| 1-9 Number of Corporate Units by Region | |||||||
| (unit) | |||||||
| Region | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| Total | 610064 | 674839 | 773752 | 832443 | 906064 | ||
| Jinan | 73417 | 78868 | 85972 | 90588 | 100313 | ||
| Qingdao | 98130 | 111608 | 130498 | 145414 | 160640 | ||
| Zibo | 38437 | 42795 | 49615 | 50484 | 53616 | ||
| Zaozhuang | 16848 | 20307 | 24618 | 26763 | 29357 | ||
| Dongying | 11918 | 14217 | 17078 | 17507 | 19593 | ||
| Yantai | 65151 | 68733 | 75741 | 81475 | 89959 | ||
| Weifang | 46693 | 53576 | 65071 | 71739 | 77854 | ||
| Jining | 36721 | 41299 | 47936 | 52812 | 57972 | ||
| Tai'an | 34299 | 34599 | 37759 | 39267 | 42531 | ||
| Weihai | 24571 | 26683 | 30173 | 34149 | 37214 | ||
| Rizhao | 14390 | 16454 | 18554 | 19038 | 22083 | ||
| Laiwu | 7909 | 10459 | 13798 | 15055 | 15552 | ||
| Linyi | 36364 | 41317 | 48297 | 50580 | 55623 | ||
| Dezhou | 35276 | 37091 | 39447 | 40115 | 37427 | ||
| Liaocheng | 19852 | 21417 | 25359 | 28617 | 32272 | ||
| Binzhou | 19075 | 20705 | 23788 | 26006 | 28582 | ||
| Heze | 31013 | 34711 | 40048 | 42834 | 45476 | ||