How many enterprises including individuals are there in the world?

There are countless factories in the world. Take China as an example. According to the Yearbook 20 18 of the National Bureau of Statistics, there are 3 million factories with an annual income of more than 20 million yuan, including small workshops.

An enterprise generally refers to a legal person or other social and economic organization that provides goods or services to the market with various factors of production for the purpose of making profits, and implements self-management, self-financing and independent accounting. Enterprises include sole proprietorships, partnerships, companies, unincorporated enterprises, legal persons and other organizational forms.