7$61.6B
- 8$58.0B
- 9$57.1B
Beijing Yuandu Hospital is the largest public body in our data for China, with 50,000 staff.
- 150,000 staff
- 220,000 staff
- 316,835 staff
- 410,000 staff
- 59,000 staff
- 65,945 staff
351,972 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in China.
- 140,000 worldwide
- 223,000 worldwide
- 320,148 worldwide
- 417,906 worldwide
- 517,345 worldwide
- 617,253 worldwide
- 716,030 worldwide
- 814,056 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in China.
By employee size · 77,152,362 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 35,103,639 | 45% | |
| 5-9 | 29,004,677 | 38% | |
| 10-19 | 7,579,520 | 10% | |
| 20-49 | 4,413,898 | 6% | |
| 50-99 | 592,507 | 0.8% | |
| 100-199 | 256,312 | 0.3% | |
| 200-499 | 133,733 | 0.2% | |
| 500+ | 68,076 | <0.1% |
45% have 1 to 4 employees; 68,076 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 10,884,907 | 14% | |
| $100K-$500K | 22,328,447 | 29% | |
| $500K-$1M | 14,134,197 | 19% | |
| $1M-$5M | 25,738,302 | 34% | |
| $5M-$10M | 2,253,429 | 3% | |
| $10M-$100M | 414,948 | 0.5% | |
| $100M-$1B | 31,286 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 5,647 | <0.1% |
36,933 companies report more than $100 million; 5,647 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in China
Most companies in China are small businesses. Of the 77,152,362 with a known headcount, 64,108,316 (83%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 11,993,418 are small (10 to 49) and 982,552 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 68,076 employ 500 people or more, so 99.91% of Chinese companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 64,108,316 | 83% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 11,993,418 | 16% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 982,552 | 1% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 68,076 | <0.1% |
35,103,639
companies have 1 to 4 employees (45%). 10,884,907 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
14,494,696
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
17%
of the 5,265,028 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (849,809). Only 2,598 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in China based?
Guangdong has more companies than any other province in China: 12,181,299, or 15% of the total, ahead of Zhejiang (8,626,227) and Shandong (6,213,474). Below you find the twelve largest of its 31 provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 31 provinces
| Province | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong | 12,181,299 | 15% | |
| Zhejiang | 8,626,227 | 11% | |
| Shandong | 6,213,474 | 8% | |
| Jiangsu | 5,315,735 | 7% | |
| Henan | 3,803,297 | 5% | |
| Hubei | 3,506,292 | 4% | |
| Hebei | 3,265,206 | 4% | |
| Sichuan | 3,189,937 | 4% | |
| Shanghai | 3,189,933 | 4% | |
| Fujian | 3,016,603 | 4% | |
| Anhui | 2,686,991 | 3% | |
| Beijing | 2,637,361 | 3% |
Ten busiest cities
- Shenzhen3,776,445
- Guangzhou3,597,954
- Shanghai3,189,760
- Beijing2,637,500
- Hangzhou1,716,823
- Chengdu1,709,104
- Wuhan1,412,539
- Chongqing1,310,531
- Dongguan1,107,726
- Xi'an1,097,259
Main industries in China
Business services and IT is the biggest industry in China by number of companies: 14,348,676, or 18% of all firms with an industry code. Next come wholesale (durable goods) (9,136,769) and engineering, accounting and management (6,470,944). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Business services and IT14,348,67618%
- Wholesale (durable goods)9,136,76911%
- Engineering, accounting and management6,470,9448%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)6,206,9318%
- Other shops5,214,4507%
- Construction trades3,101,0364%
- Crop farming2,664,3473%
- Building construction2,552,1933%
- Food shops2,073,0443%
- Restaurants and bars2,058,9443%
- Leisure and recreation1,633,3122%
- Travel and transport services1,551,3282%
- Real estate1,497,6612%
- DIY and garden centres1,310,9542%
- Livestock farming1,179,3951%
- Other industries18,712,57623%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in China
14,348,676
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 131,453 staff
- 230,000 staff
9,136,769
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 1482,198 staff
- 2151,380 staff
- 320,000 staff
6,470,944
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 130,000 staff
- 230,000 staff
- 319,966 staff
6,206,931
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 115,000 staff
- 213,000 staff
- 312,447 staff
5,214,450
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 136,524 staff
- 220,000 staff
- 311,700 staff
3,101,036
Construction trades
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 1120,145 staff
- 234,211 staff
- 316,578 staff
2,664,347
Crop farming
SIC 01: Agricultural Production Crops
- 120,600 staff
- 215,284 staff
- 37,383 staff
2,552,193
Building construction
SIC 15: Building Construction General Contractors And Operative Builders
- 130,003 staff
- 210,931 staff
- 310,000 staff
Discover more: all Chinese industries, cities and regions
Every Chinese list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in China? (2026)
5,265,028 new companies and startups registered in China so far in 2026, about 24,152 every working day, after a record 8,525,170 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 17% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 4,714,489 of them are corporations (limited liability and joint stock companies).
≈ 24,152
new companies register every working day in 2026
17%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
8,525,170
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 5,636,0792022
- 7,093,3532023
- 7,093,1732024
- 8,525,1702025
- 5,265,0282026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 111,205 staff
- 211,204 staff
- 310,000 staff
- 48,059 staff
- 55,651 staff
Oldest companies in China
Our data holds 369 Chinese organisations founded before 1900 and 6,738 before 1950. National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (GSXT) dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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247,465
Chinese companies were founded before 1990
49,209
were founded in 1990
79,029,146 Chinese companies, 100% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 247,465 are older.
Types of companies in China
Three in four Chinese businesses in our data are corporations (limited liability and joint stock companies), and one in six is a sole trader. Partnerships make up 1.0%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations61,285,19476%
- No legal form on record2,677,7913%
- Sole traders14,494,69618%
- Partnerships787,5711.0%
- Foreign companies351,9720.4%
- Non-profit organisations278,5030.3%
- Cooperatives2,550<0.1%
- Public bodies3,523<0.1%
- Joint ventures302,0720.4%
Which Chinese companies are part of a group?
Most Chinese companies stand alone: 91% are single-site businesses. The other 7,176,100 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 3,166,555 head offices or 4,009,545 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is China Petrochemical, with 41,041 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 141,041 companies
- 229,952 companies
- 35,522 companies
- 44,415 companies
- 53,750 companies
- 62,109 companies
- 71,483 companies
- 81,321 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 80,183,872; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Chinese companies
26,385 Chinese companies have a website on record (<0.1%), 4,102,963 a phone number (5%) and 3,470 an email address (<0.1%). Among corporations: <0.1% have a website and <0.1% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 26,385 | <0.1% | |
| Phone | 4,102,963 | 5% | |
| 3,470 | <0.1% |
Questions about companies in China
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
80,183,872. That includes 14,494,696 sole traders and 787,571 partnerships.
61,285,194 corporations, 76% of all Chinese businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 77,152,362 Chinese companies with a known headcount, 77,084,286 have fewer than 500 employees: 64,108,316 micro, 11,993,418 small and 982,552 medium-sized. 68,076 are large enterprises.
China National Petroleum, with $431.3 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of China Petrochemical ($397.5B) and Zhaodong Xinguoji Commerce and Trade Co. ($301.1B).
China National Petroleum, with 923,719 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
12,181,299, 15% of all Chinese companies (2 November 2026).
5,265,028 so far in 2026, about 24,152 per working day, after a record 8,525,170 in 2025.
From National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (GSXT) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
26,385, <0.1% of all Chinese companies. 4,102,963 have a phone number and 3,470 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 80,183,872 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Chinese company database.
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