Table 4 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures, by legal form. 2007-2010

4 Number of enterprises, newly established enterprises and enterprise closures, by legal form. 2007-2010¹
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	Enterprises established in 2009	Enterprise closures in 2009	Enterprises per 1 January 2010


Total	306 219	51 374	42 902	326 108	48 952	49 791	334 433	46 567	41 914	357 581	42 069	49 160	350 914
General partnership	6 816	601	914	6 320	414	821	6 002	376	614	5 827	301	567	5 427
Private limited company	132 376	18 046	10 878	147 625	16 703	16 586	150 694	13 800	11 449	161 584	10 349	13 979	158 815
Public limited company	412	36	23	437	21	25	409	5	18	351	3	14	296
General partnership with shared liability	5 608	1 683	1 048	6 198	1 374	1 110	6 364	1 299	933	6 878	1 311	1 032	7 112
Sole proprietorship	141 800	28 042	28 143	143 775	26 637	28 871	147 013	27 522	25 700	157 879	26 124	28 707	154 739
Other legal forms	19 207	2 966	1 896	21 753	3 803	2 378	23 951	3 565	3 200	25 062	3 981	4 861	24 524

¹	The number of enterprises as of 1 January 2010, enterprise drop outs and enterprise closures in 2009 are estimated.