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Riga Startups is a register-verified map of every startup, investor and accelerator in Latvia, with original research computed from the Register of Enterprises. The figures below are free to use. Each names its source and the date it was extracted, and gives the exact line to cite it by. An attribution and a link back is the whole ask.
Covering 635 organisations. Published by Sageo SIA, a Latvian company. For an interview, a bespoke figure, or a number you cannot find here, write to hello@rigastartups.com.
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The Latvia Company Formation Index
How many limited companies were registered last quarter, where, and at what capitalisation. 46 quarters back to Q1 2015.
Quarterly · latest Q2 2026: 2,317 formations, +8.2% year on year · updated 4 October 2026
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Sageo SIA (2026). The Latvia Company Formation Index. Riga Startups. Computed from Uzņēmumu reģistrs open data, extract of 4 October 2026. https://rigastartups.com/reports/formation-index
Foreign Ownership in the Latvian Register
How many Latvian companies have a non-Latvian beneficial owner, where those owners are from, whether they live here, and how the mix has shifted since 2015.
Annual · 12.3% of active companies, and 17.5% of those on this map · updated 4 October 2026
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Sageo SIA (2026). Foreign Ownership in the Latvian Register. Riga Startups. Computed from Uzņēmumu reģistrs open data, extract of 4 October 2026. https://rigastartups.com/reports/foreign-founders
Company Survival in Latvia
What share of the companies registered in each year since 2015 were still on the register at 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months. Measured at matching ages, which is what makes the cohorts comparable.
Annual · 9 cohorts · 93.6% to 96.7% still registered after two years · updated 4 October 2026
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Sageo SIA (2026). Company Survival in Latvia. Riga Startups. Computed from Uzņēmumu reģistrs open data, extract of 4 October 2026. https://rigastartups.com/reports/company-survival
Who Wins Latvian Public Contracts
Every procurement notice Latvia has published since e-forms began: how big a typical contract is, how few people bid for one, what size of firm wins, and the companies on this map that have won something.
One-off · 29.7% of lots draw a single bid · updated 4 October 2026
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Sageo SIA (2026). Who Wins Latvian Public Contracts. Riga Startups. Computed from Uzņēmumu reģistrs open data, extract of 4 October 2026. https://rigastartups.com/reports/public-contracts
Who Sits on Latvian Company Boards
Board size, joint representation, how recently boards were appointed and how many boards one person sits on, across every active Latvian limited company, and why the register cannot show you a resignation.
One-off · 84.3% have a sole director · updated 4 October 2026
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Sageo SIA (2026). Who Sits on Latvian Company Boards. Riga Startups. Computed from Uzņēmumu reģistrs open data, extract of 4 October 2026. https://rigastartups.com/reports/board-composition
Every report
18 in all. Each report page carries its own citation, the figures behind every chart, and a note on what the number is and is not.
- The Latvia Company Formation Index4 October 2026
- Foreign Ownership in the Latvian Register4 October 2026
- Company Survival in Latvia4 October 2026
- Who Wins Latvian Public Contracts4 October 2026
- Who Sits on Latvian Company Boards4 October 2026
- Share Capital in the Latvian Register4 October 2026
- The Latvian Funding Round Tracker11 September 2026
- Company Formations in the Baltic States10 September 2026
- Revenue in the Latvian Register7 September 2026
- The Activity Gap in the Latvian Register7 September 2026
- Payroll in Latvian Company Accounts7 September 2026
- What Latvian Companies Call Themselves4 September 2026
- How Latvian Companies End4 September 2026
- Capital Increases in the Latvian Register4 September 2026
- Shared Legal Addresses in Latvia4 September 2026
- Women in the Latvian Register4 September 2026
- Who Starts Companies in Latvia4 September 2026
- Skilled Migration to Latvia12 August 2026
Raw data and reuse terms
The aggregates behind these figures are free to download as CSV, and the row-level directory matched to the register is available under licence, on the data page. The register data underneath is CC0, and this analysis of it is offered on the same terms: reuse it freely, with an attribution and a link back.