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New established enterprises, survival and growth

3 Newly established enterprises, by survival, legal form and year
Legal form Year of establishing Newly established enterprises Survived 1 year, per cent enterprises Survived 2 years, per cent enterprises Survived 3 years, per cent enterprises Survived 4 years, per cent enterprises Survived 5 years, per cent enterprises
Total Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Total 2003 38 747 53.4 5.5 48.2 1.0 39.9 1.1 35.0 1.1 31.6
  2004 43 068 53.1 3.9 46.4 1.3 39.7 1.5 35.5 - -
  2005 47 436 49.2 4.5 45.1 1.4 39.6 - - - -
  2006 51 374 50.9 5.3 48.5 - - - - - -
  2007 48 952 54.5 - - - - - - - -
General partnership 2003  896 58.6 4.6 51.8 0.6 39.3 1.1 35.5 0.7 31.0
  2004  818 58.6 3.8 49.1 1.0 42.3 2.0 35.8 - -
  2005  706 56.9 2.3 47.5 2.7 41.8 - - - -
  2006  601 53.2 5.8 48.9 - - - - - -
  2007  414 56.8 - - - - - - - -
Private limited company 2003 9 228 77.9 5.6 73.3 1.5 64.5 1.5 59.3 1.1 55.4
  2004 10 829 75.1 4.3 69.8 1.6 62.7 1.6 57.7 - -
  2005 13 991 64.3 5.4 62.8 1.2 57.7 - - - -
  2006 18 046 63.9 6.7 64.7 - - - - - -
  2007 16 703 66.8 - - - - - - - -
Public limited company 2003 9 55.6 33.3 88.9 - 88.9 - 88.9 - 88.9
  2004 19 52.6 5.3 52.6 - 42.1 5.3 47.4 - -
  2005 34 67.6 17.6 73.5 2.9 76.5 - - - -
  2006 36 63.9 8.3 66.7 - - - - - -
  2007 21 71.4 - - - - - - - -
General partnership with shared liability 2003 1 459 54.9 5.2 48.0 1.1 37.6 0.8 30.6 1.1 26.3
  2004 1 724 55.1 5.7 48.3 1.1 39.8 2.6 34.5 - -
  2005 1 761 55.1 4.7 49.6 1.5 40.3 - - - -
  2006 1 683 55.4 7.0 52.4 - - - - - -
  2007 1 374 61.4 - - - - - - - -
Sole proprietorship 2003 26 279 45.0 5.3 39.4 0.8 31.5 1.0 26.8 1.1 23.6
  2004 27 633 45.3 3.5 37.8 1.2 31.3 1.4 27.5 - -
  2005 27 859 42.3 4.1 36.8 1.5 31.4 - - - -
  2006 28 042 43.2 4.4 38.8 - - - - - -
  2007 26 637 47.6 - - - - - - - -
Other legal forms 2003  876 40.4 10.3 43.6 0.7 35.4 0.5 30.8 0.7 27.2
  2004 2 045 37.8 6.5 36.1 0.8 29.8 0.6 25.0 - -
  2005 3 085 37.9 4.5 35.2 0.8 29.2 - - - -
  2006 2 966 42.1 4.3 38.6 - - - - - -
  2007 3 803 45.4 - - - - - - - -

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