58,572 companies on the BC Registries and Online Services records, registered during 2008. Each row links to the company’s full profile; anything missing here can be found in search.
2008 in British Columbia at a glance
live counts
58,572
companies registered in 2008
2.2%
of all dated British Columbia registrations
20th
busiest of 127 years on record
Registrations by year1987–2026 · 2008 highlighted
50K100K150K2008 · 58,572
19871997200720162026
Registrations by year
Item
companies
1987
30,641
1988
31,133
1989
34,814
1990
33,645
1991
33,348
1992
35,632
1993
41,827
1994
47,191
1995
46,413
1996
46,549
1997
46,084
1998
43,662
1999
45,581
2000
46,193
2001
44,821
2002
47,395
2003
52,413
2004
55,335
2005
60,080
2006
62,845
2007
63,472
2008
58,572
2009
55,922
2010
60,719
2011
60,933
2012
58,966
2013
60,645
2014
64,234
2015
69,171
2016
75,765
2017
80,441
2018
78,171
2019
80,239
2020
84,780
2021
103,142
2022
88,481
2023
86,792
2024
88,369
2025
72,415
2026
43,068
Shares are taken against filings that carry a registration date; the year's own count includes every filing dated within it.