Indonesia's Number of Entrepreneurs Increases at the Start of 2025, a New Record High

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Adi Ahdiat 06/05/2025 14:50 WIB

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Number of Entrepreneurs in Indonesia by Category (February 2015-February 2025)*

Data Name	Jumlah Wirausaha Pemula	Jumlah Wirausaha Mapan
02-2015	40.45 Million	4.21 Million
08-2015	37.72 Million	4.07 Million
02-2016	41.39 Million	4.02 Million
08-2016	39.47 Million	4.38 Million
02-2017	43.13 Million	4.45 Million
08-2017	41.17 Million	3.95 Million
02-2018	45.72 Million	4.76 Million
08-2018	44.23 Million	4.38 Million
02-2019	46.89 Million	4.75 Million
08-2019	45.07 Million	4.46 Million
02-2020	47.22 Million	4.91 Million
08-2020	46.25 Million	4.05 Million
02-2021	47.26 Million	4.4 Million
08-2021	46.5 Million	4.05 Million
02-2022	49.19 Million	4.48 Million
08-2022	49.61 Million	4.11 Million
02-2023	51.01 Million	4.91 Million
08-2023	52 Million	4.49 Million
02-2024	51.55 Million	5.01 Million
08-2024	51.51 Million	4.69 Million
02-2025	53.38 Million	5.13 Million

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The number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia increased at the beginning of this year, both startups and established businesses.

According to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 2 of 2022, startup entrepreneurs are defined as self-employed individuals and those employing unpaid or non-permanent workers.

Established entrepreneurs, as defined in reports by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), are those employing permanent or paid workers.

Based on BPS data, in February 2025 there were 53.38 million startup entrepreneurs in Indonesia. This figure comprises 29.99 million self-employed individuals and 23.39 million employing unpaid or non-permanent workers.

Cumulatively, these startup entrepreneurs represent 34.88% of the total national workforce.

The number of startup entrepreneurs in February 2025 increased by 1.83 million people, or 3.5% year-on-year (yoy).

During this period, the number of established entrepreneurs also increased by approximately 120,000 people, or 2.4% (yoy), reaching 5.13 million. This represents 3.35% of the total national workforce.

The number of both startup and established entrepreneurs at the beginning of this year reached a record high in the last decade, as shown in the graph.

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