The department said that 1,842 companies were registered in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 1,399 in the same period of 2019 and 1,775 in 2025, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The data also showed that total registered capital exceeded JD62 million, with limited liability companies accounting for 1,403 registrations, or 76 per cent of the total, and a combined capital of over JD26 million. Private shareholding companies came next, with registered capital exceeding JD17 million during the same period.

The statistics also showed a “sharp” decline in company dissolutions or registration cancellations during the first quarter of 2026, falling 86 per cent compared with 2019 and 14 per cent compared with 2025.

“A total of 72 companies had their registration dissolved or cancelled during the first three months of 2026, compared with 514 in 2019 and 84 in 2025.”

Additionally, new registered capital saw a substantial increase, rising by 3,448 per cent compared with 2019 and by around 15 per cent compared with 2025.

The number of companies that reduced their capital in the first quarter stood at 14, down from 122 in 2019, while 98 companies increased their capital, up from 28 in the same period of 2019.

Since the launch of electronic registration services in late 2020, more than 37,850 companies have been registered online. The platform has handled over 2.46 million follow-up requests, issued more than 96,000 electronic archive copies, and delivered over 543,000 electronic certificates, with payments through e-services exceeding JD70 million, the data showed.

The 2019 period is used as a comparison base to provide a clearer picture, avoiding distortions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.