Table 4 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures, by legal form. 2006-2009

4 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures, by legal form. 2006-2009¹^, ²
Legal form	Enterprises per 1 January 2006	Enterprises established in 2006	Enterprise closures in 2006	Enterprises per 1 January 2007	Enterprises established in 2007	Enterprise closures in 2007	Enterprises per 1 January 2008	Enterprises established in 2008	Enterprise closures in 2008	Enterprises per 1 January 2009


Total	306 219	51 374	42 902	326 108	48 952	49 791	334 433	46 567	50 403	330 311
General partnership	6 816	601	914	6 320	414	821	6 002	376	828	5 374
Privat limited company	132 376	18 046	10 878	147 625	16 703	16 586	150 694	13 800	12 065	153 457
Public limited company	412	36	23	437	21	25	409	5	11	348
General partnership with shared liability	5 608	1 683	1 048	6 198	1 374	1 110	6 364	1 299	1 256	6 306
Sole proprietorship	141 800	28 042	28 143	143 775	26 637	28 871	147 013	27 522	32 671	140 652
Other legal forms	19 207	2 966	1 896	21 753	3 803	2 378	23 951	3 565	3 572	24 174

¹	The number of enterprises as of 1 January 2009, enterprise drop outs and enterprise closures in 2008 are estimated.
²	The figures for 2008 have been delimited by NACE Rev. 2.