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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 Total 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
Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived "Asleep" Survived
Total 2 001      35 537 57.9 3.5 49.2 1.4 42.6 0.7 36.6 0.6 32.0
  2 002 39 041 56.5 3.2 49.7 1.0 41.5 0.8 35.5 - -
  2 003 38 747 53.4 5.5 48.2 1.0 39.9 - - - -
  2 004 43 068 53.1 3.9 46.4 - - - - - -
  2 005 47 436 49.2 - - - - - - - -
General partnership 2 001 1 123 62.6 2.5 50.6 1.2 42.7 0.4 36.2 0.6 30.4
  2 002  886 57.3 3.4 49.7 0.8 40.4 0.6 32.4 - -
  2 003  896 58.6 4.6 51.8 0.6 39.3 - - - -
  2 004  818 58.6 3.8 49.1 - - - - - -
  2 005  706 56.9 - - - - - - - -
Privat limited company 2 001 10 052 77.7 4.1 70.5 1.9 62.7 0.9 55.4 0.8 50.3
  2 002 9 502 79.7 4.1 74.2 1.1 65.2 1.1 58.4 - -
  2 003 9 228 77.9 5.6 73.3 1.5 64.5 - - - -
  2 004 10 829 75.1 4.3 69.8 - - - - - -
  2 005 13 991 64.3 - - - - - - - -
Public limited company 2 001 34 76.5 2.9 61.8 5.9 58.8 - 50.0 - 47.1
  2 002 14 64.3 - 57.1 - 57.1 - 50.0 - -
  2 003 9 55.6 33.3 88.9 - 88.9 - - - -
  2 004 19 52.6 5.3 52.6 - - - - - -
  2 005 34 67.6 - - - - - - - -
General partnership with shared liability 2 001 1 166 60.6 3.9 53.3 0.9 43.4 0.7 36.0 0.6 29.6
  2 002 1 258 62.2 2.5 52.1 1.0 41.2 0.7 35.1 - -
  2 003 1 459 54.9 5.2 48.0 1.1 37.6 - - - -
  2 004 1 724 55.1 5.7 48.3 - - - - - -
  2 005 1 761 55.1 - - - - - - - -
Sole proprietorship 2 001 22 316 49.0 3.3 40.0 1.2 34.1 0.7 28.5 0.6 24.3
  2 002 26 825 48.2 2.9 41.1 0.9 33.2 0.8 27.6 - -
  2 003 26 279 45.0 5.3 39.4 0.8 31.5 - - - -
  2 004 27 633 45.3 3.5 37.8 - - - - - -
  2 005 27 859 42.3 - - - - - - - -
Other legal forms 2 001  846 47.2 3.2 32.2 0.7 27.3 0.2 24.5 0.6 22.9
  2 002  556 46.8 3.6 44.2 0.9 37.8 0.4 31.3 - -
  2 003  876 40.4 10.3 43.6 0.7 35.4 - - - -
  2 004 2 045 37.8 6.5 36.1 - - - - - -
  2 005 3 085 37.9 - - - - - - - -

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