How many companies are registered in Poland?

KRS and CEIDG currently list 3,741,987 companies. 489,283 entities have filed financial statements.

How many new companies were registered in 2026?

So far in 2026, 243,752 new companies have been registered in Poland. In all of 2025, there were 290,273 such companies.

How many companies were deregistered in 2026?

So far in 2026, 46,758 companies have been deregistered in Poland. In all of 2025, there were 30,255 such companies.

Which industries are the most and least profitable?

The most profitable industry is the manufacture of cement (PKD 23.51.Z), where the median net profit is USD 442.09k. The least profitable industry, in turn, is the money market funds and non-money market investment funds (PKD 64.31.Z), where the median net result is USD -32.71k.

Which industries are the most and least popular?

The most popular industry is the freight transport by road (PKD 49.41.Z) – 115,677 companies operate in it. The rarest industry in Poland is the geothermal power generation (PKD 35.12.C); only 1 company is registered under it.

What legal form do Polish companies take?

The most common legal form is a sole proprietorship, used by 2,722,571 companies (71.3% of the total). In second place is sp. z o.o. (860,477 companies, 22.5%), and in third place – sp. j. (63,359 companies, 1.7%).

PKD 2025 code list

Browse Polish companies and statistics by PKD classification.


01.11.Z	Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds	8,214
01.12.Z	Growing of rice	540
01.13.Z	Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers	5,766
01.14.Z	Growing of sugar cane	579
01.15.Z	Growing of tobacco	695

Industry statistics

Number of companies

Companies

3,842,612

Companies (primary PKD)

3,741,987

Companies with financials

489,283

Business turnover

Legal structure

Legal formShare of companiesNumber of companies

JDG71.3%2,722,571
Sp. z o.o.22.5%860,477
Sp. j.1.7%63,359
Sp. k.1.2%45,721
Association0.9%33,690
Foundation0.7%28,518
Cooperative0.5%18,192
S.A.0.4%15,352
Other0.3%11,863
P.S.A.0.1%5,003
Sp. p.0.1%3,962

Most profitable industries

#	Title	Median net profit
1	Manufacture of cement (23.51.Z)	USD 442.09k
2	Manufacture of light metal packaging (25.92.Z)	USD 237.36k
3	Raising of poultry (01.47.Z)	USD 158.99k
4	Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard (17.25.Z)	USD 150.50k

Least profitable industries

#	Title	Median net profit
1	Money market funds and non-money market investment funds (64.31.Z)	USD -32.71k
2	Storage of electricity (35.16.Z)	USD -30.92k
3	Solar power generation (35.12.B)	USD -20.82k
4	Wind power generation (35.12.A)	USD -13.31k

Most popular industries

#	Title	Companies
1	Freight transport by road (49.41.Z)	115,677
2	Other computer programming activities (62.10.B)	80,046
3	Specialist medical practice activities (86.22.Z)	67,696
4	Electrical installation (43.21.Z)	66,682

Rarest industries

#	Title	Companies
1	Geothermal power generation (35.12.C)	1
2	Compulsory social security activities (84.30.Z)	1
3	Mining of uranium and thorium ores (07.21.Z)	2
4	Storage of gaseous fuels (35.24.Z)	2