---
title: "Global Bitcoin Business Growth"
date: 2024-04-04T09:16:33+01:00
author: 
    name: "Sam Chance"
header_image: "/pics/charts/growth.webp"
summary: "This analysis uses OpenStreetMaps data to chart the yearly growth of bitcoin-accepting businesses worldwide."
tags: ["Bitcoin", "Stats", "OpenStreetMaps"]
---

The table below illustrates growth of businesses worldwide that accept bitcoin as payment for products or services. The accompanying chart displays the yearly cumulative number of bitcoin-accepting businesses for the countries selected in the table. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMaps and is updated approximately every 2 hours.

You can select the growth period of interest from the drop-down, which updates the values in the table. The table shows the ***Previous*** value, which was the number of businesses *n* days ago specified in the drop-down. The ***Current*** value is the number of businesses as of the latest update. The table also shows the ***Absolute Difference***, and the ***Percent Difference*** between this period.

The chart always reflects the countries selected in the table. There is a zoom feature on the chart to focus in on a period of interest.

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Select growth period: {{< dropdown-filter id=cumulative_period_type select="365 day,28 day,7 day,1 day" >}}
{{< chart src="/js/bitcoin-business-growth-chart.js" >}}
{{< table src="/js/bitcoin-business-growth-table.js" >}}