Industries with Largest Number of Businesses in China in 2025

• 1. Fast-Food Restaurants in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 2,502,296

  In recent years, lifestyle changes and reduced leisure time have contributed to a consumer shift from traditional full-service restaurants toward fast-food establishments. In addition, increased Western influences in China have boosted demand for fast food. Due to the rapid development of fast-food service providers, improvements in chain store and franchising management, and new brands and food styles, industry growth has been strong over the past decade.

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• 2. Legume Growing in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 2,021,040

  China is one of the world's major consumers of legumes. With the rapid development of China's economy, the dietary structure of residents has changed, and the demand for legume products is gradually increasing. Revenue for Legume Growing industry in China is expected to increase at an annualized rate of 1.9% over the five years through 2024, to $19.4 billion. In 2024, industry revenue is expected to increase by 1.6% year-on-year.
  As legumes are not high-yielding crops and large quantitie...

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• 3. Tobacco Growing in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 622,905

  Tobacco is grown on less than 1% of the world's agricultural land and in a wide variety of soils and climates. Since the 1960s, the bulk of production has moved from the Americas to Africa and Asia. Land devoted to tobacco growing has been halved in the United States, Canada and Mexico, but has almost doubled in China, Malawi and Tanzania.
  Due to the issuance of China's Tobacco Control Program in late 2012 in response to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Contr...

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• 4. Poultry Farming in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 525,549

  Revenue for the Poultry Farming industry in China is expected to grow at an annualized 5.2% over the five years through 2023, to $135.2 billion. This steady growth has occurred due to rising poultry prices and output growth. Total poultry meat output is expected to increase by 3.2% in 2023, to 25.2 million tons, while revenue is set to grow by 5.4%. For a typical poultry farm, feed and poultry prices largely determine returns.

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• 5. Shoe Stores in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 443,496

  Strongly growing domestic demand for footwear from China's large population has supported the development of the Shoe Store industry in China over the past five years. In addition, rising income levels and the availability of a wider range of higher quality footwear products has boosted domestic sales for the industry. Industry revenue is expected to increase at an annualized 1.5% over the five years through 2023, to reach $55.5 billion, including expected growth of 4.5% in the current year.<...

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• 6. Health Clinics in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 327,760

  The Health Clinics industry in China has developed at a high rate over the past five years. Industry revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.6% over the five years through 2024, to total $56.2 billion, including a 10.1% increase in the current year. Increasing personal disposable income, expanding medical insurance coverage, the increasing number of ageing people and growing health consciousness in China have driven industry development over the period. In the five years to 2024, the numb...

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• 7. Pharmacies & Drugstores in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 280,561

  Revenue for the Pharmacies and Drugstores industry is expected to grow an annualized 9.4% over the five years through 2024. In 2024, industry revenue is expected to grow 8.5% to $116.3 billion. Many factors have supported the industry's development, including substantial growth in the domestic demand for drugs retailed by drugstores, relatively higher drug prices in hospitals and consumers' increased ability to self-medicate. Additionally, China's accession to the World Trade Organization in ...

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• 8. Preschools in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 233,058

  China's preschool industry developed rapidly prior to 2019, largely thanks to increased government investment and the growing number of preschool-aged children. From 2019 to 2021, most preschools had to be closed temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and companies' revenue growth slowed down over this period. With an overall increasing number of preschoolers – which reached a record high in 2020 – and consistently growing state input in preschool education, industry revenue kept i...

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• 9. Realty Management in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 203,967

  The Realty Management industry in China has developed rapidly in line with the development of the Chinese economy. Increasing numbers of homeowners in cities and towns across China have boosted demand for realty management services over the past five years.
  Industry revenue is expected to increase by an annualized 7.0% over the five years through 2025. This trend includes an anticipated 3.7% increase in the current year. Recent government initiatives to curb inflation and rising housing ...

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• 10. Mail-Order & Online Shopping in China

  Number of Businesses for 2025: 155,171

  The Mail-Order and Online Shopping industry's revenue is expected to grow by a CAGR of 17.6% over the past five years through 2024. This includes a revenue increase of 13.7% in the current year. Factors driving industry growth include improved living standards, rising wages, higher internet penetration, increased acceptance of internet shopping, and a growing range of retailers selling a larger range of products online.
  Most products are sold at lower prices in online shops than in brick...

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