The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) announced statistics on companies established and closed in September. The number of companies established in September rose 3.2% from August, increasing from 9,212 to 9,506. The number of companies that closed also rose 4.6%, from 2,114 to 2,212.
Compared with the same month last year, the number of companies established fell 2.6%, while the number of companies that closed decreased 5.3%. In the January-September period, the number of companies established rose 5.4% to 85,320, while the number of companies that closed fell 1.5% to 20,496.

Of the companies established in September, 1,084 were joint-stock companies and 8,422 were limited liability companies. Of these establishments, 38.8% were in Istanbul, 11% in Ankara and 5.6% in Izmir.
Of the companies and cooperatives established, 3,224 began operating in wholesale and retail trade, 1,290 in construction and 1,162 in manufacturing. In September, 799 companies with foreign partners were established; 264 had Syrian partners and 61 had Iranian partners.