Compalyze Inc. (Headquarters: Shiga Prefecture, Kusatsu City, CEO: Takashi Suzuki), which operates the corporate database "Compalyze," conducted a survey on the establishment, continuation, and organizational changes of approximately 5.8 million registered corporations nationwide, based on public data from the National Tax Agency's corporate numbers. The results showed that the proportion of limited liability companies (Godo Kaisha) among newly established companies of the five types (stock companies, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, and unlimited partnerships) has increased from 19.6% in 2016 to 30.7% in 2025. Currently, nearly one in three newly registered companies is a limited liability company. Request for Data Citation When quoting or using this survey data, please cite the following URL and source: URL: https://compalyze.co.jp/journal/company-types-goudou-trend Source: 30% of New Companies are Limited Liability Companies - The "Entrance" to Companies Diverges from Stock Companies Survey Summary The proportion of limited liability companies among newly established companies of the five types has risen from 19.6% in 2016 to 30.7% in 2025. The number of new establishments has increased from approximately 23,000 to approximately 45,000, nearly doubling in 10 years. Among companies with known employee numbers, approximately 98% of limited liability companies have 10 or fewer employees. Compared to 77% of stock companies, they tend to be established as smaller corporations. On the other hand, there are 32 limited liability companies with over 1,000 employees. Regarding organizational changes of legal entities, there have been approximately 11,000 conversions from limited liability companies to stock companies in the past 10 years. The reverse direction accounts for about 600 cases, a difference of about 20 times. Limited companies (Yugen Kaisha), which can no longer be newly established for about 20 years, still number approx