Malaysia: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026
Auspector ·
Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 19,444 records entered our newly opened businesses section in Malaysia. The largest category is coffee shop (633), followed by housing Estate (551) and construction company (450).
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The top 10 categories
| Category | New records | Phone | Own website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee shop | 633 | 36.5% | 4.6% |
| Housing Estate | 551 | 13.6% | 2.0% |
| Construction company | 450 | 48.2% | 9.3% |
| Restaurant | 417 | 50.8% | 7.4% |
| Bakery | 333 | 45.6% | 4.5% |
| Asian restaurant | 312 | 42.0% | 2.2% |
| Warehouse | 306 | 17.3% | 3.9% |
| Family restaurant | 289 | 55.7% | 2.4% |
| Cafe | 283 | 73.9% | 16.3% |
| Manufacturer | 279 | 41.2% | 10.8% |
The top 10 categories make up 19.8% of the total: 3,853 records. New records in this period spread across 1,398 different categories.
Phone and website
Across all new records in this period, 58.7% carry a phone number and 13.6% their own website. Within the top 10, the highest phone rate is in cafe (73.9%); the lowest own-website rate is in housing Estate (2.0%).
Every sector measured: business data in Malaysia.
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