Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

During the first seven months of the year 2026 the number of closed Companies and the number of closed cooperatives decreased by 2,5% and 8,5% while the number of sole proprietorships increased by  9,1% according   to the same period of the year 2025.

The number of newly established companies decreased by 2,5% with respect to the same month of the previous year.

During July 2026, the number of newly established companies, the number of sole proprietorships and the number of cooperatives decreased by 2.5%,  11.5% and 35,4% respectively according to the month of July 2025.

During July 2026 the number of closed companies, the number of closed cooperatives and the number of closed sole proprietorships decreased by 7,5% ,  5,3% and 6,6% respectively according to the month of July 2025.

The number of newly established Companies decreased by 1.0% in July 2026 with respect to previous month.

The number of newly established companies, the number cooperatives and the number of sole proprietorships decreased by 1.0% , 50.0% and 10.6% respectively according to the previous month.

The number of closed companies decreased by 18.4% while the number of closed sole proprietorships and the number of closed cooperatives increased by 16.6% and 21.3% according to the previous month.

In July 2026, 919 companies with foreign partners were established. 393 of these companies had Syrian partners 126 had Turkish partners and 58 had Iranian partners.

Of the 919 foreign shareholding companies established, 77 are incorporated companies and 842 are limited liability companies. 1.114 of these companies conduct Non-specialized wholesale trade, 502 are in Construction of residential and non-residential buildings, 327 are in Intermediation service activities for non-specialized retail sale services in 2026. Foreign capital partners’ capital investments constitute 60.1% of the total capital of foreign joint venture companies in July 2026.

In July 2026, 15.7% of the shareholders of newly established incorporated companies were women entrepreneurs.

The percentage of women entrepreneurs among shareholders, according to company type, was 15.7% in incorporated companies, 17.1% in limited liability companies and 22.1% in cooperatives. Furthermore, women entrepreneurs established 15.5% of sole proprietorships.

In July 2026, 31.3% of the shareholders of incorporated companies established that year were between 35 and 44 years old.  

In terms of the age distribution of shareholders according to company type established in July 2026 31.3% of shareholders in incorporated companies were between 35 and 44 years old, 31.4% in limited liability companies were between 25 and 34 years old, 25.9% in cooperatives were between 35 and 44 years old, and 29,4% in sole proprietorships were  between 25 and 34 years old.