Table 1 Number of enterprises and employees in stock of enterprises 1st of January, new registered enterprises, new established enterprises, enterprise drop outs and enterprise closures by year. 2001-2006

1	Number of enterprises and employees in stock of enterprises 1st of January, new registered enterprises, new established enterprises, enterprise drop outs and enterprise closures by year. 2001-2006¹

	Enterprises						Number of employees

	Year						Year
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

Enterprises per 1 January	262 379	268 491	290 432	289 955	298 360	306 219	1 433 819	1 422 249	1 412 176	1 387 902	1 401 235	1 419 700
New enterprises total	38 373	42 125	41 979	46 967	52 249	55 546	44 362	72 251	32 995	49 010	39 466	31 335
New established enterprises	35 537	39 041	38 747	43 068	47 436	51 374	17 361	20 967	18 139	28 041	14 180	15 001
Enterprise drop outs total	36 150	31 342	45 489	44 061	46 820	46 094	75 312	98 670	50 575	63 669	54 237	58 114
Enterprise closures	32 874	27 633	41 651	38 914	42 504	41 121	30 929	27 847	23 873	20 485	24 056	19 902

¹	Enterprise drop outs and enterprise closures in 2006 are estimated.